Practices:

• Litigation
  • Health Care

Industries

• Health Care

Experience

Charlotte practices exclusively in the area of health care law, primarily focusing on regulatory compliance of health care organizations. Her experience includes licensure, certification and accreditation of various health care facilities, corporate governance, tax-exempt compliance, physician contracting, managed care contracting, analysis of contracts and other arrangements between providers and physicians under the federal Stark and Anti-kickback laws and regulations, and records retention policies and schedules.   

Experience also includes advising and representing health care industry clients before state administrative agencies on certificates of need, Medicaid claims reimbursement and Medicaid provider enrollment. 

Charlotte is a regular speaker on State health care regulations.  She has spoken at various seminars on the retention and confidentiality of medical records as well as institutional review board matters.

Active in many health care organizations, Charlotte currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Health Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and annually facilitates the Health Day for Leadership DeKalb.

Charlotte currently serves as Chair of the Firm-wide Diversity Committee and serves on the Firm’s Hiring and Professional Development Committee. She also regularly speaks to law student and young lawyers on professional development topics, including conducting an organizational skills workshop twice a year for the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys. 

Charlotte has been recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers as one of its Rising Stars.

Notable Engagements

• Advising client on the re-opening of a hospital, including applicable state licensure and CON requirements, Joint Commission and Medicare certification, and compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act  (CLIA);
• Advising and recommending options for the restructuring of a hospital’s employed physicians practices;
• Advising tax-exempt clients on the new IRS 990, prohibited political activity as well as general tax-exemption compliance;
• Advising and preparation of Medicare Provider Enrollment forms for Part A and Part B providers and DMEPOS suppliers;
• Advising client on regulation of continuing care retirement communities.  

Education

• J.D., Georgia State University College of Law, 1997
• B.A., Louisiana State University, 1988

Admitted

• Georgia
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit