Lori Mihalich-Levin is a partner in Dentons' Health Care practice and a resident of the Washington, DC, office. She focuses her practice on Medicare reimbursement counseling, with a special focus on Medicare graduate medical education (GME) payments to teaching hospitals. She represents academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, community hospitals, and health systems, as well as a broad array of other health care organizations. In the Medicare area, Lori:

Counsels health care organizations with respect to Medicare coverage, reimbursement and compliance issues, including those relating to graduate medical education, disproportionate share payment adjustments, patient status, electronic health record incentive payments, price transparency and hospital inpatient and outpatient payment policies.
Counsels hospitals and health systems regarding the establishment of new medical residency programs.
Interacts extensively with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), obtaining regulatory interpretations and policy clarifications on a wide range of reimbursement issues.
Advises clients on formation and operational structure issues, including those relating to compliance with provider-based regulations and transition of Medicare-funded GME positions in the merger and acquisition context.