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Emily R. Studebaker

Of Counsel - Seattle

estudebaker@gsblaw.com

206.816.1417 Tel

206.464.0125 Fax

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Emily Studebaker focuses her practice on healthcare, counseling physicians and physician groups on a variety of legal matters, including regulatory compliance, business transactions and litigation of business disputes.

In the area of regulatory compliance, Ms. Studebaker counsels physicians on compliance with federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and its safe harbors, the Stark Law and its exceptions, and related state self-referral laws. She also assists physicians in preparing and implementing corporate compliance plans designed to satisfy the requirements of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and Office of Inspector General Guidelines.

In 2006, Ms. Studebaker prepared the 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 Wn.2d 375 (2006), which involved claims asserted under Washington’s Anti-Rebating Statute. Ms. Studebaker evaluates and assists physicians to structure transactions to properly avoid or comply with Certificate of Need review and assists physicians in structuring and negotiating Certificate of Need applications.

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.