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Emily R. Studebaker

Owner - Seattle

estudebaker@gsblaw.com

206.816.1417 Tel

206.464.0125 Fax

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Emily Studebaker practices exclusively in the area of health law, advising ambulatory surgery centers and physician practices on regulatory compliance and transactional matters.

In the area of regulatory compliance, Ms. Studebaker counsels physicians on fraud and abuse laws, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, and state anti-rebate and self-referral laws, and general healthcare compliance matters. She also assists clients on licensure as well as accreditation and certification issues.

Ms. Studebaker represents clients in acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures and drafts and negotiates operating agreements, asset-purchase agreements, and healthcare management agreements. She also assists clients to structure transactions to properly avoid or comply with certificate of need laws and represents clients in certificate of need review and related litigation.

In 2009, Ms. Studebaker prepared a brief amicus curiae to the Washington Supreme Court on behalf of the Washington Ambulatory Surgery Center Association in Columbia Physical Therapy, Inc., P.S. v. Benton Franklin Orthopedic Associates, P.L.L.C., et al., 168 Wash.2d 421 (2010). In 2006, she prepared a brief amicus curiae to the Washington Supreme Court on behalf of the Washington Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons and the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Wright v. Jeckle, 158 Wash.2d 375 (2006). These cases involved claims asserted under Washington’s Anti-Rebate Statute and Washington’s corporate practice of medicine doctrine and Professional Services Corporation Act.

Ms. Studebaker works with several medical specialty societies and currently serves as general counsel to the Washington Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and the Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.

In 2009, Ms. Studebaker received the Clutch Player Award from the Washington Ambulatory Surgery Center Association for service to the ambulatory surgery industry in Washington State.