Kirsten McAuliffe Raleigh Named Vice Chair of the ABA Health Law Section, Payment and Reimbursement Interest Group

VALLEY FORGE, PA, September 1, 2015 – Kirsten McAuliffe Raleigh, a Shareholder with Stevens & Lee, has been appointed Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section, Payment and Reimbursement Interest Group for the 2015-2016 Bar Year.

Ms. Raleigh provides regulatory and compliance advice to clients in the health care industry, advising on Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, coverage and reimbursement issues, provider-based restructuring considerations, licensure and certification of providers and health care services, EMTALA compliance and tax-exempt issues. She helps clients understand and apply the wide variety of regulatory requirements with which health care businesses must comply.

Ms. Raleigh also assists clients in developing and implementing corporate compliance programs and in handling internal regulatory investigations, and advises on the implementation of corrective action plans, including self-reporting overpayments and regulatory violations to appropriate governmental agencies. Her work often arises in connection with mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and other business transactions entered into by entities that own and operate health care providers and suppliers.

Ms. Raleigh holds a J.D., cum laude, from Widener University School of Law and a B.A. from Bucknell University.