Julia E. Cassidy

Julia E. Cassidy represents healthcare providers including physician practices, physicians, hospitals, and healthcare systems in all aspects of corporate transactions and regulatory matters. What do you focus on? I focus my practice on transactional and regulatory compliance matters for healthcare providers. Utilizing my previous experience working for the federal government in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) as well as in private practice, I strive to provide clients with thoughtful and practical advice. Healthcare Transactions My practice consists of an assortment of transactions involving hospital/physician alignment strategies, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, and other contractual arrangements such as professional services agreements and formation of management services companies and captive practices. Regulatory Compliance I advise clients on healthcare regulatory issues and provide counsel on federal and state fraud and abuse laws including the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, New Jersey’s Codey Law, and other state-specific self-referral laws.Health Information Privacy/HIPAAI counsel healthcare providers on all aspects of compliance with the requirements of HIPAA and the HITECH Act. I assist clients with the development of policies and procedures as well as provide guidance and analysis in the event of a breach or Office for Civil Rights investigation.