As a member of Husch Blackwell’s Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education team, Brooke advises large health systems, hospitals, pharmacy benefit managers and other types of healthcare providers regarding regulatory and compliance, contracting and transactional matters.
She routinely counsels clients on federal regulatory compliance issues involving Medicare, the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the False Claims Act, HIPAA, PPACA, human subject research and ERISA.
Brooke also regularly advises clients on state regulatory compliance issues related to Medicaid; fraud and abuse laws; insurance regulations, including any willing provider, prompt payment, and utilization management laws; health laws, such as pharmacy, privacy, corporate practice of medicine, telemedicine, and record retention rules; and procurement regulations.
Brooke has experience advising healthcare organizations with RAC audits. She has also worked on-site and handled service contracting as well as medical director, education, and research contracts.
In addition, Brooke has experience in drafting and negotiating physician employment agreements, professional services agreements, asset purchase agreements, management services agreements, leases, security agreements, research agreements, medical director agreements, vendor agreements and various compliance policies.
Brooke has also assisted clients with corporate and transactional matters including several complex physician group acquisitions.