Daniel K. Glessner
Dan is a partner of Brouse McDowell and the chair of the Health Care Practice Group. He focuses on corporate and health care issues and serves the needs of various hospitals, physician group practices, dialysis centers, ambulatory care providers, and other health care entities. Dan provides counsel on a myriad of health care and corporate issues including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, long-term care, medical staff and licensure issues, employment, general contracting, implementation of policies and procedures, real estate transactions, Medicare, Medicaid and commercial payor audits and reimbursement issues, HIPAA, fraud and abuse, non-profit tax-exempt and managed care issues, contract negotiations, patient-related issues, and regulatory compliance concerns including fraud and abuse, Stark physician self-referral issues and the Anti-Kickback Statute, IRS compliance issues, private inurement/private benefit and various state law issues. In the wake of Health Care Reform, Dan and the Health Care Practice Group at Brouse McDowell ensure that health care clients are in compliance with all new and revised laws and help develop strategic models to respond to changes in the health care industry. Prior to joining Brouse McDowell in 2008, Dan served as in-house counsel with Akron General Health System for 16 years. Professional/Civic Activities
Dan is an Adjunct Professor at The University of Akron College of Law where he teaches health care law. He is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserves, having served for over 22 years. Dan is on the Board of Directors for the Boy Scouts of America Great Trail Council and Hattie Larlham Foundation. He has participated as a board member in various community non-profit and professional organizations, including the Cleveland Bar Association Health Care Counsel, the Society of Healthcare Attorneys, the Akron Jaycees, and MedPro Credit Union. He is a regular contributor to M.D. News Magazine. Dan is a member of the Akron, Cleveland, and Ohio State Bar Associations.
He is an Akron Bar Foundation Fellow and a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the Health Care Compliance Association and the Ohio Hospital Association. Articles/Speaking Engagements - 2011 HCCA Regional Annual Conference (05/06/2011)
- Elder Care Presentation / Health Care Reform (04/04/2011)
- Employment Agreement Presentation to Residents at Akron Children's Hospital (02/10/2011)
- Long Term Care Presentation to Health Law Class, University of Akron, School of Law (10/24/2010)
- Annual Fellows Breakfast (Akron Bar Foundation) Health Care Reform Client - Tax Exempt Regulations Presentation (10/21/2010)
- Northeastern Ohio Medical Group Manager's Association (NEOMGMA) Health Care Presentation (02/17/2010)
- Tax Exempt Issues Presentation (09/2009)
- Stark Presentation (12/2008)
- Fraud and Abuse Basics Presentation to Centers for Dialysis Care, Inc. (04/2008)
Representative Engagements - Representation of health care systems in creating new service lines and form strategic relationships with other health care systems.
- Representation of a multi million dollar specialty practice with its sale to an integrated health care delivery system.
- Assist in creative integration of client practice into an integrated health care delivery system.
- Representation of integrated health care delivery system in aligning with strategic specialty and primary care practices.
- Counsel to physician group practices including practice acquisitions, regulatory guidance, strategic planning and daily operational issues.
- Formation of Physician/Hospital joint ventures to include Sleep Centers, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, and Mobile Diagnostics.
- Experience with handling Internal Revenue Service audits and Office of Inspector General investigations.
- Corporate governance issues to include implementing best practices for institutional integrity.
- Assisted in the formation and monitoring of corporate compliance and HIPAA compliance programs.
Admissions
Ohio Bar, 1993 |