About QMCG - Consultants

Diane M. Signoracci Consultant and Principal Partner, Bricker & Eckler LLP

Areas of Practice

Health care compliance, billing investigations and audits, provider reimbursement, health care regulation, computer systems and computer services contracting, with emphasis on Medicare reimbursement of hospital providers, physician recruitment issues and litigation involving health care fraud, qui tam defense, and contracting issues. Experience in negotiation and preparation of numerous types of computer contracts.

Representative Experience

• Represent numerous hospitals in self audits and reporting overpayments to the government.
• Review and negotiate managed care agreements and represent hospitals in audits under those agreements.
• Advise hospitals in ongoing compliance issues.
• Represent health care providers in Medicare reimbursement appeals and reopenings.
• Represented numerous hospitals in Department of Justice investigations and Qui Tam defense.
• Partner in Health Care Department of the law firm of Bricker and Eckler which serves as counsel to health care entities throughout the country as well as many health care trade associations. The firm represents a wide variety of health care entities including hospitals and their medical staffs, the long term care industry, home health agencies, provider-sponsored health insurance programs, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, physician hospital organizations, as well as individual healthcare professionals and group practices. 
• Former clerk in the United States District Court.
• Licensed to practice in the District of Columbia.

Awards and Recognition

• Named in Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2008

Education

B.S., Franklin University, 1978
J.D., The Ohio State University College of Law, 1981

Representative Sample of Recent Speeches, Presentations, Publications

Topics of recent presentations include:

• Current OIG investigations of healthcare providers
• Legal issues surrounding the purchase and sale of goods by a hospital
• Hospital acquisition of physician practices
• New HCFA rules on billing for teaching physicians
• Qui Tam litigation and organizational compliance programs
• Compliance auditing and monitoring

Contact Diane at: dsignoracci@bricker.com