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Kimberly J. Kannensohn
Partner
77 West Wacker Drive
kkannensohn@mcguirewoods.comSuite 4100 Chicago, Illinois 60601-1818 F: 312.920.3683 |
Ms. Kannensohn represents retail pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device manufacturers, physicians, physician groups, ambulatory care providers, durable medical equipment companies, group purchasing organizations, and disease management companies in corporate transactional and healthcare regulatory matters.
The cornerstone of her practice is providing guidance to clients regarding the Medicare fraud and abuse laws, the Stark Law, Medicare Part D, the Medicare conditions of participation, the Medicare and Medicaid program exclusion rules, the HIPAA privacy rules, and state healthcare laws and regulations. She has assisted numerous providers in the development and implementation of corporate compliance programs. She also represents providers in purchase and sale transactions, certificate of need matters, and the negotiation of employment, independent contractor and management arrangements.
Ms. Kannensohn has a litigation background and has represented providers in criminal and civil investigations based on alleged violations of the Medicare and Medicaid program rules. She has also represented providers in qui tam litigation based on alleged violations of the Medicare billing rules, and in post-payment audits by government and commercial payors. In this context, her clients have included clinical laboratories, chain providers of outpatient services, durable medical equipment companies, and individual physician and non-physician providers. She has represented physicians and other providers before state licensing boards, and has substantial expertise in scope of practice issues. She speaks regularly at corporate seminars, health law conferences and bar association meetings.
- Partner, Ross & Hardies, Chicago, Illinois
- "HIPAA and HITECH Proposed Regulations Released," McGuireWoods News, August 4, 2010
- "HHS Announces Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Modifying HIPAA Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules under the HITECH Act," McGuireWoods News, July 12, 2010
- "Update: State Disclosure and Transparency Laws for Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturers," McGuireWoods News, June 22, 2010
- "Developing a Compliant Approach to Industry Support for Research and Education in a Climate of Scrutiny," Co-authored with Daniel Soldato and Holly Carnell, Health Care Law Monthly, February 2010
- "AdvaMed's Updated Code of Ethics and Its Impact on the Medical Devices Industry" (co-authored with Krist Werling, Daniel Soldato and Ronald Lundeen), Medical Devices Law & Industry Report, March 11, 2009
- "The Use of Prescriber-Identifiable Data as a Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing Tool: Fair Game or Foul Play?" Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal, Summer 2007, Vol. 2, No. 3
- "Drug Manufacturer Settles Allegations of Kickbacks Paid to Pharmacy Benefit Manager," (with Krist Werling), Food and Drug Law, American Health Lawyers Weekly, April 2007
- "New Conditions for Coverage Will Impose a Host of New Requirements on Dialysis Clinics" (co-authored with Jim Riley with Bob Pristave), Nephrology News & Issues, April 2005
- "The Proposed ESRD Conditions for Coverage: A Review," Nephrology News & Issues, April 2005
- "The Department of Health and Human Services Proposes Significant Modifications to the Privacy Standards for Individually Identifiable Health Information," Ross & Hardies Health Care Legal Update, April 2002
- "HCFA Issues Final Stark II Regulations," Ross & Hardies Health Care Update, March 2001
- "The Impact of the Stark II Final Rule on Nephrologists," Nephrology News & Issues, March 2001
- "Gifts and Grantmaking: Strategies for Achieving Compliance for Medical Device Manufacturers," Advanced Medical Technology Association's Device and Diagnostics Compliance Group Meeting, San Diego, California, April 2010
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Tutor, Chicago Lights Partners in Education Tutoring Program
- Mentor, Adopt A School Program, Harvard Club of Chicago
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EDUCATION Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, J.D., 1990 University of Michigan, B.A., magna cum laude, 1987 ADMITTED Illinois |

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