Ms. Holley Thames Lutz

Holley Thames Lutz, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Holley T. LutzVice Chair - Educational ProgramsSonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP1301 K Street, NWSuite 600 EastWashington, DC 20005(202) 408-6836hlutz@sonnenschein.com

Holley Thames LutzVice Chair - MembershipSonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Holley Lutz Sonnenschein partner Holley Lutz will participate in the AHLA's Legal Issues Affecting Academic Medical Centers and Other Teaching Institutions program in Washington, D.C. on January 29-30, 2009. Ms. Lutz will speak on January 29 in a session titled "Research Misconduct: How Did We Get in this Mess and How Can We Avoid it in the Future", which will address clinical misconduct, key requirements and recent enforcement.

Holley Thames Lutz
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Holley Thames Lutz, Partner
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Ms. Lutz concentrates her practice in the areas of Medicare and Medicaid coverage and reimbursement counseling, administrative litigation and clinical research compliance. She has been recognized by Chambers USA as one of the leading health care lawyers in the United States. She also is featured in Nightingale's Health News list of "Outstanding Hospital Lawyers - 2008". She represents academic medical centers, community hospitals, large physician groups, hospices and research institutions, as well as a broad array of other health care organizations. In the Medicare and Medicaid arena, Ms. Lutz:

Counsels health care organizations with respect to Medicare coverage and reimbursement issues, including those relating to graduate medical education, disproportionate share payment adjustments, and Medicaid financing arrangements including provider-tax and supplemental payment models. Represents health care organizations in administrative litigation including PRRB and ALJ appeals. Interacts extensively with CMS, obtaining regulatory interpretations and policy clarifications on a wide range of coverage and reimbursement issues. Advises clients on formation and operational structure issues, including those relating to compliance with provider-based regulations, provider enrollment, and successor liability in the merger and acquisition context. With respect to EMTALA, Ms. Lutz reviews and revises provider policies and procedures, furnishes in-service training, defends providers against CMS allegations of non-compliance, and negotiates settlement agreements with HHS OIG.

In the clinical research arena, Ms. Lutz:

Ms. Lutz will speak on January 29 in a session titled "Research Misconduct: How Did We Get in this Mess and How Can We Avoid it in the Future", which will address clinical misconduct, key requirements and recent enforcement.
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Holley Thames Lutz will speak about Quality Reporting and the Move Toward Value-Based Purchasing on November 17.
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Holley Thames Lutz has been named to Nightingale's 2008 list of "Outstanding Hospital Lawyers. Nightingale's highlighted Ms. Lutz's notable clinical research, reimbursement and regulatory compliance expertise.
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Holley Lutz to Discuss Hot Issues in Clinical Trials Holley Lutz will speak at the American Health Lawyers Association's Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Ms. Lutz will address Hot Issues in Clinical Trials on July 1 and 2.

06-25-2008 Sonnenschein Continues Leadership in AHLA Sonnenschein continues its ever-strong participation in the American Health Lawyers Association, as the following attorneys were appointed to leadership roles for the 2008-2009 program year: Marci Rose Levine, Vice Chair, Hospitals and Health Systems Practice Group; and Holley Lutz, Vice Chair, Teaching Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers Practice Group.
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Congratulations to the individual attorneys in Sonnenschein's Health Care Group who were ranked by Chambers, including Bruce Merlin Fried ("extraordinarily knowledgeable"), "), Holley Thames Lutz ("a real star"), Mac Thornton ("lauded for his anti-kickback expertise" and "strategic board-level advice"), and Gadi Weinreich (who has assembled "one of the best health law teams in the country" and "is a leading expert on the Stark law").
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Holley Lutz will speak at the American Health Lawyers Association's Life Sciences Law Institute, which will be held in Bethesda, Maryland. Ms. Lutz will discuss scientific misconduct on May 8 and 9.
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Janice Ziegler and Holley Lutz will speak at the American Health Lawyers Association's Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues on April 9-11, 2008, in Baltimore, MD.
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Ms. Ziegler will discuss Medicare secondary payment issues on April 9 and Ms. Lutz will examine Medicare clinical research policy on April 11.
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Bruce Fried, Holley Thames Lutz, Mac Thornton and Gadi Weinreich were ranked in the guide, which is based on interviews with thousands of attorneys and clients nationwide.
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Sonnenschein partners Marci Rose Levine and Holley Thames Lutz have been reappointed as vice chairs of their respective American Health Lawyers Association committees.
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Ms. Levine will serve on the Hospitals and Health Systems Practice Group, and Ms. Lutz will serve on the Teaching Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers Practice Group.
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Holley Thames Lutz to Speak On CMS' Proposed Changes to Clinical Research Policy Holley Thames Lutz will serve as a panelist for a teleconference titled "CMS' Draft Decision Memorandum on the Clinical Research Policy. Ms. Lutz will address significant changes noted in the CMS proposal and the impact of the proposal on researchers, sponsors, and providers. The teleconference is sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association and will be held on May 3, 2007.

04-23-2007 Sonnenschein Attorneys Speak at Society of Research Administrators Meeting Holley Thames Lutz and Ramy Fayed will present "Enforcement and Federal Grant Accounting" at the Society of Research Administrators 2007 Midwest Section Meeting.
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Holley Thames Lutz will participate on a panel discussion titled "Clinical Research: Medicare Coverage, Payment and Compliance" during the American Health Lawyers Association's Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues.
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Holley Thames Lutz will present a program titled "Enforcement of Federal Grant Accounting" during the American Health Lawyers Association's Legal Issues Affecting Academic Medical Centers and Other Teaching Institutions.