Ober|Kaler - Howard Sollins: Health Lawyer (Baltimore, MD)

Howard Sollins practices health care law at Ober|Kaler.

Howard L. Sollins
Principal

hlsollins@ober.com
410-347-7369
443-263-7569 fax


	Experience				Howard represents health care providers, vendors and suppliers including hospitals, long term care providers, ambulance suppliers, medical equipment suppliers, physicians, nonprofits and others. Howard is active in issues involving government licensing reimbursement and other regulation of institutions and professionals as well as health law issues in business transactions. These include among others, e-health, privacy, Medicare, Medicaid and other third-party reimbursement, representation of managed care providers, fraud and abuse issues, negotiated rulemaking, corporate compliance, contract negotiation and health care banking and financing matters. He has represented national health care associations in multiple federal negotiated rulemaking matters.

	Admitted				Court of Appeals of Maryland Supreme Court of Pennsylvania United States District Court for the District of Maryland

	Education				The Washington College of Law, American University, J.D., 1979 American University Law Review, 1978, 1979 George Washington University, B.A., 1975

	Professional & Community				American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging Former Member, Legal Subcommittee American Bar Association Health Care Section American Health Lawyers Association American Healthcare Association Former Member, Liability Reform Committee Johns Hopkins University Lecturer, Master of Business Administration Course, "Negotiations," 2000 Maryland State Bar Association Past Chair, Section on Health Law Special Drafting Committee on Health Care Decision-Making Legislation Member, appointed by the Conference of Circuit Court Judges of Maryland, 1992-1993 Stella Maris, Advisory Board University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Social Work Board of Advisors Waxter Senior Center Foundation Board of Directors, Past-Member

	Honoraries				Listed in Maryland Super Lawyers for Health Care, 2007-2009 Listed in Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers Listed since 1993 in The Best Lawyers in America, Health Law category (Woodward/White, Inc.)

