Kristen Andrews Wilson Healthcare Lawyer Steptoe West Virginia

Kristen Andrews Wilson

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Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

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www.steptoe-johnson.com

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Professional Biography

Clients know that Kristen Andrews Wilson will help them understand and navigate the complex and complicated healthcare landscape. Kristen’s clients include hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities, as well as independent healthcare providers. Kristen’s practice is a unique combination of litigation avoidance via counseling and defense via litigation, when necessary. In addition to her medical malpractice litigation practice, Kristen has experience with federal and state healthcare regulatory compliance, as well as business transactions involving hospitals, physician practices, and independent practitioners.

Key Experience

Provided federal regulatory guidance for multi-state health care entity in sale of assets in multiple jurisdictions

Represented employed and independent physicians before various West Virginia licensure boards, including the West Virginia Osteopathic Medicine Board and the West Virginia Board of Medicine

Served as regulatory counsel for healthcare entities on Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and the corporate practice of medicine doctrine

Advised healthcare clients on Certificate of Need (CON) matters in West Virginia, for acquisitions and divestitures, the addition of services, and opposition of duplicative services

Defended long-term care facilities against claims for alleged violations of state nursing home acts and medical negligence

Defended physicians in medical negligence lawsuits

Represented health care entities in a variety of transactions, including leasing, employment, and independent contractor arrangements

Drafted informed consent authorizations for a hospital

More Legal and Business Bylines From Kristen Andrews Wilson

CMS Proposes Amendment to Overpayment Rule - (Posted On Wednesday, January 18, 2023)
CMS Releases New Sample Formats to Assist Hospitals With Price Transparency Compliance - (Posted On Wednesday, December 07, 2022)
CMS Provides Relief to Hospitals Through Acute Hospital Care at Home Initiative - (Posted On Monday, February 07, 2022)
WV Supreme Court of Appeals Decides Hospital Records Case Clarifying "Typicality" Requirement for Class Certification - (Posted On Friday, December 17, 2021)
New HIPAA Guidance from OCR on COVID-19 Vaccines and the Workplace - (Posted On Friday, October 08, 2021)
CMS Continues Its Focus on Hospital Pricing Transparency - (Posted On Monday, August 02, 2021)
A Broad New Interpretation of the Scope of the West Virginia Medical Professional Liability Act - (Posted On Wednesday, May 26, 2021)
What to Expect, Part III: Modified AKS Safe Harbor for Personal Services & Management Contracts - (Posted On Friday, May 21, 2021)
New Warning for Health Care Providers Paying for Marketing - (Posted On Tuesday, March 09, 2021)
OCR Waives HIPAA Penalties Against Providers Using Electronic COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling - (Posted On Thursday, March 04, 2021)

Healthcare law

Healthcare Regulations COVID – Opioid

The National Law Review named Kristen Andrews Wilson as a Go-To Thought Leader for her for contributions related to healthcare regulation during the COVID-19 crisis. Ms. Wilson’s articles cover overlapping topics, examining the intersection between patient privacy, HIPAA compliance and healthcare systems liability in a variety of situations, including some of the unusual circumstances brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic. Ms. Wilson tackles tough topics ranging from balancing hospital visits and religious protections during the pandemic and how to handle opioid patient privacy under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) revisions under the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations.