Roopa Chakkappan

Roopa concentrates her practice on health law, administrative law, regulatory compliance, and administrative enforcement defense. She counsels both public and private health care entities including hospitals, licensed home care services agencies, and private medial practices, on a wide range of matters, including compliance with the New York Public Health Statute and federal and state Medicaid and Medicare statutes and implementing regulations.

Roopa has extensive experience with home health care entities and advises these clients on legal developments, regulatory compliance, licensure issues, and managed care contracts and provider agreements. She also represents clients in compliance program audits and Medicaid disallowances and has a significant level of experience dealing with Medicaid reimbursement regulations.

In addition, Roopa advises on regulatory matters including compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and fraud and abuse laws such as the Stark and Anti-Kick Back Statutes. She also has experience advising FDA establishments on FDA regulatory compliance matters and the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.