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Practice Focus
Priscilla represents and advises hospitals, physician practices, mental health centers, managed care plans, nursing homes and other health care clients on a wide range of legal issues. She counsels clients on contracting, general corporate and regulatory matters, hospital and practitioner relationships, compliance, licensing, federal and state privacy issues, including HIPAA, fraud and abuse, and patient care policies and issues.
Prior to practicing law, Priscilla was an executive in the managed health care industry for six years, serving as chief development officer for Healthsource Inc., a national managed care company, and as chief executive officer for some of its affiliates. She joined Sheehan Phinney in 1993.
- Regularly represents clients in employment and independent contractor agreements between hospitals and physicians, physicians and physician practices, and other health care practitioners and facilities.
- Advises physician and other practitioners on professional corporate and group practice matters, including corporate formation, and corporate, shareholder and employment documents.
- Serves as general counsel to New Hampshire community hospitals in contractual, regulatory, business planning and other matters.
- Regularly represents clients in employment and independent contractor agreements between hospitals and physicians, physicians and physician practices, and other health care practitioners and facilities.
- Advises physician and other practitioners on professional corporate and group practice matters, including corporate formation, and corporate, shareholder and employment documents.
- Serves as general counsel to New Hampshire community hospitals in contractual, regulatory, business planning and other matters.
- Regularly represents a national managed care company in developing contracts with pharmaceutical companies and provider networks.
- Provides legal advice to health care clients on physician/provider recruitment, consent and medical information issues, general patient care issues and policies, and implementation of and compliance with state and federal health care laws and regulations.
- Drafted HIPAA Privacy Rule policies and procedures for a major New Hampshire health care system and several New Hampshire hospitals, and advises clients regarding HIPAA Privacy Rule and state privacy issues on an ongoing basis.
- Negotiated a third-party administrator agreement between a national managed care company and an employee benefit trust.
Education
B.A., magna cum laude, University of New Hampshire
J.D., magna cum laude, Boston College Law School
Honors
Articles Editor, Boston College Law Review. Order of the Coif.
Memberships and Admissions
Priscilla is admitted to practice in New Hampshire. She is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association and of the American Health Lawyers Association.
Community Involvement
Priscilla serves as a Trustee, Finance Committee Member and Secretary of New Hampshire Public Radio, as well as Chair of the Capital Region Committee for the NHPR Capital Campaign. She is a former Director and Chairperson of the Board of ABC Quilts, Inc.
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