Danielle H. Tangorre has extensive experience counseling clinical laboratories, health care providers, behavioral health providers, hospitals, and other healthcare entities to navigate operational and compliance issues and assist with business transactions. Danielle takes a holistic approach to help her clients achieve their business goals within the regulatory maze of federal and state laws. In addition, Danielle regularly advises clinical laboratories and other health care entities with respect to federal and state fraud and abuse laws and represents clients before federal and state agencies related to payment disputes and investigations.
Danielle’s work with clients involves:
Compliance, Operational + Regulatory Matters
Danielle advises clients on operational and compliance issues, federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including the Stark law, Anti-Kickback Statute and the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (as well as state law counterparts), the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), corporate practice of medicine, reimbursement and billing compliance, and other regulatory matters.
As a result of her clinical ethics fellowship at the Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical Center, Danielle provides her clients with an uncommon, holistic perspective. With her experience in ethics and day-to-day experience in delivering care in the hospital, Danielle actively engages with and advises clients on the ethical and legal requirements related to delivery of health care services, consent issues, guardianship, and other advanced care planning.
Transactional
Danielle has experience representing health care providers with the buying and selling of practices, structuring transactions, joint ventures, and partnerships and conducting healthcare due diligence. She has counseled several health care providers through complex re-organizations and affiliations while navigating various business and healthcare regulatory concerns. Danielle also routinely advises clients on how to navigate complex federal and state laws and obtain required state consents.
Government Investigations
Danielle assists in conducting internal investigations and conducting the healthcare analysis as it relates to governmental inquiries conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, state Medicaid Fraud Control units, the Office of Inspector General and the United States Department of Justice, as well as other state regulatory agencies.
Community Involvement
Danielle serves on the Board of Directors of the Ronald McDonald House of Charities of the Capital Region. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Albany Law School and an Assistant Adjunct Professor at Albany Medical Center. She was also previously a member of Albany Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board. Danielle also serves on the Advisory Board for the Government Law Center of Albany Law School.
