AHLA Health Law Watch (AHLA Members)

Scott Bennett is a Partner at Coppersmith Brockelman PLC in Phoenix, Arizona. Scott assists health care clients with data privacy and security, as well as compliance with the Stark Law, Anti- Kickback Statute, and other fraud and abuse laws. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Scott is also chair of AHLA’s Digital Health Affinity Group, which is part of the Health Information Technology Practice Group.

Kathryn S. Burnett is a partner in the Tulsa, OK office of Conner & Winters, LLP. Her practice focuses on health care compliance and provider reimbursement. Kathryn is certified in health care compliance and represents a wide range of health care providers and suppliers, including medical and dental practitioners, health care facilities and systems, clinical laboratories, pharmacies, and Medicare Advantage Plan Sponsors. She advises clients on the Stark Physician Self-Referral Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA, and the False Claims Act. She performs Compliance Program Effectiveness audits for Medicare Advantage Plan Sponsors and assists clients with matters affecting Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, including provider enrollment, facility surveys and licensure, Medicare and Medicaid audits, and OIG investigations and self-disclosures.

Gina W. Calabro is a shareholder in the Raleigh, NC office of Ogletree Deakins. Gina concentrates her practice on discrimination and harassment matters, wage and hour claims, and noncompetition and trade secret litigation. She regularly counsels health care systems and providers on all aspects of employment law, from recruiting and hiring through termination. She assists clients in drafting policies and procedures and often trains management and non-management personnel on topics such as wage and hour compliance, harassment prevention, and disability awareness and accommodation.

Gina is an experienced litigator who has represented employers before federal and state courts, numerous government administrative agencies, and arbitration panels in single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class and collective action litigation.

Lisa M. Campbell is a principal and co-chair of the Health Services Group at Groom Law Group in Washington, DC, as well as a member of the Plan Sponsor Group at Groom. Lisa advises clients on all aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), including market reform provisions, qualified health plan standards, mental health parity, Section 1557 nondiscrimination rules, regulatory and legislative activity, and Medicare. Lisa represents health insurance companies, employers, third party administrators, service providers, and trade associations on federal laws regulating health coverage, and provides advice on advocacy with federal agencies, compliance, state and federal government enforcement, and regulatory guidance. Prior to joining Groom, Lisa served as the Director of the Compliance and Enforcement Division in the Oversight Group and Director of the Consumer Support Group in the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).

Lisa speaks regularly on the ACA and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), including presentations relating to enforcement and health care reform regulatory and legislative activity.

Alisa Chestler is a shareholder and serves as the Chair of the Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity Team at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC in Washington DC. She concentrates her practice in privacy, security, information governance, and information technology issues. Alisa routinely counsels clients on data privacy and security matters that arise from federal, state, and international laws. She has significant experi- ence assisting companies in developing comprehensive privacy and security programs and working with management to identify and address risk management issues, many times in anticipation of corporate transactions. She also has significant experience in negotiating complex information technology and partnership agreements, including health information exchange (HIE) participation, EHR negotiation, blockchain, adoption and compliance with HITECH and meaningful use, and MIPS requirements and audits. She joined Baker Donelson after a distinguished career as in-house counsel and privacy officer to several large public and private companies.

Alisa is current Chair of AHLA’s Health Information Technology Practice Group.

Andrew J. Droke is a senior associate at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC in Nashville, TN. As co-leader of the firm’s GDPR Team and a member of the firm’s Health Law Group and Data Protection, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Team, he advises clients in a broad range of data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity matters. Andrew routinely counsels clients with respect to their privacy, cybersecurity, and information practices, including the compliance obligations imposed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), 42 C.F.R. Part 2, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and global data protection laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In addition to assisting with the development and implementation of customized policies, procedures, and controls, Andrew helps clients identify, evaluate, and manage the risks associated with their privacy and information security practices. Andrew also assists organizations with identifying and addressing data protection and privacy risks through diligence counseling and negotiations in mergers and acquisitions.

Benjamin Durie is a partner in the San Francisco office of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC. His practice involves health care-related business transactions and general corporate representation for health care entities. Representative matters include work with acute care hospitals on purchase and sale transactions, work with health care facilities on a variety of regulatory, operational, corporate governance, tax exemption and fraud and abuse compliance matters, and work with health care facilities on self-disclosure obligations under the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute.

Recently, Ben has focused on assisting clients with the implementation of alternative payment models and structuring agreements between acute and post-acute providers.

Alyssa Greenwald is a Senior Associate General Counsel in Yale University’s Office of the General Counsel. Her work focuses primarily in the practice areas of corporate governance, international law, health law, research, compliance, and general contracts. Prior to her appointment at Yale, Alyssa was a federal law clerk and a white-collar criminal defense associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. In her role at Kirkland & Ellis, Alyssa conducted internal investigations and advised clients in Foreign Corrupt Practice Act matters, including voluntary disclosures to the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She is a frequent speaker at internal and external training events for legal and non-legal audiences. Recent topics include: GDPR compliance, conflict of interest and self-dealing, emerging trends and best practices in international compliance, export controls, foreign research operations, and issues and guidance on developing FCPA policies, training, and compliance programs.

Stephanie Gross is an associate in Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC's business department, where she assists health care providers, including hospitals, physicians, and health services companies with a broad range of corporate, transactional, compliance, and reimbursement issues. She focuses in particular on helping providers to anticipate and troubleshoot regulatory compliance concerns arising out of new value-based payment models and alternative payment arrangements and to structure transactions around them.

Adam Hepworth is a health care lawyer in the Los Angeles, CA office of Foley & Lardner LLP. His practice focuses on Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement, navigating health privacy requirements, and compliance with health care fraud and abuse laws. He also frequently represents hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and other providers in administrative appeals and internal and government investigations.

Prior to joining Foley, Adam was a law clerk for Judge Harris L. Hartz on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.