Ober|Kaler - Donna Senft: Health Lawyer (Baltimore, MD)

Donna Senft handles health law at Ober|Kaler.

Donna J. Senft
Associate

djsenft@ober.com
410-347-7336
443-263-7536 fax


	Experience				Donna is an associate in Ober\|Kaler’s Health Law Practice Group where she focuses on health care regulatory matters. She represents various providers, including nursing facilities, home health agencies, hospices, adult day care centers, rehabilitation agencies and DME suppliers, in Medicare and Medicaid certification and compliance issues, billing and reimbursement, and state licensure. She also advises health care providers and practitioners regarding acquisitions and internal reorganizations, coding and payment issues, licensure matters, peer review and professional standards. Prior to attending law school, Donna utilized her physical therapy degree to provide more than twenty years of clinical and administrative services to rehabilitation departments in various health care settings, including five years of consultative services to nursing facilities and other long term care settings throughout the United States.

	Admitted				Court of Appeals of Maryland Supreme Court of Virginia

	Education				University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2001 Law Review Associate Symposium Articles Editor American Bar Association University of Pittsburgh, B.S., summa cum laude, 1978

	Professional & Community				American Bar Association American Physical Therapy Association APTA of Maryland Impaired Professionals Committee, Co-chair, 1992-present Vice President 1993-1996 Second Vice President, 1992-1993 CARF National Advisory Committee for Subacute Care, APTA Representative, 1993 HCFA Volunteer Work Group, APTA Representative, 1994-1995 Maryland State Bar Association That All May Freely Serve Board of Directors

	Publications & Presentations				Author, "Strategies to Defend Against Quality of Care Allegations," Geriatric Nursing, 2008 Author, "Accidents and Supervision – New CMS F-Tag Guidance," Geriatric Nursing, 2008 Presenter, "Passport to Full-Service, Coordinated Care: Strategies for the Delivery of Ancillary Services in LTC," LifeSpan Annual Conference and Exposition, 2008 Presenter, "Quality Assurance/Risk Management/ Corporate Compliance," 2008 AJAS Annual Conference, 2008 Presenter, "Quality Assurance: Risk Management and Other Legal Aspects Related to QA Programs," NADONA/DON Certification Course, 2008 Author, "OIG Provides Further Guidance Related to Nursing Facility Compliance Programs," VHCA Legal Quarterly, Virginia Health Care Association, 2008 Author, "Significant Medication Error Citations Without An Observed Medication Pass," Geriatric Nursing, 2007 Author, "Risk Management - Strategies to Defend Against Quality of Care Allegations," VHCA Legal Quarterly, Virginia Health Care Association 2007 Author, "Facility-Wide Changes Required by the new CMS Activities F-248 Guidance," Geriatric Nursing, 2006 Author, "Nursing Staffing Data — Posting Requirement for Nursing Facilities," Geriatric Nursing, 2006 Co-author with John J. Eller, "Implications of the New Medicare Enrollment Regulations: Actions Required to Protect Your Current Medicare Participation," HCCA Compliance Today, Health Care Compliance Association, 2006 Presenter, "Managing the Other F-Word, New CMS F-Tag Guidance," Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, 2006 Presenter, "Medicare’s New Provider Enrollment Rules, New Requirements for Every Organization that Bills Medicare," DecisionHealth, 2006 Presenter, "New CMS F-tag Guidance" and "Fraud and Abuse Issues in Long Term Care," VHCA Staying on the Road to Compliance, 2006 Presenter, "Managing the Other F-Word, New CMS F-Tag Guidance," LifeSpan 2006 Annual Conference and Exposition, 2006 Author, "Pressure Ulcers, Avoiding Risk," Provider, 2005 Presenter, "Managing the Other F-Word, New CMS F-Tag Guidance," Health Facilities Association of Maryland Annual Convention and Trade Show, 2005 Presenter, "Getting to Know About DAVE," LifeSpan 2005 Annual Conference and Exposition, 2005 Presenter, "Peer Review Recertification Course, Review Considerations," American Physical Therapy Association of Maryland, 2005 Presenter, "Preventing Malpractice, The role of the CAN," University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2004 Presenter, "Risk Management It’s Not Just For Hospital Anymore," LifeSpan/PANPHA 2003 Annual Conference Imagine Together, 2003 Presenter, "Non-physician Billing Requirements," Maryland Chapter of Medical Group Management Association, 2003 Presenter, "Clinical, Legal, Fiscal, Integrating the Domains of Dementia," American Medical Directors Association 2003 Annual Symposium, 2003 Author, "Laws Governing Peer Immunity, Physician Credentialing Upheld," Managed Care, 2002 Presenter, "Informal Dispute Resolution, Enhancing Success Through Proven Strategies," Maryland Association of Non-profit Homes for the Aged, Lifespan Conference, 2002 Author, "Surgically Implanted Medical Device Liability, Will the New Restatement Help the Unraveling Shield Created by Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr? University of Baltimore Law Review, 2001 Presenter, "Informal Dispute Resolution, Enhancing Success Through Proven Strategies," Health Facilities Association of Maryland Annual Convention and Exposition, 2001 Presenter, "Legal and Ethical Issues in Physical Therapy Practice," APTA of MD Annual Meeting, 1995 Presenter, "The Impaired Provider’s Effect on Your Profession," APTA Component Leadership Seminar, 1995 Presenter, "Medicare Documentation, Rehabilitation Therapies" and "Your Home Care Documentation Under Review, The Medicare Medical Review Process," Cleveland Clinic, 1993 Presenter, "Oh, My Aching Back!" Wellness for the Work Force Seminar, Fallston General Medical Services, Inc., 1987 Presenter, "Central Pennsylvania Spinal Cord Injury System," Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 1982 Presenter, "Spinal Cord Injury," Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 1981 Presenter, "A System for Managing the Individual with Spinal Cord Injury," Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 1980

	Professional Background				Therapy Management Innovations, Inc./American Rehability Services, Account Executive/Clinical Services Director Tri-Home, Director of Rehabilitation Therapy Management Innovations, Inc., Rehabilitation Consultant Harbor Hospital Center, Director of Physical Therapy Fallston General Hospital, Director of Physical Therapy MIEMSS Trauma Rehabilitation Program, Coordinator of Physical Therapy Elizabethtown Hospital for Children and Youth, Physical Therapist Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center, Physical Therapist