Gregory D. Frost Partner—Baton Rouge Phone: 225.381.8043 Fax: 225.376.5619 Email: greg.frost@bswllp.com

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Gregory D. Frost, a partner in the Baton Rouge office, practices extensively in the area of Healthcare. He concentrates his legal practice on health care law, including the representation of not-for-profit, for-profit and governmental hospitals, home health agencies, physicians and other types of health care providers. Mr. Frost is experienced in complex commercial transactions involving healthcare providers, licensure and other regulatory matters, Medicare, Medicaid and workers' compensation reimbursement issues, defense of civil and criminal fraud prosecutions, transactional matters and litigation involving health care providers. He has extensive experience dealing with HIPAA and health information issues, and was one of the first attorneys in the country to be Certified in Healthcare Privacy by the American Health Information Management Association.

Mr. Frost was vice president of Legal and Governmental Affairs of the Louisiana Hospital Association for over eight years. He has lectured at Louisiana State University, Tulane University, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and Southern University, and regularly speaks before trade and professional organizations and legal audiences. Mr. Frost served on the adjunct faculty of the College of St. Francis and is the organizer of the HIPAA Privacy WorkGroups and the annual Louisiana HIPAA and EHR Conference. In addition to numerous articles on health law issues, he is the editor of Louisiana Health Information Law Manual, which is currently in its fifth edition and used as a textbook at ULL. He has also edited Managed Care, Collections and Related Issues, and the Workers' Comp Medicals Handbooks (both now out of print).

Education

Paul M. Hebert Law School, Louisiana State University, J.D. 1981

Louisiana State University, B.A., 1977

Employment

Vice President for Legal and Governmental Affairs, Louisiana Hospital Association, 1986-1994

College of St. Francis (Adjunct Professor, 1998-2000)

Professional Associations

Baton Rouge Bar Association

Louisiana State Bar Association

American Bar Association Healthcare Section

American Health Lawyers Association

Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys (charter director and past president)

American Health Information Management Association

Healthcare Financial Management Association

Louisiana Medical Group Management Association

Publications

Louisiana Health Information Law Manual

Managed Care, Collections and Related Issues (out of print)

Workers’ Comp Medicals Handbook (out of print)

Presentations

"Compliance Program Basics - Organizing and Managing Healthcare Compliance" - Louisiana Hospital Association - January 2010

“What’s New In Privacy and Security”, 2009 Louisiana HIPAA & EHR Conference - October, 2009

"Compliance Training" - In-house training for all employees of West Jefferson Medical Center personnel - September 2009

"Recent Developments in Compliance-Regulations, Advisory Opinions, and Cases" - Louisiana Hospital Association's, seminar on Advanced Compliance Updates - September 2009

"Compliance Seminar - Physician Related Issues" - Louisiana Hospital Association - June 2009

"Legislative Update", Louisiana Health Information Management Association - April 2009

"Healthcare Risk Management", Louisiana Hospital Association - April 2009

"Mental Health Law Update", Louisiana Hospital Association - March 2009

"Louisiana Health Information Law Seminar", BSW Solutions, LLC -  February 2009

"Compliance Program Basics - Organizing and Managing Healthcare Compliance", Louisiana Hospital Association - January 2009

"HIPAA and Medical Records", Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys, Health Law Symposium - November 2008  

"Peer Review under Louisiana Law and Protecting and Disclosing Peer Review Records", Louisiana Society of Medical Staff Services, 2008 Winter Conference - November 2008

"Legislative Update", Health Law Update, Louisiana Hospital Association - May, 2008  

"Impact of Ethics Reform on Rural Hospitals", Louisiana Hospital Association Annual Meeting and Conference - July, 2008  

"Legal Responsibilities and Liability", Louisiana Primary Care Association Annual Conference - July, 2008

“Admission Issues-EMTALA”, Mental Health Law Update, Louisiana Hospital Association - March, 2008

“Health Information Issues- Confidentiality, Release, and Substance Abuse”, Mental Health Law Update, Louisiana Hospital Association - March, 2008

“Louisiana Health Information Law Seminar”, HPM - February and March, 2008

“Healthcare Compliance Update”, Louisiana Hospital Association - January, 2008

“What’s New In Privacy”, 2007 Louisiana HIPAA & EHR Conference - November, 2007