The Kelso Health Law Firm, PC

Health-law practice limited almost exclusively to physician employment agreements, practice formation, and the regulatory work underneath both.

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Responsible individual for regulatory and billing compliance. Reported to the UTMB President and the Vice President, Chief Legal & Regulatory Affairs Officer. Built and ran the Office of Institutional Compliance: committee work, UT System reporting, annual education, the compliance hotline, monitoring and auditing, and remediation of non-compliant activity.

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Managed, analyzed, and reviewed public-information requests — including from reporters, legislators, former employees, and oversight groups. Worked with Legal Affairs, outside counsel, and UT System General Counsel on Texas Public Information Act exceptions and Attorney General opinion requests.

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Supported daily operations of Institutional Compliance while retaining direct oversight of the Institutional Privacy Office, including compliance coders, auditors, trainers, and staff.

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Project director for an institution-wide UT System initiative to protect use and disclosure of employee, patient, and student Social Security numbers.

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Hired to implement HIPAA Privacy, Security, and EDI rules. Investigated allegations of non-compliance, coordinated corrective action, and built privacy training and monitoring — reporting periodically to the Institutional Compliance Committee and the Chief Executive Officer.

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Promoted from staff attorney with greater independence and authority over assigned matters.

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Legal advice to executive management of an academic medical center — teaching hospital of more than 850 beds, 13,000 employees, and 2,800 students. Leases, professional-services and managed-care agreements, purchasing (RFPs, RFIs, standard terms), employment and premises litigation, Medicare and Medicaid, and the Texas Public Information Act.

Everything you wanted to know about Subpoenas

Bay Area Mental Health Provider Network · January 10, 2006

The Impact of the HIPAA Privacy Regulations on Correctional Health

2004 Multidisciplinary Training Conference, Corrections & Community: Transitioning for the Future, American Correctional Health Services Association · March 25–28, 2004

The HIPAA Privacy Regulations

Dallas County Commissioners Court · February 26, 2004

HIPAA: Understanding the Privacy Regulations

TDCJ Health Services Staff Meeting · December 4, 2003

HIPAA: Understanding the Disclosure of PHI

Galveston County Bar · November 20, 2003

What does HIPAA Mean to the HIM Professional?

Texas Health Information Management Association Fall Symposium · September 13, 2003

The HIPAA Privacy Regulations

Texas Medical Directors’ Association Annual Geriatrics Education Symposium: Geriatrics From Head to Toe · September 5–7, 2003

HIPAA: Understanding the Disclosure of PHI

Galveston County Bar, Family Law Section · July 9, 2003

Overview of the HIPAA Privacy Administrative Requirement

Piney Woods Area Health Education Center · February 7, 2003

HIPAA’s Impact on Correctional Health

Correctional Managed Healthcare Contracting Committee · December 3, 2002

Panelist, HIPAA Planning and Implementation

Convergent Validity: A Forum For Academic Medical Centers to Discuss HIPAA Implementation, AAMC and the University Health System Consortium · November 12–13, 2002

Panelist, Scenario Discussion: Sustaining the Education Mission

Convergent Validity, AAMC and the University Health System Consortium · November 12–13, 2002

Panelist, Scenario Discussion: Maintaining Access to Care and Reducing Operational Costs and Risks of Running the Clinical Enterprise

Convergent Validity, AAMC and the University Health System Consortium · November 12–13, 2002

HIPAA Implementation and Remediation at the University of Texas Medical Branch

Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants / CPE Foundation, Inc. 2002 Health Care Conference · July 25–26, 2002

Panelist, Marketing and Fundraising

North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communication Alliance, HIPAA Readiness: Solutions and Strategies from and for Academic Medical Centers · April 7–9, 2002

HIPAA Implementation and Remediation at the University of Texas Medical Branch

Southwest Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, 47th Annual Meeting: Clinical PET Imaging in Oncology, Neurology, and Cardiology · March 15–17, 2002

HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Developing, Planning and Coordinating HIPAA Privacy Projects for Implementation (with Laurie Robinson-Bayless, MBA)

International Association of Privacy Officers, The Second Annual Privacy & Data Security Summit · January 30–February 1, 2002

Research Involving Human Subjects: Providing Insights and Appreciation to Complex Legal and Ethical Problems

University of Houston Law Center LL.M. Thesis · December 2000

No Duty to Warn of Threats of Violence: Dispelling the Myth in Texas Jurisprudence

Health Law Perspectives · September 17, 1999

Changes In Enforcement: New Policies At The Office Of Protection From Research Risks

Health Law Perspectives · May 24, 1999

The Attorney On-Call Handbook, Second Edition

1997

The Attorney On-Call Handbook, First Edition

1996