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Nadia de la Houssaye is a partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Healthcare team. Her practice has a specific concentration in telemedicine and e-health, and she heads the firm's telemedicine section. 

In 1997, Ms. de la Houssaye co-founded one of the first teleradiology companies in the state of Louisiana, assisting with the company's corporate formation, organization, governance, risk management, licensing,credentialing, informed consent, contractual relationships, multi-state insurance risks, peer review, and quality control. She acted as the company's general counsel until 2004, when the company merged with NightHawk Radiology Services, the largest teleradiology company in the United States at the time. Ms. de la Houssaye continues to advise numerous physicians, hospitals, and telemedicine groups regarding legal issues involving risk management, corporate compliance,multi-state litigation, and choice-of-law issues. Her telemedicine background includes issues involving electronic health records, electronic medical communications, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues specific to telemedicine, and compliance issues with state quality assurance and quality control statutes.

In addition, Ms. de la Houssaye represents the Louisiana Patients' Compensation Fund in the defense of medical malpractice claims, as well as in the defense of the constitutionality of the Medical Malpractice Act. Ms. de la Houssaye also has extensive experience with traditional healthcare issues, such as hospital-physician relations, including exclusive contracts and medical privileges and credentialing; certificates of need and licensure; medical coding and reimbursement; fraud and abuse laws, including federal and state Anti-Kickback Statutes; Stark; False Claims Act; healthcare fraud statutes; HIPAA; reimbursement and claims issues; and Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial payer requirements.

Ms. de la Houssaye's representative engagements include reducing medical malpractice exposure by conducting a systematic audit of the following areas:

• Quality assurance/quality control and peer review protocols that withstand judicial scrutiny
• Medical staff bylaws, rules, regulations, and compliance protocol, with a particular focus on telemedicine
• Physician licensing and credentialing policies, with a particular focus on telemedicine
• Board and senior management involvement and supervision
• Oversight of nursing staff, technicians, and aids under the direction of telemedicine physicians
• The proper roles for risk managers and risk management committees
• Implementation of Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Requirements

Ms. de la Houssaye is active in a number of health care organizations, including the American Hospital Association, the American Telemedicine Association, and the Louisiana Hospital Association.

Noteworthy

• AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed in the 2018 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Health Care (listed annually since 2016)
• Recognized as a "2014 Top Rated Lawyer" in the areas of Healthcare and Commercial Litigation by The American Lawyer
• Recognized as a "2013 Top Rated Lawyer" in the areas of Healthcare and Commercial Litigation by Corporate Counsel and The American Lawyer

News

• Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in The Acadiana Profile “Top Lawyers”
• 70 Jones Walker Attorneys in Louisiana Recognized in the 2018 Super Lawyers List
• de la Houssaye featured in Bloomberg BNA
• de la Houssaye Presented Telemedicine Webinar
• de la Houssaye Led Discussions at American Telemedicine Association's Fall Forum
• de la Houssaye Quoted in Bloomberg BNA

Presentations

• "Complying with Telemedicine Requirements", October 19, 2017, Lorman Education Services
• "Telemedicine Regulatory and Compliance Issues", July 13, 2017, Louisiana Hospital Association Trust Funds’ Trends In Healthcare Risks Conference
• "Complying with Telemedicine Requirements", February 23, 2017, Lorman Education Services
• Jones Walker LLP and Postlethwaite & Netterville's Louisiana Healthcare Update Seminar, August 27, 2014
• "The Winding Road to Justice: the Medical Review Panel, Trial and the Patient's Compensation Fund", September 28, 2012, Perspectives: The Medical Malpractice Journey
• "Risk Management: Integration of Quality and Risk", November 3, 2011, Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys 22nd Annual Health Law Symposium

Publications

• "Telehealth Progress at the Federal and State Levels"
  Managed Healthcare Executive February 4, 2016
• "The Church's Liability for the Sexual Misconduct of the Clergy"
  Published Comment, 39 Loyola Law Review 315, Summer 1993

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• American Hospital Association
• American Inns of Court
• American Telemedicine Association
• Federal Bar Association (Secretary, Lafayette/Acadiana Chapter)
• Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
• Lafayette Bar Association
• Louisiana Hospital Association
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas