Joe Greenman, Esq. Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Work closely with the Moda leadership team in achieving the business goals and strategic initiatives of the company and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations (federal and state), using pragmatic and problem-solving characteristics to appropriately balance business opportunities with potential legal/regulatory risks and advise on structuring of transactions and partnerships to minimize risk without stifling innovation.Legal and regulatory advice, guidance, and support to various internal business units on a broad range of issues, including corporate transactions and contracting matters. Provide day-to-day legal advice to company management and staff.Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including executive leadership, to understand their legal needs and provide strategic guidance.Collaborate with external partners, including outside counsel and regulatory agencies, as needed to represent the company's interests.Act as Corporate Secretary, keeping minutes, drafting and preparing resolutions, maintain corporate records, advise others on matters related to corporate governance.Manage regulatory filings, licenses, and permits to ensure compliance with industry-specific requirements.Act as a point of contact for inquiries/investigations/examinations by regulatory and law enforcement agencies and responds to subpoenas upon the approval of the CEO or General Counsel.Identify critical legal and regulatory issues, assisting Moda staff and leadership with business transactions, fraud and abuse issues such as anti-kickback laws, licensure and enrollment, and reimbursement (including reimbursement issues within Medicare and Medicaid statutory and regulatory frameworks).Support corporate governance activities, including assisting in the preparation for board and committee meetings and advising senior officers on a wide range of governance matters.Supervise compliance staff to ensure timeliness and accuracy of work performed.

Portland, Oregon

Perform legal services as a shareholder of Lane Powell, a Pacific Northwest regional law firm synonymous with excellence and innovation reflected in a client roster that includes some of the most venerable – and dynamic – companies and individuals in the region.Represent clients in regulatory and complex matters involving health care providers and payors, including post-acute and long-term care, managed care organizations, hosptials, and physicians. I regularly advise clients on risk management, compliance with state and federal regulations, reimbursement issues, HIPAA compliance and public policy matters. Regularly produced successful results in administrative litigation versus state and federal government agencies. Representing business entity clients seeking review of adverse government agency decisions such as fines, civil penalties, denials, or revocations of licenses or permits. Responsible for helping clients manage or oversee all complicated procedures for filing claims, grievances, and appeals - including drafting briefs, preparation and submission of exhibits, preparing witnesses, and overseeing all legal strategy. Most notably, I represented a large hospital system in a six-day state contested case hearing with obtaining an Administrative Law Judge finding overturning the wrongful agency decision to issue Certificates of Need for permitting two hospitals where the agency’s regulations did not support such findings. Also successfully negotiated civil penalties and regulatory order settlements resulting significant reductions in penalty amounts and amended findings providing an accurate and more favorable narrative of my client's legal compliance performance.Experience assisting clients with Medicaid special rate agreements, including drafting the scope of work and required services and corresponding Medicaid reimbursement rate. Succeeded in helping client with reimbursement negotiation the increased gross revenues by over $250,000 annually.

Portland, Oregon Area

Plan, manage and supervise all legal and regulatory initiatives of OHCA, directing regulatory affairs department of the association. Provide legal analysis of all current and proposed state and federal laws and regulations that might impact OHCA's membership. Formulate and draft legislation which promotes a constructive legal and regulatory environment for Oregon’s long term care and post-acute care providers to provide high quality care. Serve as chief legal officer and represent all legal interests of OHCA, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization. Provide counsel and assistance pertaining to OHCA board governance.

Portland, Oregon Area

Serve the association's hundreds of members by providing technical legal advice and assistance upon request or via regularly scheduled educational conferences and classes. Represent the association's membership before state regulators who draft, interpret, and implement state statutes and rules that effect the long term care profession in Oregon.

Portland, Oregon Area

Collaborated with the Chief Corporate Counsel on leading the Privacy Office in the effort to establish and maintain a relationship of trust with Regence’s three million members by creating a culture of compliance with privacy-related laws.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Investigated issues and developed policy pertaining to federal health care programs related to fraud and abuse, quality of care, reimbursement, drug pricing and managed care, as well as the review of policies and operations of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General.

Juris Doctorate, Law

Activities and Societies: Order of the Barristers

Bs, Political Science

Activities and Societies: President, Associated Students of Lewis & Clark 1996-97 academic year