Clients know that Kristen Andrews Wilson will help them understand and navigate the complex and complicated healthcare landscape. Kristen’s clients include hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities, as well as independent healthcare providers. Kristen’s practice is a unique combination of litigation avoidance via counseling and defense via litigation, when necessary. In addition to her medical malpractice litigation practice, Kristen has experience with federal and state healthcare regulatory compliance, as well as business transactions involving hospitals, physician practices, and independent practitioners.
Key Experience
Provided federal regulatory guidance for multi-state health care entity in sale of assets in multiple jurisdictions
Represented employed and independent physicians before various West Virginia licensure boards, including the West Virginia Osteopathic Medicine Board and the West Virginia Board of Medicine
Served as regulatory counsel for healthcare entities on Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and the corporate practice of medicine doctrine
Advised healthcare clients on Certificate of Need (CON) matters in West Virginia, for acquisitions and divestitures, the addition of services, and opposition of duplicative services
Defended long-term care facilities against claims for alleged violations of state nursing home acts and medical negligence
Defended physicians in medical negligence lawsuits
Represented health care entities in a variety of transactions, including leasing, employment, and independent contractor arrangements
Drafted informed consent authorizations for a hospital