WACHLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. - Key Persons

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• Managing Partner
• Principal
• Health Care Attorney Wachler & Associates, P.C
• Managing Partner / Royal Oak, MI

Andrew Wachler, the principal of Wachler & Associates, P.C., along with many of our other health law attorneys, is regularly asked to present at seminars across the country to educate health care providers and other health law attorneys on various health law issues. ANDREW B. WACHLER is the principal of WACHLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Mr. Wachler has been practicing healthcare law for over 25 years. He counsels healthcare providers and organizations nationwide in a variety of healthcare legal matters. In addition, he writes and speaks nationally to professional organizations and other entities on healthcare law topics such as Medicare appeals, Stark and fraud and abuse, HIPAA, and other topics. Mr. Wachler graduated Cum Laude from the University of Michigan and was the recipient of the William J. Branstrom Award. He graduated Cum Laude from Wayne State University Law School. Mr. Wachler is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and American Bar Association (Health Law Section). He sits on the Editorial Board of the ABA Health Law Section publication The Health Lawyer, Fraud and Abuse Section, and has servied as the Vice Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Payment and Reimbursement Interest Group and Vice Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Healthcare Policy Task Force. Mr. Wachler is currently the Vice Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Health Law and Policy Coordinating Committee. Mr. Wachler is a member of the Michigan Bar Association and the Oakland County Bar Association. Mr. Wachler is consistently named to lists of legal industry leaders including, but not limited to, Super Lawyers, U.S. News Best Lawyers in America, and DBusiness Magazine's Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit. In 2017, Mr. Wachler was honored as a Fellow of the Michigan Bar Association Heath Care Law Section.

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• Trust

Charles H. Gershenson Trust 2006 Scholarship for Outstanding Credentials

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• Director of Operations
• Director of Operations / Royal Oak, MI
• Stark Law and Anti Kickback Attorney Wachler & Associates, P.C

Cheryl Sawicki is the Director of Operations at Wachler & Associates, P.C. Ms. Sawicki is responsible for various functional areas of the business including finance, marketing, human resources and the day-to-day operations of the firm. Prior to joining Wachler & Associates, Ms. Sawicki's professional experience included time as a management consultant in the San Francisco office of Bain & Company. While at Bain, Sawicki worked with Fortune 100 high-tech and consumer product companies on corporate strategy issues, infrastructure improvements and process redesign. She was also involved in business development for the firm. Before Bain, Ms. Sawicki helped pharmaceutical and biotech companies with sales force sizing and structure issues, sales strategy, and compensation planning while a senior consultant with ZS Associates in Evanston, Il and Menlo Park, CA. Ms. Sawicki holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan, School of Business Administration, and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

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• Attorney

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• Scholarship

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• Attorney
• Attorney / Royal Oak, MI

Dustin T. Wachler is an attorney at Wachler & Associates, P.C. Dustin practices in all areas of healthcare law. He devotes a substantial portion of his practice to transactional, regulatory, and Fraud & Abuse matters, including counseling healthcare providers nationwide regarding compliance with the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark law, and other federal and state fraud and abuse laws. Dustin also represents all types of healthcare providers and suppliers in defense of Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payor audits. Dustin graduated with honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law, which he attended on a Dean's Merit Scholarship. He also attended the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was named to the Dean's List each semester. Dustin graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and a concentration in Public Policy from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Wachler & Associates, P.C., Dustin's past experience includes, but is not limited to, working for the Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Illinois and Wayne County Corporation Counsel in Detroit, Michigan. He is also an investor and counselor to several early-stage companies, including healthcare start-ups in the United States and India. Dustin is admitted to practice in Michigan and is a member of the State Bar of Michigan's Health Care Law Section. Dustin is also a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, and Oakland County Bar Association. He served as Vice Chair of the American Bar Association YLD's Health Law Committee. Dustin currently serves as a Lead Coordinator for the American Health Lawyers Association's Fraud & Abuse Practice Group. He has been appointed to a 3-year term on the State Bar of Michigan's Health Care Law Section Council, which is the board that oversees the Health Care Law Section. Dustin is the Chair of the State Bar of Michigan Health Care Law Section's New Lawyers and Law Students Committee. He also serves on the Membership Committee and Legislative Committee of the State Bar of Michigan's Health Care Law Section. Education J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois Dustin T. Wachler | Michigan Health Care Lawyers Wachler & Associates, P.C.

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• Fellow

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• Scholarship for Outstanding

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• Attorney
• Attorney / Royal Oak, MI
• Health Care

Jennifer L. Colagiovanni is an attorney at Wachler & Associates, P.C. Ms. Colagiovanni practices in all areas of healthcare law and devotes a substantial portion of her practice to regulatory compliance, physician contracting, and reimbursement matters, including Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party payor audit defense. She also counsels healthcare providers on enrollment, professional licensing, and fraud and abuse matters. Ms. Colagiovanni graduated cum laude from Wayne State University Law School where she was nominated to the Order of the Coif. She graduated with distinction from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with a B.A. in History. Ms. Colagiovanni brings almost a decade of healthcare law experience to Wachler & Associates. She was previously a partner in the Law Offices of Fehn, Robichaud & Colagiovanni, PLLC, a boutique healthcare law firm, where she advised healthcare providers and suppliers on a variety of transactional and regulatory matters. Ms. Colagiovanni worked as a Staff Attorney at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, where she developed practical legal resources and live seminars for practicing attorneys, including serving as lead content developer for the Health Law Institute. She also served as the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at Wayne State University Law School where she led and managed the law school's Office of Student Affairs. Ms. Colagiovanni is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan as well as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She is a member of the State Bar of Michigan's Health Care Law Section and Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, as well as a founding member of the Mindfulness in Law Society's Michigan Chapter. Education J.D., Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan

