Asha B. Scielzo
Washington, DC
2300 N Street, NW
Washington, DC
20037-1122
Tel. +1.202.663.8256
Fax. +1.202.663.8007
Special Counsel
[email protected]
Practices / Industries
Health Care & Life Sciences
Health Care
Life Sciences
Admissions
District of Columbia
State of Georgia (inactive)
State of Ohio (inactive)
Education
J.D., Georgetown University
Law Center, 1999
cum laude
B.A., University of
Pennsylvania, 1995
Asha Scielzo is Special Counsel in the law firm's Health Care practice, resident in the
Washington, DC office. Ms. Scielzo concentrates her practice on health care regulatory
counseling, with significant experience in fraud and abuse and reimbursement
considerations and their impact on day-to-day operations, corporate compliance and
governance, and transactions. Ms. Scielzo regularly advises clients on designing and
implementing corporate compliance programs and assessing compliance program
effectiveness. She is also experienced in conducting a broad range of health care
industry transactions (such as mergers and acquisitions and private equity) with
particular emphasis on hospital-physician business arrangements, including joint
ventures, physician recruitment and physician practice acquisitions/ divestitures. She
represents a myriad of health care providers and companies, including hospitals and
health systems, physicians and physician organizations, academic medical centers,
pharmaceutical and medical device companies, ancillary service providers and other
related entities.
A leader in the health law academic community, Ms. Scielzo has assisted several law
schools with the development of health law curricula for their JD and LLM programs.
She teaches a wide range of courses on the subject of health care fraud and abuse,
compliance, governance, and mergers & acquisitions at various law schools, including
American University Washington College of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of
Law, and Georgetown University Law Center.
Prior to attending law school, Ms. Scielzo worked as a health care strategy analyst at
the Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C. and coauthored articles published in
distinguished clinical journals such as the Journal of the American Medical Association
and Critical Care Medicine.
Ms. Scielzo is an active leader and member of the American Health Lawyers
Association (AHLA), having served for many years as a member of the Planning
Committee for the annual AHLA Fundamentals of Health Law Conference. She
currently serves as the Chair of that Committee. She also has the privilege of serving on
the AHLA Nominating Committee for the upcoming 2014-2015 year. She is a frequent
speaker and author in the field of health law.
Affiliations
American Health Lawyers Association; DC Bar Association
Representative Speaking Engagements
“Handling Job Transitions for the Young Professional: When and Why Is It Best
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to Make Your Move?” Brown Bag Webinar, American Health Lawyers
Association, Moderator, January 29, 2014.
“Nuts and Bolts of a Hospital/Health System Affiliation Transaction,” American
Health Lawyers Association, Fundamentals of Health Law, Chicago, IL,
November 5, 2013.
“Nuts and Bolts of a Hospital/Health System Affiliation Transaction,” American
Health Lawyers Association, Fundamentals of Health Law, Chicago, IL, October
30, 2012.
“Corporate Compliance and Corporate Governance”, American Health Lawyers
Association, Fundamentals of Health Law, Chicago, IL, November 14, 2011.
“Nuts and Bolts of a Hospital/Health System Affiliation Transaction”, American
Health Lawyers Association, Fundamentals of Health Law, Chicago, IL,
November 15, 2011.
“Anatomy of a Hospital/Health System Affiliation”, American Health Lawyers
Association, Fundamentals of Health Law, Chicago, IL, October 24-26, 2010.
“Corporate Compliance and Corporate Governance”, American Health Lawyers
Association, Fundamentals of Health Law, Chicago, IL, October 24-26, 2010.
“The Intersection of Compliance and Governance: Overcoming the Challenges,”
American Health Lawyers Association, Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA; June
27-30, 2010.
“Corporate Compliance and Corporate Governance”, American Health Lawyers
Association, Fundamentals of Health Law, Chicago, IL, November 2-4, 2009.
“The Stark Reality: Compliance from a Practical Perspective”, Health Care
Compliance Association, Teleconference, May 5, 2009.
“Corporate Compliance and Corporate Governance”, American Health Lawyers
Association, Fundamentals of Health Law, Chicago, IL, November 9-11, 2008.
“Anatomy of a Health System Affiliation”, American Health Lawyers Association,
Fundamentals of Health Law, Chicago, IL, November 9-11, 2008.
“Stark Law Update”, 12th Annual Health Care Compliance Forum: Diversified
Risks, Organized Opposition and Coordinated Responses, Phoenix, AZ, October
22-24, 2008.
“Compliance A-Z: Developing, Implementing, and Monitoring an Effective
Compliance Program”, American Health Lawyers Association, Hospitals and
Health Systems Law Institute, Orlando, FL, February 14- 15, 2008.
“Stark Phase III/2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update,” 11th Annual
Health Care Compliance Forum: New Theories, New Resources and New
Obligations, Phoenix, AZ, October 24-26, 2007.
“Key Lessons in Accomplishing a Successful Hospital or Health System Merger,”
American Health Lawyers Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL; June 23-25,
2007.
“Joint Ventures and Specialty Hospitals,” 10th Annual Health Care Compliance
Forum: A Decade of Compliance, Evolution and Enforcement, Phoenix, AZ,
October 25-27, 2006.
"The Future of Physician-Hospital Relations: Competitors or Collaborators?,"
American Health Lawyers Association, Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA; June,
2005.
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