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Susan A. Turner practices health law at Ober|Kaler.  

    

Susan A. Turner
Principal
  saturner@ober.com
202-326-5025
202-336-5225 fax
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  Experience  

A principal in Ober|Kaler's Health Law Group, Susan represents health care providers in civil, criminal and administrative regulatory matters, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, survey certification, fraud and abuse, Stark compliance, as well as regulatory due diligence and counseling for health care acquisitions, equity investments, reorganizations and other transactions. Her clients include hospitals, long term care providers, physician practices, DME suppliers, institutional pharmacies, imaging centers and laboratories.

Susan brings to her practice a unique perspective on the workings of the health care delivery system. Prior to entering law school, she operated her own physician office management consulting practice, assisting individual physicians and clinical groups with recordkeeping and documentation issues, personnel management and third-party billing.

 
 
    Representative Cases

Successfully represented a physician group in an investigation by Department of Justice of qui tam complaint alleging Medicare False claims; government declined to intervene and plaintiff dropped all false claims allegations

Successfully represented long term care chain provider investigation by Department of Justice alleging failure to properly report related party costs as basis for false claims; provider was not required to enter either a CIA or CCA

Successfully represented skilled nursing facility in investigation by Department of Justice alleging inadequate nurse staffing as basis for false claims; government concluded investigation with no charges and no CIA requirement

Developed original methodology for demonstrating adequate nurse staffing in SNFs to defend against government allegations of false claims and/or substandard quality of care, as well as private malpractice or negligence causes of action

Successfully represented group of long term care providers in challenge to Medicaid reimbursement rates in Idaho; state settled all claims for 100 cents on the dollar

Successfully represented skilled nursing facility in appeal at the PRRB of Medicare’s denial of its request for a new provider exemption to the routine cost limits; Medicare settled the claim for 100 cents on the dollar

Coordinated defense of government audits of large chain nursing home provider (over 550 facilities) on issue of nursing hours allocation, including training facility personnel on documents necessary to defend cost report allocations, and interface with government auditors

Conducted on-site billing compliance audit of national prosthetics and orthotics company as part of due diligence for private equity investor

 
 
    Admitted

Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Supreme Court of Virginia

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

 
 
  Education

Catholic University, Columbus School of Law, J.D., 1989

George Washington University, B.S., 1976

 
 
   Professional & Community

American Health Lawyers Association

District of Columbia Bar Association

Virginia Bar Association

 
 
   Publications & Presentations

Susan is a frequent speaker on Medicare "incident to" to rules at national associations of nurse practitioners. She also speaks regularly on federal antikickback rules at national healthcare provider meetings and conventions. She appeared as a panelist on a video produced by the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging on nursing home enforcement rules.

 
 
   Professional Background

Senior Counsel, Proskauer Rose, LLP

Associate, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren & Norris

Associate, Katten Muchin Zavis & Dombroff

Associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld