CONCENTRATION
Susan is a shareholder at the Davis Brown Law Firm where she has a general practice in, but not limited, to the areas of Health Law and Employee Benefits.
SUMMARY
Susan represents a wide variety of health care providers, including county hospitals and facilities, with respect to transactional, reimbursement, and regulatory issues. She drafts contracts, employment agreements, physician recruitment agreements, corporate documents and corporate policies. In addition, she counsels clients on various health law issues including fraud and abuse, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, EMTALA, medical staff relations, and confidentiality laws.
She also advises employers on employee welfare benefit issues including ERISA, COBRA and HIPAA, and assists individuals in appealing health and disability benefit denials. She has assisted several employer-sponsored health plans with their HIPAA privacy compliance efforts, including a large self-funded multiple employer welfare benefit plan. She has also successfully appealed insurance company denials of health benefits, including those based on a lack of medical necessity.
Susan counsels employers on affirmative action requirements and drafts affirmative action plans for employers.
MEMBERSHIPS
She is a current member of the Broadlawns Medical Center Foundation’s Board of Directors. Susan is a graduate of the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute
(2002-2003).
PUBLICATIONS, SPEECHES, AND SEMINARS
Susan is a frequent presenter on health law and employee benefit programs including, wellness programs, the Iowa Smoke Free Air Act, and employee benefit issues.
She has co-authored the Employee Benefits Section of the Iowa Bar Association’s Business Law Manual and wrote the Employee Benefit Section for the Iowa Human Resources Manual for the Iowa Association of Business and Industry. She taught a Health Law course at the Drake University Law School for four years.
ACADEMICS
Susan earned her law degree with a certificate in health law from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois.
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