Practice Areas

• Clinical Services & Patient Care Issues
• Compliance Counsel
• False Claims Act/Qui Tam Actions
• Fraud & Abuse/Stark
• Government Investigations
• Licensing & Accreditation
• Litigation & Risk Management
• Long-Term Care and Post-Acute
• Patient Safety

Biography

Ms. Kuchan provides legal counsel to clients in numerous states regarding regulatory and compliance matters, including advising clients on fraud and abuse matters coordinated through federal and state enforcement agencies, defending hospitals involved in governmental investigations, coordinating internal investigations, advising corporate compliance officers, and assisting with repayments to government health care programs. She actively works with hospitals and other health care entities on special regulatory problems involving survey and licensure, EMTALA, risk management and caregiver misconduct. Ms. Kuchan also represents clients involved in medical staff matters including quality of care, peer review, and licensing and credentialing. Ms. Kuchan's experience as a Registered Nurse offers her clients the benefit and value of working with legal counsel who has practical, clinical knowledge and real life experience from working in the health care industry.

Preparatory Education

• University of Wisconsin - Madison, M.S. - 1990
• Marquette University, B.S. - 1984

Legal Education

• Marquette University Law School , J.D., magna cum laude - 2001

Admitted to Bar

• Wisconsin - 2002

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Wisconsin
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Health Care Compliance Association
• American Society of Healthcare Risk Management
• Wisconsin Society of Healthcare Risk Management
• The American Association of Nurse Attorneys
• Wisconsin Association for Healthcare Quality

Experience

• RN Licensure in Wisconsin - 1985

Publications

• Wisconsin Hospital Association - 2010 Hospital's Guide For Mass Casualty Events

Presentations

• TAANA 30th Annual Meeting & Educational Conference, False Claims Act Enforcement in Health Care: Recent Developments & Compliance Strategies (November 2011)
• W-One Annual Convention, Critical Access Hospital Overview and Update (April 2011)
• Catholic Health Association Compliance Conference, Healthcare Reform: What Every Compliance Officer Needs to Know (October 2010)
• Webinar, Wisconsin Office of Rural Health, Be Prepared: Take Charge of the Survey Process (August 2010)
  
• Webinar, Wisconsin Hospital Association, WHA 2010 Update: Hospital's Guide for Mass Casualty Events (July 2010)
  
• TAANA 28th Annual Meeting & Educational Conference, Navigating a Government Health Care Fraud Investigation (October 2009)