Education & Honors
- University of Richmond School of Law J.D. cum laude 1991
- Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia, B.A. History and Philosophy, 1987
Bar Admissions
Bill evaluates claims submitted to BrownGreer in its role as Claims Administrator in a large Class Action Settlement and participates in the training of support personnel who assist in claims administration. He is also involved in the evaluation of claims submitted in a separate Class Action Settlement and oversees claimant and Claims Administrator compliance with a court-ordered audit program.
Prior to joining BrownGreer, Bill represented healthcare providers, both individual and institutional. He focused on clinically-related regulatory compliance matters such as Privacy Regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the requirements imposed on hospitals and physicians by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). Before attending law school, Bill worked for several years in critical care nursing. He has frequently spoken, and has written articles, on a wide variety of health law and risk management topics.
Bill is one of Virginia's leading experts on HIPAA Privacy Regulations. He has worked actively in past years as a member of the Virginia Bar Association's HIPAA Legislative Task Force to draft and recommend statutory amendments designed to make compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Regulations easier for Virginia healthcare providers and health plans. Bill is frequently called upon by the Virginia General Assembly and by other attorneys to explain the HIPAA Privacy Regulations and their interaction with Virginia law.
Bill is a member of the Virginia Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association. Bill joined BrownGreer in March of 2004.
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