Northern Nevada Member Meeting:
Payer Contracting
Presented by:
Ayesha Mehdi, JD, MHSA
Partner, Spencer Fane LLP
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 | 8:00am-9:00am
520 West Sixth Street, Reno, NV
About the speaker:
Ayesha Mehdi works closely with physicians and other health care professionals, along with various health care and closely-held businesses, in a wide range of corporate, transactional, regulatory, and licensure matters. Ayesha serves as outside counsel for her clients to help them reach their goals in physician employment, recruitment, mergers & acquisitions, and joint ventures, as well as providing solutions when dealing with professional board complaints, reimbursement issues, and corporate compliance.
As a partner in the health care group, Ayesha counsels clients on fraud and abuse; health information technology (HIT) and compliance, including the Stark II physician self-referral law, the Medicare/Medicaid anti-kickback statute, corporate practice and fee-splitting restrictions; antitrust; health information privacy and security (HIPAA and HITECH Act); and health care reimbursement. Ayesha also represents pharmacies, wholesalers, PSAOs, and pharmacy alliances regarding license issues, Nevada state pharmacy laws, Board of Pharmacy issues, and state DEA issues.
Ayesha received her Bachelor’s in Business Administration with honors in Finance from Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration, and her Master’s in Health Services Administration, as well as her Juris Doctorate degree, from the University of Kansas, where she served on the law school’s Board of Governors for four years from 2017-2021. Ayesha speaks at regional and national seminars and conferences for both legal and health care associations. She is also a pro bono attorney for the Children’s Attorneys Project of Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada.
Prior to entering private practice, Ayesha served as a judicial intern for the Hon. Gloria Sturman in the Eighth Judicial District Court. Currently, she is the Chair of the American Bar Association Health Law Section’s Fraud and Compliance interest group and an active American Health Law Association Member, which selected her to its Leadership Development Program in 2019.
