Experienced Atlanta Healthcare Attorneys

Mr. DJ Jeyaram provides legal services to a wide variety of healthcare providers including physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, and nursing homes. Mr. Jeyaram concentrates in healthcare regulatory matters, primarily in administrative appeals, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, and program integrity audits and investigations.

Mr. Jeyaram has significant experience appearing before the Composite State Medical Board and the Department of Community Health, representing more than 70 pharmacies against state audit and recoupment actions. In addition, he has represented several healthcare providers before the Office of Regulatory Services and the Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Jeyaram's practice also includes assisting clients with EMTALA and HIPAA issues, Certificate of Need (CON), Letters of Non-Reviewability (LNR), acquisition and opposition, as well as negotiating business, employment and contractual relationships between healthcare providers.

Prior to establishing his own practice, Mr. Jeyaram was with Morris, Manning & Martin in the firm's healthcare group. In addition, Mr. Jeyaram's experience includes serving as the Deputy Director for Legal Services with the Georgia Department of Community Health and as an Administrative Law Judge with the Office of State Administrative Hearings.

While an Administrative Law Judge, Mr. Jeyaram's cases centered on Medicaid/DCH provider reimbursement, and he had primary responsibility for all healthcare provider litigation including program integrity issues, medical necessity and utilization review.

Today, Mr. Jeyaram offers clients big law firm expertise at more affordable rates with a higher degree of client service.

Mr. Jeyaram's legal expertise includes:

Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, litigation, and appeals
Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) appeals
Administrative hearings and appeals
Program integrity audits and investigations
Business, employment and contractual relationships between healthcare providers
Physician Licensure
Certificates of Need (CON)
Letters of Non-Reviewability (LNR)
HIPAA
EMTALA
Medical staff governance and credentialing issues
Compliance with state and federal regulations

Education

Boston University, B.A., cum laude, 1993
Emory University, J.D., 1997

Professional Activities

Bar admission

State Bar of Georgia
State Bar of California
State Bar of Massachusetts

Contact: dj@jeylaw.com

Ms. Angela Branch Ms. Branch has more than 25 years of experience in practicing law and is certified in Health Care Compliance and Health Care Research Compliance. Ms. Branch's areas of expertise include:

HIPAA

Medicare and Medicaid billing and coding audits

Georgia and federal False Claims Acts

Anti-Kickback and Stark issues

Administrative law

State and federal health care law

Health care compliance issues such as conflicts of interest disclosures, field investigations, and recommendations as a result of policy violations

Ms. Branch was formerly an administrative law judge for the Georgia Office of Administrative Appeals where she also served as a Division Director and as the first Clerk of Court. Ms. Branch subsequently accepted a position with the Georgia Department of Community Health (“DCH”), the state Medicaid agency, as its primary counsel for administrative appeals. She was later appointed Director of DCH’s Legal Services Section, Director of Special Projects and Acting General Counsel. In that capacity, she provided counsel to the Division of Medical Assistance, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Managed Care Program, and the Office of Financial Management.

She also assisted and advised DCH’s Office of Inspector General regarding both internal and external investigations. In addition, she represented the DCH in hearings regarding provider sanction and termination actions and in recipient hearings including the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (“EPSDT”) Program, the Georgia Pediatric Program (“GAPP”)/Model Waiver, the long-term care programs and the Community Home-Based Service Waiver programs.

Upon leaving the Department of Community Health, Ms. Branch accepted a position with Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. (“PHC”). As the PHC Director of Compliance, she gained considerable experience in the private sector of the healthcare industry. She was responsible for managing PHC’s Corporate Compliance Department comprised of an auditor, an educator, a compliance specialist and an appeals coordinator and managing significant compliance initiatives, including responding to a CMS Certification of Compliance Agreement, revising the HIPAA privacy notices, revising the False Claims Act policy, rewriting the PHC Code of Conduct and developing a government audit response and appeal process for Medicare and Medicaid appeals. While at PHC, Ms. Branch also project-managed the implementation of a vendor control program and the development of a custom compliance educational program.

Ms. Branch is also a member of Georgia Bar Association’s Health Law Section’s executive committee.

Education

Mercer University, B.A.,1982

Walter F. George School of Law, J.D., 1986

Bar admission

State Bar of Georgia

Ms. Holly Miller-Gentry is of counsel with the law firm of Jeyaram & Asociates, P.C. She has a background in medical malpractice and general litigation, as well as residential real estate law.

Ms. Miller-Gentry's experience includes several years experience with Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, P.C. and as an associate managing attorneyw ith Neel & Robinson, P.C.

Ms. Miller-Gentry's legal expertise includes:

Fraud litigation

Medicaid reimbursement litigation

Hospice regulatory

Medical lien recovery

Breach of contract litigation

Employment litigation

Insurance litigation

Education

Wake Forest University, magna cum laude, B.A., 1999

University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., 2002

Bar admission

State Bar of Georgia

Contact: hgentry@jeylaw.com

Professional Consultant

Ms. Cassandra Imfeld holds a PhD in Communications Law from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has more than 15 years communications and consulting experience and has won several industry awards. She is the CEO of Liquid Media Consulting.

Support Staff

Ms. Fumi Yanagawa-Jonke is a certified paralegal and candidate for an MFA in Art Education. In addition to fluently speaking English, Ms. Yanagawa speaks Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi.

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For a free consultation, call DJ Jeyaram at 404.995.6792 or send an email to dj@jeylaw.com.

Jeyaram & Associates | 3455 Peachtree Road NE | Suite 500 | Atlanta, GA 30326
Office: 404.995.6792 | Fax: 770.451.7195 | dj@jeylaw.com