The law firm Ober|Kaler is pleased to announce that Kristin M. Bohl has joined the firm as a principal in the Health Law Group.

Kristin represents health care systems, hospitals and providers in compliance and regulatory issues, with particular emphasis on fraud and abuse analysis and Medicare payment matters. Kristin assists clients with internal audits and due diligence reviews to identify and address compliance concerns. Her work includes advising clients throughout the self-disclosure process to CMS and OIG as appropriate. Prior to entering private practice, Kristin served as the Technical Advisor in the Division of Technical Payment Policy at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contributing to the implementing regulations of the Stark law. During her tenure at CMS, she was part of the team that created and implemented the CMS Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol, which enables entities to self-disclose actual or potential violations of the Stark law. Kristin also provided technical assistance in the development of waivers of the Stark law for various Accountable Care Organizations models, including the Medicare Shared Savings Program and several other projects within CMS’ Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation.

Kristin also brings experience from the provider’s perspective. She was a registered nurse who, before attending law school, worked at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Kristin is a graduate of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (JD, 2006), where she served on the Journal of Health Care Law & Policy. She earned her nursing degree from Georgetown University (BSN, 1999).

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