Experience
Ms. Rhodes concentrates her practice on health care matters in the area of health care law, representing licensed health care professionals, group practices, health care clinics, medical billing companies, hospices, diagnostic testing facilities, home health agencies, pharmacies, clinical laboratories, not-for-profit charitable health clinics, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and other licensed health care facilities in business transactions and regulatory matters, with a primary focus on the following:
- HIPAA/HITECH compliance, audit defense, and data breach response;
- Health care licensure and certification of professionals and facilities;
- Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and insurance audits and reimbursement disputes;
- Health care business transactions and day-to-day operational and regulatory advice;
- False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, and Stark Law compliance counseling; and
- Scope of practice and advanced practice provider supervision issues.
Distinctions & Memberships
- The Florida Bar, 2004
- Hillsborough County Bar Association
Education
- College of William and Mary, J.D., 2004
- Central Michigan University, M.S., Health Administration, 1997
- University of Michigan, B.A., 1996, with distinction