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Mirick O'Connell Attorneys at Law |
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Education
JD, magna cum laude, Suffolk University Law School (2008)
BA, cum laude, Haverford College (2004) |
Bar and Court Admissions
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit |
Professional/Community Affiliations
American Bar Association: YLD Liaison to Health Law Section; Health Law Section Web and Technology Committee, vice-chair; Membership Committee; Health Law Section Social Media Editor
Worcester County Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
Boston Bar Association
American Health Lawyers Association, Fraud Abuse P.G. Research and Website Committee, lead coordinator; Enforcement Committee, member
Family Services of Central Massachusetts, board member
Tufts University; Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, member
Worcester Young Businessmen's Association
Worcester Institute for Senior Education, class coordinator |
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Matthew R. Fisher
Associate
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Matt is an associate with Mirick O'Connell. He is the chair of the firm's Health Law Group and a member of the firm's Business Group. Matt focuses his practice on health law and all areas of corporate transactions.
Matt's health law practice includes advising clients with regulatory, fraud, abuse, and compliance issues. With regard to regulatory matters, Matt advises clients to ensure that contracts, agreements and other business arrangements meet both federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements. Matt's regulatory advices focuses on complying with requirements of the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, fraud and abuse regulations, licensing requirements and HIPAA. Matt also advises clients on compliance policies to develop appropriate monitoring and oversight of operations.
Matt is the ABA Young Lawyers Division Liaison to the Health Law Section. Matt is also a vice-chair of the Health Law Section's Web and Technology Committee and Membership Committee and a Social Media Editor for the section. Matt is a Lead Coordinator for the American Health Lawyer Association Fraud & Abuse Practice Group's Web & Technology Committee and an author of e-mail alerts for the Enforcement Committee in the same Practice Group.
In addition, Matt represents clients in all stages of business transactions, from formation, contract review and preparation, mergers and acquisitions. Matt assists clients of all sizes from small closely held companies to large multinational companies.
In 2011 and 2012, Matt was named a Massachusetts "Rising Star" by Boston magazine and Law & Politics.
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Representative Matters
- Represented clinic and ambulatory surgery centers in obtaining operational licenses and Determination of Need certificates from the Department of Public Health
- Analyzed billing practices of clinic to determine whether federal billing guidelines were met and advised on response
- Advised client on how to report and return potential overpayments received from billings submitted to federal healthcare programs
- Performed general Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute reviews of policies and agreements for physician practice groups and clinics
- Advised physician practice group in structuring ownership, inclusion of non-physician owners, and restructuring
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Publications/Presentations
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"So You're a Healthcare Attorney, Now What?: The Practical Realities for New Healthcare Attorneys Taught Through Case Studies on Everyday Scenarios," American Bar Association Health Law Section Emerging Issues Conference, February 2013 (co-presenter)
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"Tables Being Turned on Auditors, HHS' Inspector General Wants to Investigate Audit Contractors," ModernHealth.com, October 2012 (quoted)
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"Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Bootcamp Part V: Compliance and Transactions," American Health Lawyers Association, May 2012 (moderator)
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"Social Media Bootcamp Webinar Series, Level II, Part III: How to Practice Safe and Ethical Social Networking: Be Careful While Friending, Linking and Tweeting Your Way to Success," American Health Lawyers Association, April 2012 (moderator)
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"HEAT Actions Since the Beginning of FY2012," ABA Health eSource, Volume 8, Number 8, April 2012 (author)
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"Social Media Bootcamp Webinar Series, Level I, Part II: How to Use Social Media and Social Networking: Focus on Facebook and LinkedIn," American Health Lawyers Association, January 2012 (presenter)
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"Navigating the Federal Fraud and Abuse Laws: A Primer on the Stark Law and Anti-kickback Statute," Teleconference, ABA Young Lawyers Division Health Law Committee, May 2011, (moderator)
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"New Health Law Compliance Requirements from the Federal Health Reform Law," American Bar Association Criminal Litigation Journal, Volume 11, Number 1 (2010)
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"Medical Malpractice 101," Teleconference, ABA Young Lawyers Division Health Law Committee, November 2010, (moderator)
- "How to Increase a Judgment with Minimal Work: Use Pre-Judgment Interest," Massachusetts Bar Association Young Lawyers Journal, Issue 10, (2010) (author)
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