Sterling Healthcare Announces New Senior Vice President and General Counsel; Company Further Strengthens Senior Management Team.DURHAM, N.C. -- Sterling Healthcare, a national leader in the provision of hospital-based physician management services, today announced Kimberly Licata has been appointed to the position of senior vice president and general counsel. Ms. Licata will oversee all matters related to company contracting, corporate paralegal, lender relationships, managed care, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , professional liability, leases, intellectual property, employment & human resources and mergers & acquisitions. Ms. Licata will work in the company's Durham headquarters and report to Eugene Dauchert, president and chief executive officer, Sterling Healthcare. "Kim will provide guidance on a wide range of legal, compliance and operational issues," said Eugene Dauchert. "Her health law expertise and her broad range of experience are great assets to the company and we are very happy to have her on board." Prior to joining Sterling Healthcare, Ms. Licata was a senior associate at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, where she worked on both regulatory issues and litigation matters for a variety of health care organizations, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, physicians and other and suppliers. Her work included medical malpractice defense, regulatory compliance with EMTALA EMTALA Emergency Medical Treatment & Active Labor Act, see there and other applicable federal and state laws and regulations, Medicare and Medicaid Medicare and Medicaid U.S. government programs in effect since 1966. Medicare covers most people 65 or older and those with long-term disabilities. Part A, a hospital insurance plan, also pays for home health visits and hospice care. coverage and billing, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, privacy, as well as medical staffing. Ms. Licata previously served for two years as an associate for Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, LLP in Washington, D.C., concentrating on public sector litigation and health law. Ms. Licata is a member of the North Carolina and District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). Bars and their associated bar associations, and the American Health Lawyers Association. About Sterling Healthcare For nearly three decades, Sterling Healthcare has been a national leader in the provision of hospital-based physician management services in three key areas: emergency, hospital and critical care medicine. Sterling is dedicated to providing quality care and is focused on improving hospital performance against CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. core measures, JCAHO JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, see there quality indicators and other national benchmarks. Each year over 1,400 Sterling physicians deliver care for more than two million adult and pediatric patients nationwide. Sterling Healthcare is also a leading provider of clinical services to the United States Military Medical Services through its government services subsidiary. Sterling Healthcare is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham CountyGR6 and is the fourth-largest city in the state by population. . To learn more, visit www.sterlinghealthcare.com. |
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