Lawyer Bio : Sarah B. Crotts

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Sarah B. Crotts

Winston-Salem

Sarah focuses her practice on regulatory compliance matters for hospitals, physician groups, independent laboratories, and medical device manufacturers. Her experience includes assisting clients with:
 
  • Stark Law compliance;
  • Federal Anti-Kickback Statute issues;
  • Federal Anti-Markup Rules;
  • Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement;
  • Compliance with various state self-referral, account billing, and corporate practice of medicine laws;
  • HIPAA Privacy and Security compliance, including compliance with the HITECH Act;
  • State certificate of need requirements;
  • Compliance with various state gift ban, compliance plan, and disclosure requirements applicable to medical device manufacturers, including compliance with the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act;
  • Implementation and use of health information technology; and
  • Incentives available to health care providers for the “meaningful use” of electronic health records, including certification of health information technology and “meaningful use” objectives and measures.
  • State and federal CLIA compliance for laboratories;
 
In addition, Sarah works with health care providers on drafting and negotiating physician employment and recruitment agreements, as well as professional services agreements and equipment leases. Sarah also assists healthcare providers with developing new and modifying existing compliance programs to limit the risk of fraud and abuse. Sarah prepares laboratory director and professional services agreements for independent laboratory clients. 

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Professional Activities

Admitted to bar 2005, North Carolina.
 
American Health Lawyers Association, 2007-present
North Carolina Society of Healthcare Attorneys, 2006-present
North Carolina Bar Association, 2005-present; Law School Liaison Committee, 2010-present; Women in the Profession Committee, 2011-present
Forsyth County Women Attorneys Association, 2010-present; Treasurer, 2011-present; Co-Chair of the Community Service Committee, 2011-present
North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, 2003-present; Membership Committee, 2010-present
Charlotte Women’s Bar, 2005-2010; Board of Directors, 2008-2010; Co-Chair of the Public Service Committee, 2008 and 2010
American Bar Association, 2004-2007, 2010-present

Civic Activities

Hospital Hospitality House of Winston-Salem (SECU Family House) Board of Directors, 2010-present; Secretary, 2013-present.
 
Washington & Lee University Winston-Salem Alumni Chapter Board of Directors, 2011-present.
 
Washington & Lee University Alumni Admissions Program, Winston-Salem Chair, 2011-present.
 
Carolina Foster Kids Foundation Board of Directors, 2009-2010.

Education

B.A., Politics, 2002, Washington and Lee University, cum laude.
 
J.D., 2005, Wake Forest University School of Law; Order of Barristers, 2005; Moot Court, 2003-2005; Champion Team, 2004 Gabrielli Family Law Moot Court Competition; Honorable Mention, 2003 Stanley Moot Court Competition.

Prior Legal Experience

Attorney (Temporary) Iredell County Department of Social Services, Statesville, NC, 2008; Contract Attorney, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC 2007-2008; Contract Attorney, Heather Cook Skelton, PA., Charlotte, NC, 2007-2008; Attorney, Stiles Byrum & Horne, LLP, Charlotte, NC, 2005-2007; Summer Intern, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC, 2004.

Prior Business Experience

Research Assistant, The Reeves Center, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, Summers 1999-2000, Academic Years 1998-2002; Intern, Office of Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, Summer 2001; Press Intern, U.S. Senator John Warner, Washington, DC, Spring 2001.

Publications

Author, “Voluntary Compliance Programs are a Thing of the Past: Make Way for Mandatory Requirements,” Prognosis, Volume 28, Number 1, March 2012.
 
Author, “Incentive Programs for Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records,” Prognosis, Volume 27, Number 1, December 2010.
 
Author, “The Aftermath of Davila: Are Healthcare Enrollees Now in a Sinking Ship Without a Paddle?” The Health Lawyer, Volume 17, Issue 4, 2005.

Presentations

“Standards and Controls to Detect and Prevent Misconduct,” Association of Corporate Counsel’s Ethics and Compliance Committee, April 16, 2013.

“Establishing Healthcare Compliance Programs as Mandated by the PPACA: Implementing Effective Reporting, Exclusion Screening, and Formal Risk Assessment Processes,” Strafford Webinar, November 14, 2012.

“Compliance Programs for Physicians: Back to Basics,” Alamance County Medical Group Managers, April 21, 2011.

“Show Me the Money:  Government Incentives Available to Providers who Demonstrate Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records,” Carolina Regional Medical Group Managers, November 18, 2010.

“Show Me the Money:  Government Incentives Available to Providers who Demonstrate Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records,” Charlotte Area Medical Group Managers, October 21, 2010.

“Show Me the Money:  Government Incentives Available to Providers who Demonstrate Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records,” Datamax Corporation, September 15, 2010.