Overview

Ms. Waesch operates a national healthcare practice and is licensed in Florida, Ohio and Tennessee. Ms. Waesch is known for delivering practical, business-oriented counsel on some of the most complex and evolving aspects of corporate healthcare structures, joint ventures, and innovative business strategies.  Ms. Waesch combines technical expertise with a collaborative solution-oriented approach as she helps clients innovate responsibly in a rapidly-shifting regulatory landscape.  Ms. Waesch’s areas of expertise include advising clients on (1) corporate restructuring and transactions (2) healthcare regulatory compliance, and (3) employee benefits and supplemental insurance plan offerings. 

Ms. Waesch is a healthcare transactional attorney who advises hospitals, health systems, physician groups, ambulatory surgery centers, long-term and post-acute care providers, home health agencies, and other health care organizations on the legal, regulatory, and business issues that shape today’s healthcare landscape.  Ms. Waesch helps her clients navigate the complex intersection of corporate law, healthcare regulations, and strategic business planning. 

Ms. Waesch represents clients in a wide range of healthcare transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, physician-hospital alignment strategies, management services organizations (MSOs), professional service agreements, and other large-scale collaborations.  Ms. Waesch routinely drafts and negotiates sophisticated commercial agreements designed to support operational goals while mitigating regulatory risks. 

Ms. Waesch is well-versed in applicable federal and state healthcare laws as she regularly advises clients on the federal Stark law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, EKRA, HIPAA privacy and security rules, Medicare and Medicaid participation requirements, licensing matters, reimbursement strategies, corporate compliance, and state-analogous laws, rules, and regulations.  Ms. Waesch partners closely with clients to ensure that transactional structures and operational practices align with evolving regulatory standards, industry best practices, and client goals. 

In addition to transactional work, Ms. Waesch serves as a strategic advisor to healthcare executives and boards, offering practical business-minded counsel on governance, risk management, strategic alignment solutions, and long-term organizational planning.  Clients value her ability to deliver clear, actionable guidance in a complex, highly regulated environment.

As a regulatory compliance healthcare attorney, Ms. Waesch advises on regulatory frameworks, assists in structuring compliant business arrangements, conducts internal investigations, responds to government audits, reimbursement appeals and strategies, and manages provider disclosure and repayment obligations.  Ms. Waesch has experience supporting clients with OIG investigations and self-disclosures, CMS disclosures, state agency and commercial payor audits, and licensure inquiries, as well as guiding organizations through complex reimbursement and operational compliance issues.  Ms. Waesch is primarily responsible for all reimbursement audits and appeals, including Medicare and Medicaid appeals, for her firm’s healthcare clients.  She is approved counsel on several insurance panels.

Ms. Waesch has extensive experience advising insurers, third party administrators, employers and brokers on the design, regulatory compliance, and administration of fixed indemnity and supplemental health benefit plans.  With a practice focused on the intersection of federal healthcare regulation and employee benefit strategy, Ms. Waesch serves as outside counsel to national carriers, TPAs, brokers, and employers offering supplemental medical benefits to diverse workforces.  Ms. Waesch is well-versed in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and ERISA.  She assists organizations in assessing compliance risks.  Ms. Waesch works closely with her clients to deliver clear actionable guidance to support product growth while mitigating legal exposure.  Clients value her ability to translate dense regulatory compliance obligations into workable solutions tailored to the unique dynamics of the fixed indemnity and supplemental benefits market.

A full curriculum vitae is available upon request.

Representative Matters

Healthcare Transactions

• BMD's Provider Relations, Audits, Appeals and Negotiations Unit (PRAAN) received a favorable Medicare Redetermination Decision (Level 1) overturning a $3.6 million overpayment allegation following a UPIC audit.
• Represented developer and project leaders in development, capital raise, and debt financing of three 100-bed community hospital projects (averaging $50M)
• Represented developer and project leaders in development, capital raise, and debt financing of purchase of 2 community hospitals out of bankruptcy (averaging $20M)
• Represented multiple practice startups (averaging $500k) and capital/debt raises (ranging from $2M to $20M)
• Represented multiple buyers in practice acquisitions (averaging $1M)

Courts & Bar Associations

• Ohio Bar (2008)
• Florida Bar (2009)
• Tennessee Bar (2022)
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• American Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Florida Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Akron Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers Association

Professional & Civic Affiliations

• Rootstown Local School District Board of Education, Student Achievement Liaison
  • President (2019-2020)
  • Vice President (2018)
• University of Mount Union Alumni Association, Executive Board Member, Alumni Weekend & Awards Committee Chair 2019-2021
• National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants, Education Committee Chair
• American Heart Association Portage-Summit County Board, Go Red for Women 2021 Campaign Chair
• University of Akron College of Business Administration HR Leadership Advisory Board

Professional Honors & Awards

• National Sales & Marketing Executives™ (NSME™) 2024 Achievements in Excellence™ Award Recipient
• The Best Lawyers in America^®, Health Care Law (2022-2026)
• Crain's Cleveland 2022 Notables In Law
• National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants, 2019 Recipient of the Lenny Schwartz Go-Getter Award, 2022 Recipient of the WJ Godfrey “Zeke” Gourley Award (for outstanding support and dedication to the NSCHBC)
• Akron Foundation Fellow
• ATHENA Akron Award, 2019 Akron Women Leaders New to Their Position
• The University of Akron School of Law, Adjunct Professor (2012-2014)

Presentations & Publications

Presentations

Ms. Waesch has given numerous virtual and in-person presentations on various topics including HIPAA, Compliance, Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute, HHS Provider Relief Funds, CARES Act, Incident-to Billing, and beyond.

Ms. Waesch has presented for the following organizations:

• Administrator Support Community for ENT
• Ambulatory Healthcare Innovations
• American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives
• American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management
• American Association of Professional Coders
• American Conference Institute
• American Health Law Association
• Apple Growth Partners
• Braintrust "Driving Change" Podcast
• California Orthopaedic Association
• Charlotte County Medical Society
• Client Experience Group
• Community Health Network
• Florida Association of Medical Staff Services
• Greene County Medical Society
• Hawaii Professional Coders Education Fund
• Healthcare Financial Management Association
• Healthcare Training Leader
• Lake Health Foundation
• Lee Memorial Health System
• Lorman Education Services
• Medina Business Network
• National Alliance of Medical Auditing Specialists
• National Organization of Rheumatology Management
• National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants
• North Carolina Foot and Ankle Society
• Ohio Association of Community Health Centers
• Ohio Council for Home Care & Hospice 
• Pharmacy Solutions Alliance
• SkillAcquire
• The Business Side, Inc.
• "The Compliance Guy" Podcast
• Webinars Academy

A full curriculum vitae, which includes a complete list of Ms. Waesch's presentations and publications, is available upon request.

Publications

Please click here for dozens of Client Alerts and articles authored or co-authored by Ms. Waesch that can be found on our website.

Additionally, Ms. Waesch has authored the following publications for external organizations:

• Information Blocking: Everything Providers Should Know to Ensure Compliance, NAMAS, April 2021
• Amanda Waesch Weighs in on Leasing v. Buying Medical Office Space, Medical Economics, Vol. 95, Issue 12, June 2018
• What New Rules on Overtime Pay Mean to Physician Practices, Medical Economics, July 2016
• Understanding, Implementing, and Achieving Compliance Under the HIPAA Final Rules, Ohio State Chiropractic Association, May 2013
• Strategies to Improve Your Bottom Line: No Show Fees and Credit Card Guaranties, Ohio State Chiropractic Association, November 2012
• The FACTA Is…Are You In Compliance?, Stark County Medical Society, January 2009