Ober|Kaler - Leslie Goldsmith: Health Lawyer (Baltimore, MD)

Leslie Goldsmith handles health law at Ober|Kaler.

Leslie Demaree Goldsmith
Principal

ldgoldsmith@ober.com
410-347-7333
443-263-7533 fax


	Experience				A principal in Ober\|Kaler, Leslie concentrates on health law, with over 20 years of experience in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and regulatory issues, including PPS, wage index, bad debt, quality data, medical education, DSH, ESRD, TEFRA, capital costs and cost allocation, as well as claims issues. She regularly represents clients before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board, CMS Administrator, ALJs and federal courts. Leslie also provides advice to clients on Medicare-related fraud and abuse issues involving alleged improper billing and fraudulent cost reports. Her client representation regularly includes hospitals, home health agencies, ESRD facilities and skilled nursing facilities.

	Admitted				Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals of Maryland United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit United States Court of Federal Claims United States District Court for the District of Columbia United States District Court for the District of Maryland

	Education				Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1987 American Journal of Law & Medicine Third-Year Editor, 1986-1987 Bucknell University, B.A., 1982

	Professional & Community				American Bar Association American Health Lawyers Association Maryland Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation Board of Directors, 1998-2003 Public Policy & Advocacy Committee, Chair, 1999-2004 Maryland State Bar Association Ober\|Kaler Mentoring Program Co-chair, 2004-present

	Honoraries				Selected by Nightingale's Healthcare News as one of the Outstanding Hospital Lawyers for 2009

	Publications & Presentations				Leslie writes and lectures on various Medicare issues including the recent articles and presentations listed below: Presenter, "SSI Erosion and DSH Implications: Urgent Matters for Hospitals," Deloitte & Touché Webinar, 2009 Author, "The President Wants to Know What Government Information You Want to See," Health Lawyers Weekly, AHLA, 2009 Presenter, "Medicare Wage Index Update," AHLA Medicare and Medicaid Institute, 2009 Presenter, "Update on Medicare Bad Debt: Recurring and New Issues," West Virginia Health Facilities Management Association, Winter Education Program, 2009 Presenter, "Strategies for Addressing Your Wage Index," Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, 2008 Presenter, "Protecting Your Reimbursement Appeal Rights Under the New PRRB Rules," Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, 2008 Presenter, "Protecting Your Reimbursement Appeal Rights Under the New PRRB Rules," Virginia/D.C. Health Facilities Management Association, 2008 Author, "CMS Adopts Final Rule Addressing Part A Appeals Before Intermediaries And PRRB," Health Lawyers Weekly, American Health Lawyers Association, 2008 Presenter, "CMS' Final Rule Revising Provider Reimbursement Review Board Appeal Procedures, Part I," American Health Lawyers Association, 2008 Presenter, "Wage Index and Urban Reclassification Workshop," Medicare and Medicaid Institute, American Health Lawyers Association, 2008 Author, "Two Major DSH Decisions," Health Law Alert, Ober\|Kaler, 2006 Author, "CMS Publishes Inherent Reasonableness Final Rule," Health Law Alert, Ober\|Kaler, 2006 Author, "Proposed Changes to PRRB Appeals Procedures," Health Law Alert, Ober\|Kaler, 2005 Author, "Correction of Minor Errors and Omissions Without Appeals," Health Law Alert, Ober\|Kaler, 2005 Author, "CMS Proposes Changes to Reimbursement Appeal Rules," Health Law Alert, Ober\|Kaler, 2004 Author, "Revised Coverage Determination Procedures," Health Law Alert, Ober\|Kaler, 2004 Presenter, "Recent Legal Development Affecting Maryland Healthcare Providers," Maryland Annual Institute, Health Facilities Management Association, 2004 Author, "The MMA and Hospitals: Short-term Gains; Long-term Questions," Modern Medicare Magazine, Health Facilities Management Association, 2004 Presenter, "Special Cost Reporting Issues for Cost-Based Providers," Medicare and Medicaid Institute, American Health Lawyers Association, 2003 Presenter, "CMS Proposed New Appeals Process," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2003 Author, Payment Matters, Ober\|Kaler (2007–present), Numerous articles related to issues such as the PRRB appeal rules and jurisdiction, the disproportionate share hospital adjustment, Medicare bad debt, wage index and quality reporting issues