Ellen utilizes her in-depth knowledge of health care regulation to assist clients with government audits and investigations, M&A and financing transactions, and corporate compliance activities. She also provides strategic advice to traditional health care providers, investors, and start-ups on telehealth initiatives as well as the traditional practice of medicine across multiple states. Ellen often comments on developments in telehealth, HIPAA, and the corporate practice of medicine. As an assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Ellen represented state agencies responsible for health care reimbursement, licensing, and Medicaid fraud prosecutions. She has successfully argued two cases before the US Supreme Court.
Ellen specializes in providing regulatory and strategic advice to health care providers and payors of all types, including hospitals, managed care organizations, long-term care facilities, pharmacies, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, telemedicine providers, and urgent care and retail health clinics. She also represents companies doing business with, and investing in, health care providers. One of Ellen’s provider clients was quoted saying, “I can bring her any issue or question and she is able to quickly provide insights and answers that are practical and business-oriented. She is a true health care expert.”
Ellen's practice focuses on Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party payor audits and investigations, the development of corporate compliance programs, and hospital/physician relationships, including compliance with the state and federal anti-kickback laws and the Stark Law. In addition, she advises clients on how to deploy telemedicine and internet based health initiatives, electronic health records, and how to address HIPAA privacy and security matters.
Before joining Mintz, Ellen was an assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, representing state agencies responsible for health care reimbursement, licensing, and Medicaid fraud prosecutions.
Ellen served as a member of the advisory committee that worked with the Massachusetts Health IT Council on the development and implementation of the statewide HIT strategic plan and health information exchange.
She has written about and speaks frequently on state and federal telehealth laws, the corporate practice of medicine, compliance programs, board governance matters, HIPAA privacy and data security, technology and health care, and hospital/physician relationships. Ellen has successfully argued two cases before the US Supreme Court.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Ellen L. Janos
- Health Care Privacy and Security In 2024: Six Critical Topics to Watch - (Posted On Thursday, January 25, 2024)
- Telehealth Update: DEA Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule on Prescribing Controlled Substances via Telehealth - (Posted On Friday, March 03, 2023)
- Telehealth Update: PHE Extended Through April 2023, But Some Key Telehealth Flexibilities Will Stick Around Longer - (Posted On Thursday, January 12, 2023)
- Telehealth Update: Assessing PHE Flexibilities, Pending Legislation Entering Fall 2022 - (Posted On Thursday, September 01, 2022)
- ML Strategies Outlook: Federal Action Post-Dobbs Decision - (Posted On Monday, July 25, 2022)
- Potential Pitfalls of Telehealth Prescribing - (Posted On Tuesday, May 31, 2022)
- Telehealth Update: A Federal Appropriations Bill, A Positive OIG Report, and Good News from HHS - (Posted On Tuesday, March 22, 2022)
- Telehealth Update: New Bill Could Provide Much Needed Certainty to Providers and Patients - (Posted On Thursday, February 10, 2022)
- Post-Pandemic Access to Telehealth: Highlights of the CMS 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule - (Posted On Thursday, November 11, 2021)
- Health Law Diagnosed — Telehealth Transformation: Where We Are and Where We’re Headed [PODCAST] - (Posted On Friday, April 09, 2021)