Kristen Andrews Wilson

Member

Litigation

J.D. University of Akron

B.S. West Virginia University

Licensure:

Ohio

Licensure:

Pennsylvania

Licensure:

West Virginia

Office:

Wheeling, WV

(304) 231-0444

Office:

Southpointe, PA

(724) 749-3140

kristen.andrews-wilson@steptoe-johnson.com

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Biography

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.

Memberships & Awards

Professional

2020 Go To Thought Leadership Award, Healthcare Regs COVID-19, The National Law Review
American Health Lawyers Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
Graduated magna cum laude, University of Akron

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

Know-How

Alert

OCR Waives HIPAA Penalties Against Providers Using Electronic COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling

Potential Delay in Long-Awaited Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Rules

CMS to Audit and Monitor Hospital Price Transparency

What to Expect: HHS Issues Final Rules on Stark, AKS & CMP Laws

UPDATE: West Virginia Nursing Home Vaccination Distribution Plan

Balancing Hospital Visitations and Religious Freedoms During a Pandemic

HIPAA Right to Access Failures – Continued Penalties for Providers

Office for Civil Rights Recommends IT Asset Inventory

CMS Announces New Payment Model for Rural Providers

FDA Recommends Naloxone Prescription for Patients Receiving Opioids or Medications Used to Treat Substance Use Disorder

All Residents, Staff of WV Nursing Homes to be Tested for COVID-19

PA Supreme Court Rules Section of MCARE Act Unconstitutional

CMS’ Expanded Revocation Authority Threatens Health Care Providers’ Medicare Enrollment

CMS Removes Ban on Nursing Homes Arbitration Agreements

WV Opioid Reduction Act Imposes New Restrictions and Responsibilities on Prescribers

Providers Beware: Take Care When Producing Mental Health Records in Response to Nonparty Subpoenas

Alexa.......What is HIPAA?

SAMHSA Facilitates Better Care Coordination to Combat Opioid Epidemic

Work Experience

2010 Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
2005 Intern, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Speaking Engagements

Compliance Presentation: “Corporate Compliance: Roles, Responsibilities and Investigations” (with L. Frederick Williams, Jr. and Shawn A. Morgan), West Virginia Healthcare Financial Management Association, Charleston, WV, January 11, 2018

Compliance Presentation: “Financial Transaction Basics for Healthcare Providers” (with L. Frederick Williams, Jr. and Shawn A. Morgan), West Virginia Healthcare Financial Management Association, Charleston, WV, January 11, 2018

Co-Presenter of "HIPAA 101," Annual Meeting of Ohio State Bar Association (May 2015)

Co-author, "Identification and Comparison of Electrical Tapes Using Instrumental and Statistical Techniques: Microscopic Surface Texture and Elemental Composition," Journal of Forensic Sciences, May 2007, Vol. 52