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Michelle

Michelle R. Adams

Counsel to the Firm

Michelle advises clients on regulatory compliance, risk management, health care transactions, and health care litigation. She brings to her practice years of experience working in the health care industry, both as a critical care nurse for several years and as an attorney.

Michelle routinely provides counsel on a wide range of health care issues facing long term care providers including:

Admission agreements;
Management agreements;
Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement;
Fraud and abuse issues;
Survey citations;
HIPAA and other privacy issues; and
Medical director and health care contracts.

Professional Experience

Regency Pacific Management, LLC, General Counsel and Corporate Compliance Officer (2021-2022)

Pacific Retirement Services Inc., Assistant General Counsel (2018-2021)

Eskenazi Health

Associate Legal Counsel (2017-2018)
Compliance Program Analyst (2016-2017)

Clendening Johnson & Bohrer, P.C., Associate Attorney (2012-2016)

Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics, Legal Extern (2010)

Community Involvement

Oregon Health Care Association, Legal Committee (2022-Present)

American Health Law Association (2022-Present)

LeadingAge Oregon Legislative Committee (2020-2021)

Oregon State Bar Board of Governors, State Lawyers Assistance Committee (2020 -2021)

LeadingAge National

Legal Committee (2019-2021)
General Counsel Group (2019-2021)

Thought Leadership

March 1, 2023Event / CLE
Case Law Update (SNF, AL, HH)
American Health Law Association | New Orleans, Louisiana
November 2, 2022Publication
HHS Revises the Nursing Facility Special Focus Facility Program
American Health Law Association
September 19, 2022News
Adams Joins Senior Living & Long Term Care and Commercial Litigation Teams
Firm Announcement

Practices & Industries

Senior Living & Long Term Care
Health Care Transactions
Commercial Litigation

Education

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D., 2011
- Concentration in Health Law with Honors
Indiana University School of Nursing, B.S.N., Nursing, 1999

Admissions

Oregon
Washington
Indiana

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