Kristin Carter - Health Lawyer at Ober|Kaler (Baltimore, MD)

Kristin Cilento Carter

Associate
kccarter@ober.com
410.347.7309
443.263.7509 fax

Bar Admissions

  • Maryland

Court Admissions

  • Court of Appeals of Maryland

Education

  • University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006)
    • Journal of Healthcare Law & Policy, Executive Editor
    • Law & Health Care Program
  • James Madison University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2003)
    • Teacher’s Award for Academic Excellence, JMU Integrated Science & Technology (ISAT) Program
    • Concentration in Biotechnology

Kristin Cilento Carter

Experience

Kristin Cilento Carter is an associate in Ober|Kaler's Health Law Group. Kristin generally represents physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, laboratories and other health care providers. A substantial portion of her practice involves advising clients on federal and state fraud and abuse laws and regulatory compliance issues. She also provides counsel regarding regulatory and licensure issues and managed care reimbursement and Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement issues.

Kristin has extensive experience dealing with issues relating to the Maryland Health Care Decisions Act, including providing advice to physicians and other providers with respect to health care decision-making for patients based on written and oral advance directives, living wills, surrogate decision-making and court-appointed guardianship. Kristin was instrumental in the creation of the Maryland Health Care Decision Making Website, a collaborative effort by the Maryland State Attorney General’s Office and Ober|Kaler. She is active in the ongoing maintenance of the site, which provides health care professionals with the resources, references, tools, forms and guidelines for end-of-life care and other decisions in compliance with the Maryland Health Care Decisions Act.

In 2010, Kristin was named a “Maryland Rising Star” in Maryland Super Lawyers. She is a member of the board of directors of Movable Feast, an organization providing meals, groceries, educational services and nutritional counseling to homebound individuals living with HIV/AIDS.

Representative Cases
- Counsel to several hospitals that obtained a favorable reconsideration from CMS of funds wrongly denied under the Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update (RHQDAPU) program, recovering over $2 million collectively for the providers
- Health care regulatory counsel to a number of clients regarding issues relating to charges to the Medicaid program
- Health care regulatory compliance counsel in connection with the acquisition of a regional long-term care pharmacy chain

Professional Memberships

Community Service

Honoraries

Professional Background

  • Legislative Extern, Maryland Veterans Caucus, Maryland General Assembly
  • Student Attorney, University of Maryland School of Law’s Health Care, Child Welfare, and AIDS Advocacy Clinic
  • Intern to the Honorable John Philip Miller, Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Publications & Presentations [View All]
  • Co-author, “CMS Proposal Provides Framework for ACO and Shared Savings Program Rule,” Health Lawyers Weekly, 2011
  • Co-author with S. Craig Holden, “Valuing Non-Competes: The Bradford Decision,” Law360, 2011
  • Contributing author, CLIA Compliance: The Essential Reference for the Clinical Laboratory, 3rd Ed., G2 Intelligence, 2011
  • Co-author with Sarah Swank, “Hospital Pay-For-Quality Has Arrived: Final Value-Based Purchasing Rule Released,” Health Lawyers Weekly, 2011
  • Co-author with Sarah Swank, “Quality & Efficiency: Key Themes in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 IPPS Proposed Rule,” Health Lawyers Weekly, 2011