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Nelson Mullins and City of Atlanta Department of Procurement

March 8, 2016 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Nelson Mullins and City of Atlanta Department of Procurement

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Nelson Mullins and City of Atlanta Department of Procurement

We talked about important business considerations regarding ACA requirements this year, along with the opportunities to do business with the City of Atlanta through the Department of Procurement. I was joined in the studio by Ann Murray, attorney with Nelson, Mullins, Riley, and Scarborough, and Chief Procurement Officer for the City of Atlanta, Adam Smith.

The ACA business mandates have begun to be implemented on larger scales over the past two years. As we know, some of the requirements have been pushed back a couple of times, delaying their impact. But those times are behind us and business owners need to be spending time with legal experts such as those at Nelson Mullins, to assess what their obligations will be regarding providing health insurance benefits to some or all of their employees.

Ann explained the basics of some of these requirements around health benefits for the small business. She also discussed new reporting requirements that business owners must compile from multiple sources to be in full compliance with the law.

Murray talked about the fact that many business operators mistakenly think they’re exempt from the law’s requirements, failing to see that being a small unit that is part of a larger whole, as in the case of some multi-site businesses, potentially exposes them to have to offer benefits. Failure to comply can result in significant financial penalties that could literally threaten the business’s viability.

Atlanta’s Chief Procurement Officer, Adam Smith stopped by to share information about the upcoming Business Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center March 31st. This free-to-the-public event will feature a wealth of information about the numerous needs the city has for a wide variety of goods and services to operate the city’s 15 departments, including the Atlanta airport.

The expo will have sessions where small business owners can learn what is required to be able to bid on these opportunities, as well as how to fully complete the necessary documents contained in a bid to have their bid received and considered.

Adam explained that the city’s needs range from culinary services at the airport, to commodity supplies such as paper, pens, cleaning supplies, etc. Additionally, the city is looking for engineering services, cleaning services, construction, and numerous others as well.

Smith also talked about certifications available to disadvantaged business enterprises that once obtained, provides these businesses with access to opportunities ear-marked for diversity suppliers. He went on to distinguish these certifications businesses may obtain from county or state governments, as well as other certification bodies such as GMSDC.

Register for the upcoming Business Expo, hosted by Atlanta’s Department of Procurement at the Georgia World Congress Center, MARCH 31st HERE

Special Guests:

Ann Murray, Attorney with Nelson Mullins

JD, LL.M. Tax, Tax Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Author, numerous published articles on business law topics
Rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell
Recognized as “Georgia’s Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend magazine

Adam Smith, Chief Procurement Officer at City of Atlanta

Health Care Fraud and False Claims – Top Docs Radio

February 29, 2016 by angishields

Top Docs Radio

Health Care Fraud and False Claims - Top Docs Radio

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Health Care Fraud and False Claims

I hosted 2 False Claims Act legal experts on this week’s MAG edition of Top Docs Radio. You’re going to want to check out what they have to say, as it could mean the difference between practicing medicine or not, in the end.

Scott Grubman is a partner with the law firm of Chilivis Cochran Larkins & Bever in Atlanta. He represents health care providers of all types and sizes with government investigations and audits, False Claims Act, and other complex litigation and various regulatory and compliance matters. Prior to joining private practice, Scott served as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and as an assistant U.S. attorney in Savannah – where he served on a district health care fraud taskforce. Scott also serves as an adjunct professor at Georgia State University’s College of Law, where he teaches a course in health care fraud and abuse.

Jason Marcus is among a select group of lawyers who devote their practice to qui tam and related retaliation claims under federal and state False Claims Acts. He has practiced FCA law exclusively since 2008, and he formed the firm of Bracker & Marcus in January of 2015 with partner Julie Bracker, who is dedicated to representing whistleblowers nationwide. Jason is a 2006 graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, a former clerk to the honorable Magistrate Judge G.R. Smith of the Southern District of Georgia, and a member of Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund and the Georgia affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association.

Health care is one of the fastest growing and most heavily-regulated industries in the United States. Given that government payers (Medicare, Medicaid, etc.) finance a significant portion of the system, regulators and law enforcement have dedicated tremendous resources to rooting out and punishing fraud and abuse in health care. In fiscal year 2015 alone, the federal government recovered nearly $2 billion in settlements and judgments from health care providers under the federal False Claims Act, which does not include recoveries through audits and other administrative avenues.

Moreover, not only are the actions of healthcare providers constantly scrutinized by federal and state auditors

and law enforcement, but also by competitors, commercial insurance companies, private whistle blowers, and the public. Big hospitals and health care entities with “deep pockets” have historically carried the bulk of the liability in government enforcement actions. But beginning in 2015, the federal government announced a new policy which focuses on holding individuals – particularly individual health care providers – responsible and liable for unlawful conduct. A lot of the laws governing health care fraud and abuse do not require a specific intent to defraud or even actual knowledge of the unlawful nature of the conduct. In fact, one of the major laws governing health care fraud and abuse (the physician self-referral law or “Stark law”) requires no culpable mindset whatsoever. Accordingly, it is crucial for health care professionals of all types to be aware of the various statutory and regulatory schemes that govern health care billing and to act accordingly.

MORE INFO SOON!

Special Guests:

Scott Grubman

Jason Marcus

The Law Office of Brian C. McCarthy, P.C. and Robert Brown with Incite! Decision Technologies LLC,

February 8, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

The Law Office of Brian C. McCarthy, P.C. and Robert Brown with Incite! Decision Technologies LLC,

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Atlanta Business Radio Powered By Business RadioX.

LIVE Mon & Wed 10am

Brian C. McCartyh/Law Office of Brian C. McCarthy, P.C.

Founder and Attorney At Law

Brian C. McCarthy is an experienced trial attorney and litigator who focuses on civil litigation in the areas of professional liability, personal injury, and commercial disputes. He represents injured persons in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, dog attacks, product defects, premises liability, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death. He earned his B.A. in Psychology at the University of Notre Dame; M.S., Georgia State University; MBA, Georgia State University; and J.D., Georgia State University. Brian is married to Amy McCarthy and is the proud father of Jack, Pierce, Emily, and Finn.

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Robert (Rob) Brown/Incite Decision Technologies LLC

Founder & President

Robert D. Brown III is the President of Incite! Decision Technologies LLC (http://www.incitedecisiontech.com), a consultancy supporting senior decision-makers facing complex, high-risk opportunities. These opportunities usually include strategic planning, project selection, planning & risk management, and project portfolio analysis & management.

Roberts twenty-plus-year career has been devoted to providing solutions to clients complex problems by employing creative thinking and advanced quantitative business, engineering, and systems analysis. His client experience spans diverse industrial and commercial fields including petroleum & chemicals, energy, utilities, supply chain & logistics, pharmaceuticals, electronics manufacturing, telecommunications, IT, commercial real estate, federal agencies, and education.

Through Incite!, Robert delivers analysis, decision support tools and systems, and training in decision-making and risk management with the goal to help his clients measure the value and the risk associated with the important decisions they face in order to make informed trade-offs and choices. He has also been a regular Analytica training resource for Lumina for over a decade.

Robert graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992 with a Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering.

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Representative Sharon Cooper – Top Docs Radio

February 1, 2016 by angishields

Top Docs Radio

Representative Sharon Cooper - Top Docs Radio

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Representative Sharon Cooper

I hosted MAG CEO/Executive Director, Donald Palmisano, Jr., and Georgia State Representative, Sharon Cooper. We talked about 2016 legislative priorities affecting healthcare in the state. More information soon!

Special Guests:

Sharon Cooper, Rep. Dist 43, Georgia State House of Representatives (R)

MA Education
MSN, Nursing
Authored 2 books on psychiatric nursing
Chair, Georgia Health and Human Services Committee

Donald Palmisano, CEO, Executive Director of Medical Association of Georgia

JD Law, Loyola School of Law
Board of Directors, Physician Advocacy Institute
Medical Payment Subcommitte Member, State Board of Workers’ Compensation
Treasurer, Board of Directors, Physicians’ Institute for Excellence in Medicine
Former Director, Government Relations/General Counsel/Director, GAMPAC

Pensacola Business Radio – 10.29.15 Guests: Emmanuel, Shepard and Condon – Sally Fox and Shane Rowe

October 29, 2015 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio - 10.29.15 Guests: Emmanuel, Shepard and Condon - Sally Fox and Shane Rowe

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Sally Fox / Attorney

Emmanuel, Shepard & Condon

Sally Fox has been a practicing attorney since 1983. Sally primarily represents financial institutions and businesses. Ms. Fox’s areas of practice include real estate law, creditor’s rights (including bankruptcy, foreclosures, and collections), business law, commercial litigation, and mediation.

Shane Rowe / Attorney

Emmanuel, Shepard & Condon

Shane Rowe represents clients in personal injury/wrongful death matters relating to automobile accidents, premises liability and/or defective products. He represents individuals and businesses against BP in the Gulf Oil Spill. Shane also represents plaintiffs and defendants in medical malpractice cases, as well other general civil litigation.

Established in Escambia County, Florida in 1913, Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon (ESC) is one of the oldest law firms in Pensacola. With more than 75 attorneys, paralegals and staff, we are one of Northwest Florida’s pre-eminent law firms recognized with Martindale-Hubbell’s most prestigious AV rating. As a full service firm, our experienced lawyers provide services to individuals and institutions alike with legal matters ranging from commercial litigation, real estate transactions and litigation, and estate planning to personal injury, employment,social security and worker’s compensation law.

We invite you to contact us for whatever legal service you may need, from transaction to trial law. We hope you’ll never need us, but if you do, we’ll be right by your side.

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Pensacola Business Radio 10.13.15 Guests: Eric Stevenson w/ Stevenson Klotz Law Firm and Bill Sheffield w/ Bill Sheffield Realty

October 13, 2015 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio 10.13.15 Guests: Eric Stevenson w/ Stevenson Klotz Law Firm and Bill Sheffield w/ Bill Sheffield Realty

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Eric Stevenson / Stevenson Klotz

Attorney

Eric Stevenson is a trial attorney who fights hard to seek justice on behalf of my clients regardless of the strength of the adversary. Be it the government, insurance companies, or big business, I represent all my clients with an aggressive and personal approach to make sure they get a fair and just outcome in the courtroom.

StevensonKlotz.com Email Twitter LinkedIn FaceBook

Bill Sheffield / Bill Sheffield Realty

Realtor

Real Estate is local. I know more about the Greater Pensacola Real Estate market than any one I know. Bold, but honest.

Proud and Loving husband of Precious – deLany Lowery Sheffield for 28 years.

Subwest Rotary – I live and practice the Rotary 4 Way Test

Greater Pensacola Chamber presently serving as an Ambassador. Spreading the great word about Paradise, ahhhhh…. Pensacola.

It is only logical that a Realtor with the slogan or brand – Where There’s a Bill, There’s a Way would open a real estate company called – wait for it – Bill Sheffield Realty.

Specialties: Selection and Negotiation for buyers.

Selling property for Sellers.

Advising Residential Investors.

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Expand a Brand

September 8, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Expand a Brand

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Expand a Brand

This week I hosted Karen Weinstock, of Weinstock Immigration Lawyers and Adrian Queenan, founder and CEO of Expand a Brand. Adrian and his team created the familiar tear-shaped banners you see at conferences, sporting events, and festivals. Expand a Brand is a South African-based company that recently launched a US location.

Both Karen and Adrian immigrated to the states and launched businesses here. Karen shared her personal story of the challenges she experienced when she was going through the process of working to get a visa, establish her credit, get an apartment, securing work, etc. It was during this time she decided she would direct her work to helping immigrants who followed after her.

Adrian talked about how they had been doing business in the US for a number of years through a local distributor. They ultimately decided they would create a US-base of operations to supplement their original location. He described how he researched numerous immigration attorneys prior to applying for the necessary visa.

They chose the Weinstock Immigration Lawyers to give them guidance through the assistance and were successful in getting established in the US and have been growing their business since. Adrian talked about how his company provides a variety of tents and banners for use at any sort of event. And they provide a product that is designed to stand out visually to help their customers present their brands effectively in busy event venues.

Special Guests:

Adrian Queenan, Founder/CEO of Expand a Brand

B Comm, Commerce, University of the Witwatersrand
Previous Supply Chain Manager, Tiger Brands
Former Sales & Marketing Director, Dell
Speaks English and Afrikans

Karen Weinstock, Founder/Managing Attorney, Weinstock Immigration Lawyers

LLB, Law, Hebrew University, Israel
Author, H1b Visa Book 2009
Former Managing Attorney, Siskind Susser PC
Fluent, English Hebrew
Professional-Working Proficient, Spanish

Decatur Book Festival

September 5, 2015 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Decatur Book Festival

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Senior Salute Radio brings timely information to leading edge Boomers and Seniors about issues involving care-giving and aging. Learn from both professionals and regular people going through the process with their families. Each week we will also Salute an incredible Senior.

Senior Salute Radio is presented by The Elder & Disability Law Firm of Victoria L. Collier.

Today’s Guests:

Philip Rafshoon/AJC Decatur Book Festival

Philip Rafshoon is Program Director for the AJC DBF. He manages the team that curates featured authors and events at the festival. With a BS in Management from Ga. Tech, he spent ten years in corporate sales. He then opened and operated Atlanta’s Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse, a venue for a diverse array of literary events and an unofficial LGBT community center. Philip has been involved in a broad range of community organizations including the advisory committee of the American Booksellers Association.

Daphne Reiley/Author

Daphne Reiley is the founder of Ripples of Grace, a consulting practice meeting communities of faith in their mission to include the isolated. Daphne has found that isolation takes many forms and that communities of faith, in particular, should be but are often not very good at meeting the needs of isolated individuals and families.

Ripples of Grace provides education to organizations desiring to better address ways of reaching out to isolated populations. Daphne offers workshops to professional organizations as well as communities of faith. She also facilitates retreats for pastors, congregational leaders, and groups of individuals.

Along with her favorite co-author Joseph LaGuardia, she is working on a companion book to their previously published “A Tapestry of Love, the Spirituality of Caregiving”. The work in progress – “Taking It to Heart” – is a book aimed at those receiving long-term care.

DeKalb Business Today – August 21, 2015

August 19, 2015 by angishields

Dekalb Business Radio

DeKalb Business Today - August 21, 2015

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On this edition of DeKalb Business Today, host Matt Holmes takes listeners inside the legal and banking industries. Attorney Victoria Collier joins the show to talk about her work on behalf of Georgia’s aging population, as well as the help she offers to local veterans. James Cobb, from the law firm Caplan Cobb, delves into business and tort litigation. From the financial sector, Delta Community Credit Union President and CEO Hank Halter discusses what sets his institution apart from other locally-based and national competitors.

Victoria Collier/The Elder & Disability Law Firm of Victoria L. Collier, PC

Victoria Collier is a Certified Elder Law Attorney through the National Elder Law Foundation. She is also the only Georgia attorney who has received the highest award by the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Fellow of the Academy. More locally, Victoria was appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue in 2010 to the Georgia Council on Aging, and still resides on the Council. Victoria is a Veteran of the USAF and USA Reserve, serving during Desert Storm. She founded The Elder & Disability Law firm in 2002 to serve the legal needs to Seniors and their families. Victoria works, lives and has 5 year old twins that go to school in Decatur.

James Cobb/Founding Partner of Caplan Cobb LLP

James Cobb is a trial and appellate lawyer and a founding partner of Caplan Cobb LLP. James specializes in complex business disputes, constitutional and tort litigation, and federal and state appeals.

In 2015, the Daily Report named James to its list of the forty lawyers in Georgia under the age of 40 who are “On the Rise.” Martindale-Hubbell has given James its highest rating of AV Preeminent for legal skills and professional ethics; Georgia Trend magazine has named him to its list of the Legal Elite in Georgia for business law, corporate law, and trial practice; and Super Lawyers magazine has named him a Rising Star in Georgia for business litigation.

Before founding Caplan Cobb, James practiced with Rogers & Hardin LLP in Atlanta and Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston. Immediately after law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.

James and his wife, Gretchen, live in Decatur with their four sons.

Hank Halter/President & CEO of Delta Community Credit Union

Hank Halter is a highly accomplished accounting and finance professional, with 25 years of experience overseeing the finance and accounting operations at Fortune 500 companies. Since 2013, he has served as President and CEO of Delta Community Credit Union, one of Atlanta’s largest financial institutions and Georgia’s largest credit union with assets of $4.8 billion. He also serves on Delta Community’s Board of Directors, where he has been active since 2006.

Before joining Delta Community, Hank worked at Delta Air Lines from 1998 to 2012. He served in a number of finance positions there before being promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2008. Prior to Delta, Hank worked at American Airlines and Ernst & Young.

In addition to serving on the Delta Community board, Hank is also on the Board of Advisors of Sojern and he chairs the Audit Committee for the board of Southern Air.

Hank is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy from Villanova University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University. A frequent speaker at trade and academic conferences, Hank resides in Atlanta.

Delta Community Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative with a mission of providing consumers better service and value on the deposit, loan, investment and insurance products they use to manage their household expenses and save for the future. Delta Community was founded in 1940 and has become Georgia’s largest credit union with more than 320,000 members, more than $4.8 billion in assets and 26 branch locations. The Credit Union now welcomes residents of 11 metro Atlanta counties and employees of more than 150 businesses, including Chick-fil-A, Delta Air Lines, RaceTrac and UPS.