Anoush Koroghlian-Scott is a partner in the firm’s Health Law Practice Group and brings nearly 30 years of experience having practiced health law in private practice and in-house at various hospitals in the Capital Region. As a member of the senior leadership team at a large community hospital and prior roles as Risk Management Director and Compliance Officer in other regional facilities, Ms. Koroghlian-Scott has a unique understanding of health care operations and the daily challenges to delivering high quality health care services in a cost-effective manner. Her clients include hospitals, physician practice groups, mental health providers, billing companies and individual practitioners. She serves as a strategic business partner on a wide range of transactional and operational matters and offers her clients practical, innovative solutions that align with strategic goals and initiatives.
She assists clients establish and implement corporate compliance programs and develop policies that balance corporate interests with those of employees to avoid claims. She also represents clients in OIG and other governmental audits and prepares plans of correction and compliance training.
Ms. Koroghlian-Scott also prepares governing documents, trains executives and governing boards on oversight and fiduciary duties, and other matters consistent with tax exempt status and not-for-profit corporation laws. She has established captive arrangements, prepared contracts and other documents necessary for medical/clinical practice acquisitions and business management services while navigating corporate practice of medicine and excess benefit transaction prohibitions.
In addition, Ms. Koroghlian-Scott advises clients on all aspects of medical staff bylaws, prepares medical staff policies and has represented independent practitioners before their licensing agencies in professional misconduct matters.
Operationally, she provides advice and counsel pertaining to all aspects of patient care such as informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, end of life decision-making, involuntary admission, retention and treatment over objection, guardianship, advance directives and the ethical considerations pertaining to the same.
