Lawyer Bio : Kimberly Alyson Licata

Kim is Of Counsel in Womble Carlyle’s Research Triangle Park office. Formerly Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of Sterling Health Care, Kim represents clients in the areas of health care law, regulatory compliance and products liability litigation defense. Specifically, Kim’s practice includes:

• Conducting detailed contract reviews and drafting, as well as litigation advice in the event of a dispute, of laboratory services agreements, pharmacy services agreements, and other agreements involving services provided by providers, Medicare Advantage Plans, and Medicare Part D.
• Counseling long-term care facilities, hospitals, physicians and other providers and suppliers on regulatory compliance and/or litigation issues involving Medicare and Medicaid coverage and billing, HIPAA privacy, labor and employment issues (including Fair Labor Standards Act matters and wage and hour claims), as well as EMTALA and medical staffing issues.
• Advising hospitals, physician groups, and other health care providers on obtaining necessary state regulatory approval for health care projects under state law, including certificate of need laws
• Advising drug manufacturers on various pharmaceutical issues, such as internet advertising, internet pharmacy services, regulatory implications of contracts for biologicals.  
• Preparing fact and medical expert witnesses for deposition; taking and defending depositions of fact and medical experts witnesses, as well as answering discovery requests and handle related motions. 
• Preparing dispositive and discovery motions and associated supporting memoranda in products liability litigation defense and medical malpractice litigation defense. 
• Identifying and investigating actual and potential experts (i.e., physicians, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, contractors) to determine suitability as defense experts or weaknesses as plaintiffs’ experts. 
• Preparing and reviewing corporate and transactional documents for hospital systems, physicians, physician groups, and chiropractic groups. 
• Preparing opinion letters regarding fraud and abuse compliance in transactions involving health care providers. 
• Preparing comments to rulemaking and requests for advisory opinions for submission to the Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General. 
• Aiding in the representation of clients in various administrative regulatory proceedings relating to state approval of projects and various hospital and/or court proceedings involving medical staff issues, antitrust concerns, among others.

Kim is a co-author of the Womble Carlyle Fair Labor Standards Act Blog.