Max Reynolds-McDermott, Will & Emery
Max M. Reynolds is an attorney in the Health Law Department, resident in McDermott, Will & Emery's Washington, D.C. office. He concentrates his practice on regulatory counseling and fraud and abuse corporate compliance.
Mr. Reynolds regularly counsels acute care hospitals, medical practices, nursing facilities and other health care providers on regulatory issues, including Medicare coverage and reimbursement, health care fraud and abuse compliance, and licensure and accreditation. He has advised providers on a variety of issues, including those regarding EMTALA, exemption from and the requirements of various Medicare prospective payment systems and fee schedules, establishment of a "hospital within a hospital," securing provider-based status for off-campus facilities, consolidated billing, Medicare coverage of various diagnostic services and CLIA requirements governing clinical laboratory services.
Mr. Reynolds also represents hospitals, physicians, medical equipment suppliers, and pharmaceutical companies on fraud and abuse compliance matters, including analysis of business ventures, commercial strategies, compensation arrangements, gainsharing and recruitment and retention of practitioners. In addition, Mr. Reynolds represents providers in qui tam actions as well as federal investigations and audits and drafts corporate compliance programs.
Mr. Reynolds has published extensively on Medicare regulatory matters as well as health care fraud and abuse, including articles on EMTALA, the hospital outpatient prospective payment system, the hospital inpatient prospective payment system, the rehabilitation facility prospective payment system and gainsharing. His articles include "Gainsharing: A Cost-Reduction Strategy that May Be Back," Healthcare Financial Management, January 2002; "Final Inpatient Rehabilitation PPS Rule Improves on Proposed Rule," Healthcare Financial Management, October 2001; "EMTALA Liability: Transforming Your Off-Campus Facility into an Emergency Department," Trustee, January 2001; "Medicare Payment for New Impatient Services and Technologies Requires Expanded Coordination Between Hospitals and Those Conducting Clinical Trials," The RAP Sheet, Summer 2001; and "HCFA's New Restrictions on the Operation of Hospital Outpatient Facilities," Journal of Health Law, Fall 2000.
Mr. Reynolds received a bachelor's degree in political science, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Emory University in 1992. He earned the JD in 1996 from the University of Virginia.
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