Ms. Ferrari joined HealthCare Appraisers from the health law practice group of a major international law firm. Ms. Ferrari has experience structuring, negotiating, reviewing and executing many types of healthcare transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, hospital-physician joint ventures, physician recruitment arrangements, compensated on-call coverage arrangements, physician employment arrangements,  medical director and physician consulting arrangements,  clinical trial and research sponsorship agreements, and billing and other service arrangements.  Ms. Ferrari has provided counsel and representation to various types of clients in the healthcare industry, including hospitals, physicians, and physician groups, and also pharmaceutical and medical device vendors, distributors and manufacturers.  In addition to providing counsel on transactional matters, Ms. Ferrari has assisted in representing clients in investigations and proceedings by state and federal regulatory agencies, including the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (OIG), the Florida Department of Health, and the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Her recent experience includes assisting a large national corporation with an internal investigation to uncover compliance issues in advance of government action.

Ms. Ferrari has previously served as associate general counsel of a sizeable public health system, and in the in-house legal department of a major academic medical center. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Ferrari oversaw clinical trials and quality research for nearly seven years.

Ms. Ferrari is a member of the Florida Bar and a Florida Licensed Healthcare Risk Manager. She received a Juris Doctor with a certificate of concentration in Health Law from Boston University School of Law, and Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in Health Law from Boston University School of Medicine/Public Health. She received her Bachelor’s degree (economics) from Smith College.

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Practice Areas

• Medical Director/Consulting/Administrative Service Compensation
• Physician Recruitment Arrangements (Income/Collections Guarantees)
• Compensated Call Coverage Arrangements
• Employment Arrangements
• Service and Management Agreements
• Clinical Trial Agreements
• Pharmaceutical Consulting Arrangements
• Licensing Agreements
• Litigation Support

• Member- Florida Bar
• Licensed Health Care Risk Manager (Florida)
• Former Clinical Research Professional

 Memberships

• American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
• American Bar Association, Health Law Section
• Florida Bar, Health Law Section
• American Public Health Association

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA - Juris  Doctor
• Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA - Master of Public Health
• Smith College, Northampton, MA - Bachelor of Arts
• Northeastern University Institute for Emergency Medical Services, Boston, MA - Certificate

• Determining "Fair Market Value" for Physician Consulting Services: The New 'Big Question' for Life Sciences Companies, (with Ann S. Brandt, PhD and Scott Safriet, MBA, AVA), Life Sciences (a publication of the American Health Lawyers Association Life Sciences Practice Group), Volume 3, Issue 1, April, 2009.

• Valuing Medical Director Services (with Timothy R. Smith, ABV), BVR’s Guide to Healthcare Valuation 2009 Edition, Business Valuation Resources, LLC, November, 2008

• On-Call Arrangements—Selection of the Appropriate Structure in light of OIG Advisory Opinion 07-10 (with Scott Safriet, MBA, AVA), Hospitals and Health Systems RX (a publication of the American Health Lawyers Association), Volume 10, Issue 2, June, 2008

• OIG Issues New Opinion: On Call Payments to Physicians Require Safeguards, South Florida Hospital News, January 2008

• OIG Issues Advisory Opinion 07-10 on Payments to Physicians for On-Call and Uncompensated Care Services, K & L Gates health Care Alert, October 22, 2007

• Lessons from Evanston: FTC Orders Novel Remedy in Hospital Merger Case, K & L Gates Antitrust and Health Care Alert (with Ryan Demotte) September 20, 2007

• New Supervision Requirements for Physician Extenders, Scripps Treasure Coast Business Journal (2006)

• Preparing for Public Health Emergencies,  Scripps Treasure Coast Business Journal  (2006)

• Presentation - Antitrust and Other Legal Considerations in Cooperative Efforts to provide On-Call Specialty Coverage, invited speaker at public meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County (2005)

• Presentation - Primer on Antitrust Issues in Health Care,  invited speaker at public meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County (2005)

• Presentation - Operating in the Sunshine: Florida’s Public Records Law, invited Speaker, public meeting of the Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County; also Board of Directors of Glades General Hospital