Brittany H. Cone
Biography
Brittany H. Cone, CHC, is a Partner in the firm’s Atlanta office. She focuses her practice on a wide range of regulatory, administrative and litigation matters in health care.
Certified in Health Care Compliance by the Health Care Compliance Association, Brittany works with providers on the full spectrum of issues they face including Medicare, Medicaid, regulatory compliance, administrative hearings and appeals.
Brittany received a Juris Doctorate from Georgia State University College of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review and served as associate symposium editor and associate editor for student notes. She also served as an extern for the Honorable A. Harris Adams of the Georgia Court of Appeals. Brittany completed a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in Spanish at Berry College, and she studied at the Center for Cross Cultural Studies in Seville, Spain.
Experience
Brittany is experienced in the day-to-day operations issues faced by providers, ranging from Medicare and Medicaid matters, issues involving third-party payors, corporate and regulatory compliance matters, administrative hearings and appeals. As denials and under-reimbursement become more prevalent from payors including Medicare Advantage Organizations and private insurance companies, Brittany often works with medical providers seeking reimbursement for or defending against the denial of claims submitted to various payers.
Ms. Cone has worked with hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, personal care homes, assisted living facilities, home health and physician practices, especially focusing on regulatory and operational issues.
Ms. Cone has advised healthcare providers on compliance with Federal, State, and local laws and regulations. She has counseled clients in managing the regulatory aspects of health care transactions, especially change of ownership licensing and operation issues and Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues. Additionally, she assists clients with complying with the Patient Care and Affordable Care Act, including the development of an effective compliance program.
Ms. Cone has also assisted clients with self reporting requirements, internal investigations, including those in response to OIG investigations, the False Claims Act, Stark and Anti- Kickback. Ms. Cone has spent a significant portion of her practice assisting providers with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), including developing HIPAA policies and procedures and breach response.
Ms. Cone has assisted professionals in malpractice actions in all phases of litigation.
Credentials
ADMITTED
EDUCATION
CERTIFICATIONS
Memberships
Recognition
Presentations
- Expectation Management:
Connecting and Communicating with Residents and Families
Georgia Health Care Association Bi-annual Convention, June 2018. - Rising to the Top
It’s the Little Things- Controlling the Narrative:
Crisis Communication and Expectation Management
Georgia Health Care Association Bi-annual Convention, January 2018. - Establishing a Firm Foundation:
What Recent Trends Tell Us About Getting Back to Basics
Georgia Health Care Association Bi-annual Convention, June 2017.
- Collaboration with Post-Acute Providers: Reducing Re-admissions and Decreasing Financial, Regulatory, and Liability Risks
Seminar in the South, August 2016. - Disclosures: How Much is Too Much
Georgia Health Care Association Bi-annual Convention, June 2016. - Surrogate Decision Makers, Privacy and Current Trends
Georgia Health Care Association Bi-annual Convention, January 2016. - Preparing for and Navigating the IDR and IIDR Process
Georgia Health Care Association, March 2015. - Making a Molehill out of a Mountain
Legal update on SNF 5 Star Rating System and the IMPACT Act, Georgia Health Care Association Bi-annual Convention, January 2015. - Update on OIG focus on culture of compliance, creating effective communication systems
Georgia Health Care Association Bi-annual Convention, January 2014. - Managing the Unmanageable: How effective expectation management can be used in all levels of operations
Georgia Health Care Association Bi-annual convention, June 2013.
Publications
- Data Protection and Privacy Weekly
A weekly newsletter that Mr. Sheinis sends out with the latest updates on Data Protection and Cyber Security. (Click here if you’d like to subscribe.) - The Cyber Threat: Landscape for 2015, p.12-24.
- Hospitality Upgrade magazine, Spring 2015.
- The Cyber Threat: Landscape for 2015,”p.12-24. (Read full article)
- Data Security Part 3: Training Staff to Reduce Risks Associated with Data Breach
- Hospitality Upgrade, Winter 2014. (Read full article)
- Making Your Cloud Agreement Work for You
- Hospitality Upgrade, Fall 2013. (Read full article)
- Embracing Mobility
- Hospitality Upgrade, Summer 2013. (Read full article)
- Data Protection in International Business
DRI, For The Defense 2012, (Read full article) - Data Protection in International Business (Read full article)
- Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards in the United States.
DRI, For The Defense 2011 (Read full article)