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Hope Levy-Biehl, Partner

Practice Areas

Ms. Levy-Biehl’s practice includes healthcare reimbursement, as well as regulatory compliance, licensure and certification, payment and operational issues. She has handled complex Medicare disputes before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board, and advises clients on various healthcare fraud and abuse matters, including self-referral laws, anti-kickback laws and requirements of the California Board of Medicine.

Upon graduation from UCLA School of Law, Ms. Levy-Biehl joined Hooper, Lundy and Bookman, where she practices in the reimbursement department. Ms. Levy-Biehl’s practice focuses primarily on assisting providers including hospitals, long term acute care hospitals, laboratories and pharmacies, with regulatory compliance, licensure and certification, payment and operational issues. She has handled complex Medicare disputes before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board and advises clients on various healthcare fraud and abuse matters, including self-referral laws, anti-kickback laws and requirements of the California Board of Medicine.

Ms. Levy-Biehl frequently assists healthcare clients in complying with the state and federal requirements governing the protection, privacy and security of health information, including performing initial assessments and developing compliance and training programs and strategies. Ms. Levy-Biehl is a member of the education committee of the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys and writes a quarterly legal insights column for New Perspectives on Healthcare Risk Management, Control, and Governance, a journal of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors.

Publications/Lectures

"Ready or Not, It's NPI Time" 26 New Perspectives on Healthcare Risk Management, Control and Governance, Journal of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors 3 (Summer 2007)

"CMS Revamps Hospital Conditions of Participation in Flurry of Regulatory Activity at the end of 2006" 26 New Perspectives on Healthcare Risk Management, Control and Governance, Journal of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors 2 (Spring 2007)

"Providers Still Need Further Education and Clarification about How to Comply with DRA Section 6032 'Employee Education About False Claims Recovery'" 26 New Perspectives on Healthcare Risk Management, Control and Governance, Journal of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors 1 (Winter 2007)

"Hospital Discounts to Indigent Patients: Avoiding Legal Jeopardy and Public Scorn" 25 New Perspectives on Healthcare Risk Management, Control and Governance, Journal of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors 1 (Winter 2006)

"Licensure and Medicare/Medi-Cal Enrollment: The Basics for Navigating the Regulatory Maze" presented at the Hooper, Lundy and Bookman, Inc. Health Law Symposium, October 2006

"When Accurately Filling a Prescription is Not Enough" presented at the California Employee Pharmacist Association Seminars, June 11, 2006 (Los Angeles) and August 13, 2006 (San Diego)

"Charity Care and Discounts to Indigent Patients" presented at the California Hospital Association Hospital Reimbursement Seminars, June 7, 2005 (Costa Mesa), June 16, 2005 (Oakland) and June 21, 2005 (Pasadena)

"OIG Revisits Gainsharing" 7 Health Law Perspectives 4 (May 2005)

"Medi-Cal RFA Redux: The New Clinical Laboratory Contracting Process," presented at the October 2004 California Clinical Laboratory Association Meeting

"DHS Issues Revised Medi-Cal Laboratory RFA" 6 Health Law Perspectives 8 (October 2004)

"Understanding the Medi-Cal RFA for Clinical Laboratories," presented at the May 2004 California Clinical Laboratory Association Meeting

"CMS Proposes Major Revisions to Medicare’s Medical Education and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments" 5 Health Law Perspectives 6 (July 2003)

"HIPAA, California and the Tangled Web of Access to the Health Information of Minors," presented December 18, 2002, at "HIPAA Compliance – Understanding and Implementing The Security and Privacy Regulations in California," sponsored by Lorman Education Services

"Regulatory Roadsigns and Roadblocks to eHealth," presented December 5, 2000, at "HIPAA, Do You Know Enough?" sponsored by the USC School of Medicine Advanced BioTelecommunications & BioInformatics Center

"Security and Privacy in the eHealthcare Age,” presented November 3, 2000, at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society TeleHealth 2000 Conference & Exhibition

"Regulatory Roadsigns and Roadblocks to eHealth," presented May 23, 2000 at "Internet Healthcare 2000: Mapping the Great Migration to eHealthcare," sponsored by Lorman Education Services

"Regulatory Pitfalls of Bringing Your Business Online," presented February 9, 2000 at the San Diego Women in Healthcare Administration Meeting

"Cybertraps of Online Business," presented November 11, 1999 at "Internet Medicine: Making Leadership a Strategy for Success," sponsored by The California Health Law Monitor

Professional Affiliations

Los Angeles County Bar Association

American Bar Association

American Health Lawyers Association

California Society for Health Care Attorneys

 

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