Lawyer Bio : Jodi S. Knox
Jodi S. Knox
Greensboro
Jodi's practice focuses on representing hospitals and heath care providers in a wide range of issues, particularly regulatory compliance. Her regulatory experience includes assisting clients with:
- Stark Law compliance;
- Federal Anti-Kickback Statute issues;
- Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) matters;
- Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and enrollment; and
- Compliance with various state laws, including the North Carolina Self-Referral Act.
In addition, Jodi assists hospitals and health care systems with transactional matters such as mergers and acquisitions, as well as the formation of physician practices owned by hospitals. She has experience guiding the formation of joint ventures between hospitals, physicians and other health care providers.
Jodi also has extensive experience drafting and negotiating physician recruitment agreements, professional services agreements as well as other types of contractual arrangements. Jodi also assists clients with drafting and revising their medical staff bylaws. Her clients include health care providers of all sizes, from small community hospitals to large-scale heath care systems.
Professional Activities
Education
B.A., 2002, Psychology, with distinction, University of North Carolina at Asheville, summa cum laude; Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Society, 2002; Outstanding Student in General Chemistry Award, 2000; Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society, 2000; Phi Eta Sigma National Freshman Honor Society, 1999; UNC-A Founders Scholarship for Academic Achievement, 1998-2002; J.D., 2005, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, with high honors; North Carolina Law Review, 2003-2004; Gressmun-Pollit Honorable Mention Award for Oral Advocacy, 2003; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Award for Excellence, 2005; Dean’s List, 2003-2005; Order of the Coif.
Prior Legal Experience
Summer Associate, Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, Greensboro, NC, 2004; Summer Associate, Womble, Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Greensboro, NC, 2004; Summer Law Clerk, Regina R. Gillespie, P.C., Dobson, North Carolina, 2003.
Presentations
“Compliance Overview,” North Carolina Physician Liaisons, Sept. 21, 2011.
“2010 Updates to Healthcare Law,” Triad Healthcare Executives Forum, Nov. 11, 2010.
“Acquisition of Physician Practices,” CLE – North Carolina Bar Association, Apr. 16, 2010.
“An Overview of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005” and “Peer Review Records,” CLE – Lorman Education Services, May 7, 2009.
Areas of Proficiency
- Corporate and Securities
- Health Care
