Diane E. Felix | Attorneys | Armstrong Teasdale

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Education

Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1977)
Purdue University (B.A., 1974)

Admissions

Missouri, 1977

News

80 Armstrong Teasdale Lawyers Named to Best Lawyers

Diane Felix Becomes Board Member of the Missouri Society of Health Care Attorneys

Armstrong Teasdale Attorneys Identified as The Best Lawyers in America

Publications

Two Recent Directives from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Could Add to the Pain for Medicare and Medicaid Long-Term Care Providers

HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule – published Jan. 25, 2013

Record Healthcare Fraud Recovery Calls for Compliance

Events

Is It Something We Said? Why Are Providers in the Cross-Hairs?

Diane E. Felix

Partner

St. Louis, Missouri

P: 314.621.5070 ext. 7393

F: 314.612.2243

Diane Felix has focused her practice on representation of health care providers, with a significant portion of that practice involving long-term care facilities. Her representation of providers has included Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement matters, licensure and certification issues, Certificate of Need matters, preparation and negotiation of contracts, (including admission agreements, professional services agreements, leases and purchase agreements) and operational questions (involving issues such as consent to treatment, confidentiality of records and ADA compliance). Read More

Background

Prior to joining Armstrong Teasdale in 1986, Diane had nine years of experience as an attorney with Missouri state government. During a two-year period on the staff of the Missouri House of Representatives, she was extensively involved in the drafting of Missouri’s Omnibus Nursing Home Act of 1979.

While employed as an attorney by the Missouri Department of Social Services, Diane represented the agency in matters involving Medicaid reimbursement, institutional and professional licenses, Medicaid eligibility of individuals and services for the elderly and handicapped. She also served for six months as acting director of the Missouri Division of Aging.

Advised and counseled providers (including skilled nursing facilities and hospitals) in successfully avoiding Medicare "fast-track" decertification.

Successfully represented providers before the Departmental Appeals Board Civil Remedies Division. Obtained a decision holding that an occurrence of abuse is not a per se violation of the resident’s right to be free of abuse. Oakwood Manor Nursing Ctr., DAB CR818 (2001).

Representation of the following:

Two long-term acute care hospitals in successfully challenging threatened Medicare/Medicaid terminations.
Missouri’s Nursing Facility Agent Corporation, which has served since 1995 to help balance the overall tax liability and reduce the potential for losses for Missouri nursing facilities under Missouri’s “provider tax” program.
An acute care hospital in obtaining Certificate of Need approval for construction of a new 250-bed hospital.
A Medicare skilled nursing facility in a federal False Claims Act investigation based on "quality of care" issues; successfully avoided criminal prosecution and obtained favorable settlement of civil case.