Munsch Hardt Attorney DeMeo Speaks at the Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

July 19, 2010

Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., a law firm with over 100 attorneys and offices in Dallas, Houston and Austin, Texas, announces that Chris DeMeo will be speaking at the Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s 2010 Annual Leadership Conference regarding health law for hospice and palliative care including the impact of the new health care reform legislation. The presentation will be in New Orleans on July 29th at the Lowe’s New Orleans Hotel. This discussion will highlight administrative and regulatory issues related to hospice and palliative care including regulatory compliance, health care fraud enforcement and reimbursement Issues. For more event related information, click here.

Chris DeMeo
Chris' practice emphasis is on handling health care, commercial litigation, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation and other employee benefit matters. He has represented national health care companies, individual physicians, physician groups and other health care professionals in complex, multiparty litigation, regulatory compliance and transactional matters. He has also worked with employee plans, administrators and fiduciaries regarding life, health and disability benefits including all phases of ERISA litigation in all Texas federal districts. Some of his more recent matters include:

• Advising health care providers and others involved in the health care industry regarding the impact of recently enacted health care reform legislation on existing and future ventures and how to structure such ventures to be compliant with the new law.
• Representation of physicians and physician groups on the legal structure of operations involving delivery of designated health care services including laboratory services and diagnostic imaging as such operations impact, federal and state anti-kickback, and self-referral laws.
• Representation of hospitals on licensing, compensation, medical staff relations, contractual matters and employee relations as they impact federal and state licensing, anti-kickback, self-referral and false claim laws in Texas and other states including representation with Texas regulatory agencies concerning waiver and modification of the same.
• Representation of medical device manufacturers and distributors in the preparation and negotiation of consulting contracts and licensing agreements regarding the development of new products.
• Winning a $1.4 million judgment on behalf of a local businessman for trademark violations, breach of contract and conversion including award of punitive damages and reversal of fraudulent conveyance by the defendant.

Chris received his Juris Doctor from Baylor University Law School and Bachelor of Arts, graduating magna cum laude, from Hendrix College.

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