Lauren practices health care law focusing on health care transactions and regulatory and compliance matters. She assists hospitals and other health care providers in structuring their business arrangements and addressing the multitude of operational issues they face. She also regularly advises clients on matters involving health information privacy and HIPAA compliance, electronic medical records contracting, consent to treatment, the Stark law, Anti-kickback and related laws.

EDUCATION AND BAR ADMISSIONS

• Bachelor of Laws, Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, 2000
• Honors Business Administration, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, 1997
• Admitted in Arizona, 2000

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Assisting providers in structuring their business arrangements to comply to the Anti-kickback, Stark and related federal and state laws  
• Assisting hospitals in establishing relationships with providers through professional service arrangements
• Drafting agreements for hospitals nationwide to assist with EHR roll outs to community physicians  
• Assisting providers and other entities to navigate HIPAA and the HITECH Act; drafting business associate agreements  
• Advising and representing providers in self-disclosure matters involving the CMS Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol
• Addressing issues with clients involving consent to treatment  
• Representing health care providers in licensing investigations before licensing bodies and administrative panels including the Arizona Medical Board, the Arizona State Board of Nursing, the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy, Arizona State Board of Physical Therapy, Arizona Board of Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Facility Managers, and the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants  
• Representing hospitals in negligent credentialing actions

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Member, American Health Lawyers Association
• Member, Arizona Association of Healthcare Lawyers

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS AND  SPEECHES

• Healthcare Reform:  Finding Your Way; A Practical Guide to The New Self-Disclosure Referral Protocol (Coppersmith Schermer & Brockelman, 2011) (co-author with Joel Wakefield)  
• Disclosing Your Stark Non-Compliance to CMS:  Why, When and How?  (Coppersmith Schermer & Brockelman, 2011) (Webinar)  
• Finding Your Way Through the Shared Savings Program: Part II, Antitrust, CMS/OIG and IRS Guidance (AzHHA Webinar)  
• AzHHA Consent Manual (Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, 2004) (co‑author)  
• AzHHA Consent Manual (Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, 2009) (co‑author)

 

Coppersmith Schermer & Brockelman PLC
2800 N. Central Ave., Suite 1200
Phoenix, Arizona 85004-1009

P (602) 381-5466

F (602) 772-3766

lweinzweig@csblaw.com

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