Lawyers / Professionals

 
Amber McGraw Walsh       
Associate
77 West Wacker Drive
Suite 4100
Chicago, Illinois 60601-1818
T: 312.750.3596
F: 312.920.6141
awalsh@mcguirewoods.com
 

Ms. Walsh focuses on corporate healthcare transactional work and regulatory matters. Her experience includes representation of various types of healthcare providers including hospitals, health systems, dialysis facilities, multi- and single-specialty medical practices, specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and a variety of healthcare industry entrepreneurs, in sales and acquisitions, joint ventures, general corporate matters, contracting, securities, and regulatory matters.

Her work includes negotiating and drafting transaction documents and counseling clients with regard to the legal aspects of day-to-day operations, including general corporate matters; anti-kickback and Stark issues; self-referral, corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting prohibitions; HIPAA, certificate of need and licensure requirements; and state and federal securities matters.


Practices & Industries
Honors
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Executive Notes Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly

Previous Experience
  • Associate, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP, Kansas City, Missouri

Publications
  • Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Legal and Regulatory Issues, Fourth Edition, Publication of the American Health Lawyers Association, August 2009
  • "Physician Owned Hospitals and Physician Owners Must Disclose Ownership to Patients Per CMS Requirements," Co-authored with Scott Becker, McGuireWoods News, May 2009
  • "Mandatory Disclosure of Physician Ownership in ASCs Required the Medicare Conditions for Coverage Effective May 18, 2009," Co-authored with Scott Becker, McGuireWoods News, April 2009
  • "Executive Summary: The Application of the Fraud and Abuse Laws and EMTALA to Physician-owned Hospitals," Co-authored with Scott Becker and Elissa Moore, March 2008
  • "A Courting Process: Selecting the Investment Bank that is Right for You," Co-authored with Scott Becker, 2008
  • "JAMA STUDY REGARDING USE OF ERYTHROPOIETIN-BASED DRUGS," McGuireWoods News, 2007
  • "Investing in Health Care - A Story of Political Clout, Successful Niches, and Recurring Cycles," McGuireWoods News, Co-authored with Scott Becker and Kristian Werling, 2007
  • "Ambulatory Surgery Centers: CMS Update on Payment and Coverage," American Health Lawyers Association, October 2007
  • "Hospital Outpatient Surgical Department Construction," Outpatient Surgery Magazine, January 2007
  • "Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Legal and Regulatory Issues," Scott Becker, Elissa Koch, Ron Lundeen, Melissa Szabad, Amber Walsh, Third Edition, American Health Lawyers Association, 2006
  • "Three Key Steps to Successfully Marketing and Selling Dialysis Facilities," Jim Riley and Amber Walsh, Nephrology News and Issues (Legal Angle Section), July 2006
  • "Orthopedics-Driven Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Specialty Hospitals - A Physician & Hospital Perspective," Scott Becker and Amber Walsh, Beckers ASC Review November 2005; Health Care Law Monthly, October 2005
  • "Provider-Based Joint Venture: Fair Game or Gaming the System?" Krist Werling and Amber Walsh, Health Care Newsletter, October 2005
  • "Professional Courtesy at a Surgery Center," Scott Becker and Amber Walsh, Beckers ASC Review, March 2005
  • "An Overview of Federal Laws and Regulations Governing Ownership in and Reimbursement for Ambulatory Surgery Centers," Scott Becker and Amber Walsh, Health Care Law Monthly, February 2005
  • "Healthcare Industry White Paper" (co-author), Crossroads, LLC & McGuireWoods LLP, November 2003

Speaking Engagements
  • "Red Flag Rules, HIPAA Updates and Compliance Plans," ASC Review/ASCA Fall Conference, October 2009
  • "Recent Updates re Codey Law, Under Arrangements Models and Per Click Leasing," ASC Review/ASCA Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Driven ASC Conference, June 2009
  • "Dialysis Program Acquisitions and Divestitures," McGuireWoods LLP 7th Annual Dialysis Conference, May 2009
  • "Safe Harbor Issues: Key Federal and Texas Law Updates," Texas ASC Association Annual Meeting, November 2008
  • "Joint Venture Models and Missouri Law Updates," Missouri ASC Association Annual Meeting, October 2008
  • "Spotlight on Missouri Healthcare Teleconference: Tax Exempt Entities," August 2008
  • "Challenges to Physician Ownership in ASCs and Hospitals," Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Driven ASC Conference, June 2008
  • "Physician-Hospital JVs and Under Arrangements Issues," Teleconference, March 2008
  • "Spotlight on Missouri Healthcare Teleconference: HIPAA Updates and Using a HIPAA Compliance Plan," February 2008
  • "Privacy and Security Rule Updates under HIPAA and State Law for Missouri Health Care Providers," Teleconference, December 4, 2007
  • "Pros and Cons of Selling Your Dialysis Facilities," 6th Annual Business and Legal Issues in Dialysis and Nephrology Symposium, October 18, 2007
  • "Medical Staff Credentialing and Other Bylaws Issues for Providers in Missouri," Teleconference, October 10, 2007
  • "Spotlight on Missouri Health Care: Key Issues in Health Care Provider Joint Ventures," Teleconference, August 1, 2007
  • "Updates re the Codey Law, Under Arrangements and Physician-owned Hospitals," Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Driven ASC Conference, June 2007
  • "Physician Hospital ASC Joint Ventures," Teleconference, March 13, 2007
  • "Funding the Platform," Panel, 4th Annual McGuireWoods Private Equity Investment in Health Care Conference, March 2007
  • "Wall Street Update: Health Care Investment Opportunities from the Legal and Financial Community," Panel, FreeStanding 100, March 2007
  • "Academic Medical Center Joint Ventures Update," SG2, November 2006
  • "Selling Shares in an ASC," 13th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference, October 2006
  • "Health Care & Information Technology - Private Equity Investment in Health Care: Key Trends & Nitches for 2006," McGuireWoods Private Equity Dinner, March 2006
  • "Update on Private Equity Investment in Health Care," McGuireWoods Private Equity Luncheon, February 2006
  • "Valuations in the Sale of Dialysis Facilities," Business Valuations Association, November 2005
  • "Key Legal Considerations for Ambulatory Surgery Centers," Idaho State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, September 2005

Professional Affiliations
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association
  • St. Louis Health Lawyers Association
 

EDUCATION

Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, J.D., 2002

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, B.A. Biology, 1999

 

FRATERNITIES OR SORORITIES

Alpha Delta Pi

  • President, Tau Chapter 1998-1999
 

ADMITTED

Illinois 2003

Missouri 2002

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Sedalia, Missouri