Murtha Cullina Partner Heather Berchem Appointed to AHCA Legal CommitteeFebruary 21, 2014 New Haven, CT (February 21, 2014)… The American Health Care Association has appointed Heather O. Berchem, Murtha Cullina partner, to the American Health Care Association Legal Committee. The American Health Care Association is a non-profit federation of affiliate state health organizations, together representing more than 11,000 non-profit and for-profit nursing facility, assisted living, developmentally-disabled, and subacute care providers that care for approximately one million elderly and disabled individuals each day. Ms. Berchem, Chair of Murtha Cullina’s Long-Term Care Practice Group and a member of the Health Care and Information Security and Privacy Practice Groups, advises nursing homes, assisted living communities, CCRCs, hospitals, and home health care and hospice agencies. Her practice encompasses a wide range of regulatory, compliance, risk management and reimbursement issues including licensure; certificates of need; Medicare and Medicaid audits; changes of ownership; HIPAA and security breaches; and responding to audits and investigations by federal and state agencies. About Murtha Cullina LLP With more than 115 attorneys in six offices throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts, Murtha Cullina LLP offers a full range of legal services to meet the local, regional and national needs of our clients. Our practice encompasses litigation, regulatory and transactional representation of businesses, governmental units, non-profit organizations and individuals. Core practice areas include litigation, labor and employment, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, construction, energy, health care, trusts and estates, affordable housing, real estate, land use and retail and hospitality. Murtha Cullina is the exclusive member firm in Connecticut for Lex Mundi – the world’s leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience in 100+ countries worldwide; and the exclusive Connecticut member firm of State Law Resources, an international network of independent law firms. Visit www.murthalaw.com. # # # # |
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