	Publications & Presentations				Presenter, "Nurse Practitioners in LTC Facilities," American Health Care Association, 2008 Presenter, "Regulatory Update," Health Facilities Association of Maryland, 2008 Presenter, "Failure of Care Cases," American Health Lawyers Association, 2008 Presenter, "Fair Housing Act," LifeSpan/Beacon Institute, 2007 Presenter, "Regulatory Update," Health Facilities Association of Maryland Annual Meeting, 2007 Presenter, "Nurse Practitioners in LTC Facilities," University of Maryland School of Nursing, 2007 Presenter, "Nurse Practitioners in LTC Facilities," American Health Care Association, 2007 Presenter, "Program on False Claims Act/Quality Cases," District of Columbia Bar Association, 2007 Presenter, "Ancillary Services for LTC Facilities," Long Term Care and the Law, American Health Lawyers Association, 2007 Presenter, "Survey, Certification, and Licensing Update," LifeSpan 25th Annual Conference & Exposition "Innovation 2006," 2006 Presenter, "Non-Physician Practitioners in LTC Facilities," Long Term Care and the Law, American Health Lawyers Association, 2006 Presenter, "Maryland Scientific Meeting," American College of Physicians, 2006 Presenter, "Issues in Care of Non-Geriatric Long Term Care Residents," American Medical Directors Association, 2005 Presenter, "Legal and Regulatory Update," Health Facilities Association of Maryland Annual Meeting, 2005 Presenter, "Regulatory and Reimbursement Update," Mid-Atlantic LifeSpan, 24th Annual Conference and Exposition, 2005 Presenter, "Medicare Reimbursement Updates," American Medical Directors Association, 2005 Presenter, "Special Considerations in the Care of Non-Geriatric/Non-Traditional Residents of LTC Facilities," American Health Lawyers Association Long Term Care and the Law, 2005 Presenter, Panel Discussion on Billing for Non-Covered Services and Concierge Medicine Issues, American College of Physicians, Maryland Chapter, 2005 Presenter, "Behavior Management: More Than Just a Care Plan," Health Facilities Association of Maryland, 2005 Presenter, "Survey and Certification: Update," Mid-Atlantic LifeSpan, 23rd Annual Conference and Exposition, 2004 Presenter, "Issues in Care of Non-Geriatric Long Term Care Residents," American Health Lawyers Association, Long Term Care and the Law, 2004 Presenter, "Medicare & Medicaid Fraud and Abuse and Corporate Compliance Update," Association of Air Medical Services, 2003 Presenter, "Developing and Implementing an Effective Corporate Compliance Program," American Association of Homes for the Aging, 2003 Presenter, "Legal Update: Survey and Certification Process," Health Facilities Maryland Annual Convention and Exposition, 2003 Presenter, "Issues In the Care of Non-Geriatric Residents of Nursing Facilities," Health Facilities Association of Maryland Annual Convention and Exposition, 2003 Presenter, "Non-Geriatric Nursing Home and Issues," American Health Lawyers Association, Teleconference, 2003 Presenter, "Legal Briefing: Legal Update Survey and Certification Issues," American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Future of Aging Services Conference, 2003 Presenter, "Tort Reform," American Medical Directors Association, 2003 Presenter, "Skilled Nursing Facility Care," University of Maryland Law School, 2003 Presenter, "Contracting Around Risk," American Health Lawyers Association, 2003 Presenter, "HIPAA Privacy Compliance for Podiatric Medicine," Maryland Podiatric Residency Program, 2003 Lecturer, "What to Expect on Payment Reform," American Medical Directors Association, 2002 Lecturer, "Nursing Statute and Regulations Governing Long Term Care," NADONA/LTC Program, 2002 Lecturer, "HIPAA Privacy Standards," Beacon Institute, 2002 Lecturer, Association of Air Medical Services, 2002: HIPAA Privacy, Security and Transaction Standards; Risk Management; Health Care Decision-making; Health Care, Privacy and the Internet Uses of Information; A Comparison of the Anti-kickback Statute and Stark II; Managed Care Contract Review; Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Update; Corporate Compliance; Employment Litigation Avoidance in the Health Care Arena Lecturer, "Physicians Services In Long Term Care Facilities," American Medical Directors Association, 2002 Lecturer, "Physician Services In Long Term Care Facilities," American Health Lawyers Association, 2002 Lecturer, "Medicaid Third Party Liability Audits and Related Issues," Mid Atlantic Life Span, 2002 Co-author, "HIPAA Alert: It's April 14th, 2003! Do you know Where Your 'PHI' is?" Mid-Atlantic Life Span, 2002 Author, "Inappropriate Disclosures of Private Healthcare Information," American Health Lawyers Association, HIT News, 2001 Lecturer, "A Prescription for Payment: Reimbursing Your Medical Services:, American Health Care Association Convention and Exposition, 2001 Lecturer, "Corporate Compliance," Codingline and Illinois Podiatric Medical Association, 2001 Lecturer, "Physician Services and Long Term Care Facilities" Teleconference, American Health Lawyers Association, 2001 Lecturer, "Privacy and the Internet," 2001 Winter Bench and Bar Conference, Second Circuit Federal Bar Council, 2001 Lecturer, "Integrating and Implementing Quality Assurance and Peer Review System Into Long Term Care Facilities," American Health Lawyers Association, 2001 Numerous presentations at conferences sponsored by the Health Facilities Association of Maryland on subjects including licensure and regulation of nursing homes, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and related issues Co-author, "Fraud and abuse for Long Term Care Facilities," The Long Term Care Handbook, American Health Lawyers Association, 2000 Lecturer, "Maryland's Quality Assurance Law and Regulations for Long Term Care," The Beacon Institute, 2000 Lecturer, "E-Health Issues," University of Maryland Law School, 2000Lecturer, "Updating and Improving your Facility," Health Facilities Association of Maryland, 2000 Lecturer, Air Medical Transport Conference 2000, Association of Air Medical Services, 2000 Lecturer, "The New Maryland Quality Assurance Law for Long-Term Care," Health Facilities Association of Maryland, 2000 Lecturer, "Nurse Practitioners," University of Maryland School of Nursing, 2000 Lecturer, "Sanctions Enforcement Workshop," Health Facilities Association of Maryland, 2000 Lecturer, "Nursing Home Administrator and Director of Nursing: Rights Under the Law," Health Facilities Association of Maryland, 2000 Lecturer, "Aging In Place: What is the Right Place at the Right Time," New Jersey American Health Care, 2000 Lecturer, "Corporate Compliance," Association of Air Medical Services, 2000 Lecturer, "Mandatory Assignment Issues," Association of Air Medical Services, 2000

	Professional Background				Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland, Assistant Attorney General Honorable Morris Turk, Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Maryland, Law Clerk

	Significant Achievements				Maintaining an honest perspective on what is important at work and outside of work, at home and with family.

	Favorite Quote				"One cannot stay on the summit forever, so why bother to climb in the first place? One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer. But one has seen. There is an art in conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one sees higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know."