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Paul is a member of the Life Sciences Health Industry Group, practicing in the area of health care regulatory law.  Paul’s practice focuses on advising hospitals, radiology and diagnostic imaging facilities, physician groups and other health care providers on fraud and abuse laws, reimbursement and coverage issues and participation in Medicare and Medicaid.

Paul has assisted health care providers and suppliers with state licensure and Medicare participation issues, including the regulations governing long-term acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and psychiatric hospitals.  He has also advised non-profit hospitals and clinics on tax-exemption issues raised in joint ventures with for-profit partners.  Paul is experienced in negotiating and drafting agreements for newly formed and restructured providers, including operating and management agreements, private offering documents and asset purchase agreements.

Publications

• “California Health Care Update: Review of New Laws Adopted in 2009 and Effective in 2010,” Reed Smith Life Sciences Health Industry Alert (December 17, 2009)
• "Rethinking Freestanding Diagnostic Imaging Centers Prospects for Business Affiliations," AHLA's Business Law Update (September 22, 2009)
• "Stark Law Changes Effective October 1, 2009," Reed Smith Life Sciences Health Industry Alert (August 4, 2009)
• "Zagats for Healthcare: Will the Government Start Rating All Providers?” Health Lawyers News (June 2009)
• "Paying for Hospital-Acquired Conditions," California Health Law News (Winter 2007/2008)
• "Adverse Event Reporting on the Rise: California Steps into the Frey," Update, Food and Drug Law Institute (January/February 2007)
• "National Provider Identifier & Changes to Medicare Enrollment," Client Letter (October 2006)
• "Identification of Outlier Payments for Long-Term Care Hospitals," The Health Lawyer, American Health Lawyers Association (June 2006, Volume 18, Number 5)
• "Identification of Outlier Payments for Long-Term Care Hospitals," The LTCH Review (April 2006, Volume 2, Number 1)
• "Eli Lilly v. Barr: Double Patenting Analysis Can Be Anything But Obvious," Tulane Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property (Volume 4, Spring 2002)

Speeches / Presentations

• American Bar Association, "Fundamentals of Medicare & Medicaid," CLE Teleconference and Paper (November 2009)
• American Health Care Association, "OIG Compliance Guidance for Nursing Facilities and Stark" (November 2009)
• LSU Health Science Center, "Health Law 101: What Every Physician Should Know" (March 2006)
• National Business Institute, "How to Get the Medical Records You Want in Louisiana," CLE Presentation and Paper (October 2004)

Experience

Legal Education

Graduate Education

Undergraduate Education

Professional Admissions / Qualifications

• Louisiana
• California

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Society for Professionals in Healthcare
• Purdue Alumni Association, Board of Directors (1997-2000)