Bahati Mutisya has experience with Medicaid and Medicare regulations and audits, including defending clients who have received recoupment and termination notices from those programs. She represents providers before managed care organizations and the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings on issues related to licensure, pre-payment review, and post-payment review. In addition, Bahati advises psychiatric hospitals on compliance with state and federal rules related to caring for the mentally ill and guardianship and represents hospitals in involuntary commitment hearings in district court. She also provides guidance to providers regarding compliance with various health care laws including HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, EMTALA, and the federal False Claims Act.
Bahati is an adjunct professor teaching health care compliance in the Master of Studies in Law program at Wake Forest University School of Law. Her course covers health care compliance topics and laws, progressing from the basics of a compliance program to specific issues facing the health care industry.
Outside of health care, Bahati has counseled private businesses and local governments in regulatory issues and civil litigation. She has significant experience representing clients before governing bodies and elected officials. Bahati has also assisted municipalities with land use regulation, advised real estate developers on compliance with local zoning laws, and defended developers in real property litigation.
Bahati clerked for The Honorable Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, who is currently the Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. She also served as a law clerk at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Executive Office for Immigration Review, and as a law clerk at the DOJ, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation. Prior to attending law school, Bahati taught calculus supplemental instruction sessions for freshman calculus students at Carnegie Mellon University in Doha, Qatar.