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• Attorney
• Partner
• Healthcare Lawyer Wachler & Associates, P.C
• Partner / Royal Oak, MI

Jesse Adam Markos is an attorney at Wachler & Associates, P.C. Mr. Markos practices in all areas of healthcare law and devotes a substantial portion of his practice to representing healthcare providers with licensure and staff privilege matters. He also regularly represents providers in transactional, corporate, and regulatory compliance matters and in the defense of Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross and other third party payor audits. Mr. Markos graduated Magna Cum Laude, from Wayne State University Law School where he served on the Wayne Law Review and was nominated to the Order of the Coif. Mr. Markos attended law school on a full academic scholarship as a Dean's Scholar and Lombard Leadership Fellow and graduated fifth in his class. Mr. Markos graduated with distinction from Western Michigan University. Mr. Markos is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Mr. Markos has been named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers in 2016 and 2017. Education J.D. , Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan

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• Attorney
• Attorney / Royal Oak, MI

Katy DelBene is an attorney at Wachler & Associates, P.C. Ms. DelBene represents healthcare providers and suppliers in the defense of Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party payor audits, as well as a broad range of health professional and facility licensing and regulatory compliance matters. Ms. DelBene graduated from University of Michigan Law School. During law school, Ms. DelBene served as a law clerk for Michigan Medicine and participated in the Michigan Health Law Organization. Prior to law school, Ms. DelBene obtained her B.A. with High Distinction and Highest Honors from the University of Michigan. Ms. DelBene began her career as an Attorney Fellow with the University of Michigan Office of the Vice President and General Counsel, practicing healthcare law on behalf of the Michigan Medicine academic medical center campus. She continued her in-house healthcare law practice as an Assistant University Counsel for the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. Prior to joining Wachler & Associates, Ms. DelBene was a private-practice attorney in Santa Fe, NM, and has practiced in the areas of general civil litigation, corporate and transactional law, employment and labor law, and estate planning and administration. Ms. DelBene is admitted to practice law in the State of Michigan and State of New Mexico. She is a Board Member for the State Bar of New Mexico Health Law Section. Education J.D., University of Michigan Law School 2014 Law School Achievement Award, State Bar of Michigan Health Care Law Section; 2015 Trustees Law School Scholarship, Macomb County Bar Foundation B.A., University of Michigan Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction in English and Italian; Highest Honors in English for senior thesis; Phi Beta Kappa

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• Attorney
• Partner
• Partner / Orlando, FL

Lynn Barrett is an attorney at Wachler & Associates, P.C. and has been practicing healthcare law for over 30 years. Ms. Barrett practices in all areas of healthcare law and specializes in analyzing healthcare compliance and regulatory issues, as well as transactional matters. She currently serves as Adjunct Professor at the School of Law at Hofstra University as well as the at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Nova Southeastern's Shepard Broad College of Law. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Barrett served as General Counsel of a multi-facility health system and as SVP & Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer of a public health system with an academic medical center. She has significant experience as in-house counsel to for-profit, non-profit and public health systems, as well as in private practice in associate, special counsel and partner positions. Ms. Barrett graduated from New York University School of Law where she received the Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Law and Medicine and was a member of the Review of Law and Social Change. She graduated in the top 1% of her class as a University Scholar and College Scholar from Carnegie-Mellon University. Ms. Barrett is admitted to the State Bar of Florida and the State Bar of New York. She is certified in Compliance by the Health Care Compliance Association and is designated as a Certified Compliance Professional by the Health Ethics Trust. She is on the Board of the Women's Healthcare Executive Network and is a member of the Florida Bioethics Network. Ms. Barrett holds the position of Vice-Chair, Publications of the Delivery and Payment Reform Affinity Group with the American Health Law Association and is the Vice-Chair, eHealth, Privacy & Security for the American Bar Association. She frequently writes and speaks nationally on issues including the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute and EKRA, telemedicine, HIPAA privacy and security, and the opioid epidemic. Education J.D., New York University School of Law, New York, New York "Health Information Privacy Considerations in a Post-Dobbs World" presented by Lynn Barrett, Esq., to the American Bar Association, on-demand webinar (November 30, 2022)

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• Attorney
• Partner
• Health Care
• Partner / Royal Oak, MI

Rolf E. Lowe is an attorney at Wachler & Associates P.C. Mr. Lowe has been practicing healthcare law for over 15 years. He provides counsel to healthcare providers, and companies operating in the health care field, on a broad array of issues affecting their operations including; Medicare, Medicaid and other payer rules and regulations, federal and state compliance issues, Stark and Anti-Kickback, HIPAA and other privacy matters, behavioral health services, business transactions, privileging, credentialing and licensure matters, payer contracting and impaneling, labor and employment law matters, risk management and administrative actions. Prior to joining the firm Mr. Lowe worked in the general counsel's office of a Managed Care Organization that was responsible for providing Medicaid and state general fund behavioral health and substance use disorder services to its members. He also served as the organization's HIPAA Privacy Officer and FOIA Coordinator. Prior to that, he was in private practice working in the areas of healthcare law and civil litigation. Mr. Lowe is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and is a state of Michigan SCAO Certified Civil Court Mediator. He is a member of Michigan State Bar Health Law and Government Law sections. Mr. Lowe is also a contributor to the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, co-authoring a chapter in the book Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction, titled "Licensees Under the Occupational and Public Health Codes." Education J.D., Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan