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
- Potential Delay in Long-Awaited Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Rules - (Posted On Tuesday, February 16, 2021)
- CMS to Audit and Monitor Hospital Price Transparency - (Posted On Wednesday, January 06, 2021)
- UPDATE: West Virginia Nursing Home Vaccination Distribution Plan - (Posted On Friday, December 11, 2020)
- What to Expect: HHS Issues Final Rules on Stark, AKS & CMP Laws - (Posted On Friday, December 11, 2020)
- West Virginia Updates Nursing Home Vaccination Distribution Plan - (Posted On Friday, December 11, 2020)
- Balancing Hospital Visitations and Religious Freedoms During a Pandemic - (Posted On Wednesday, October 28, 2020)
- HIPAA Right to Access Failures – Continued Penalties for Providers - (Posted On Thursday, September 24, 2020)
- Office for Civil Rights Recommends IT Asset Inventory - (Posted On Friday, September 11, 2020)
- CMS Announces New Payment Model for Rural Providers - (Posted On Monday, August 24, 2020)
- SAMHSA Facilitates Better Care Coordination to Combat Opioid Epidemic - (Posted On Friday, July 24, 2020)
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.