Ms. Cohen counsels health care organizations with respect to Medicare coverage and reimbursement issues, including those relating to graduate medical education (GME) payments, telemedicine, patient status, billing for inpatient and outpatient services, and complying with various federal fraud and abuse laws and regulations. On behalf of clients, she also interacts with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to obtain regulatory interpretations and policy clarifications, and drafts comment letters for submission to federal administrative bodies. Ms. Cohen also has experience representing health care organizations in administrative litigation including Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB) appeals.
Ms. Cohen is active in providing regulatory counsel with respect to telehealth arrangements. In this area, her practice includes analyzing and structuring telemedicine agreements between hospital systems, practitioners, and other institutional health care providers. She regularly evaluates telemedicine arrangements and provides guidance regarding reimbursement, fraud and abuse, licensure, scope of practice, and supervision matters.
Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Ms. Cohen served as a senior policy and regulatory specialist for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and as a public policy specialist for the Susan G. Komen Advocacy Alliance.