Practice Areas

• Compliance Counsel
• Fraud & Abuse/Stark
• Government Investigations
• Hospital & Physician Transactions
• Reimbursement

Biography

Ms. Savarise advises health care providers of all types, including health care facility clients, hospitals, physician practices, and physicians, in the areas of Health Law and Economics, Regulatory and Corporate Compliance, Fraud and Abuse (anti-kickback law, Stark II, etc.), and False Claims Act matters. She has also represented a number of providers in the various federal fraud initiatives as well as in Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement, Licensure and Business Law matters. Her work includes day-to-day counsel regarding compliance, hospital and physician joint ventures, recruitment, preparation and review of provider contracts, and other transactional matters. She is on the Board of Directors of various civic and professional organizations including Health Enterprises Network. She is a past chair of the Louisville Bar Association Health Law Section and past director of Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys. Ms. Savarise is a frequent lecturer on health law issues.

Preparatory Education

• University of Pittsburgh, B.A. - 1980

Legal Education

• Duquesne University School of Law, J.D. - 1985

Admitted to Bar

• Pennsylvania - 1985
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania - 1985
• Indiana - 1988
• Kentucky - 1993
• Third Circuit - 1985
• Sixth Circuit - 1993
• U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky - 1993

Memberships

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Indiana Bar Association
• Louisville Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Healthcare Financial Management Association
• Health Care Compliance Association
• American College of Healthcare Executives

Experience

• Vice President & General Counsel, St. Anthony Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky - 1990-1995
• Private practice - 1989-1990

Honors

• Selected Best Lawyers in America for Health Care since 2006
• Who's Who Among Attorneys - 2006
• Business First "Partner in Healthcare" - 2006, 2012
• Health Enterprises Network Fellow, Class of 2006