Jennifer L. Wintergerst

Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP

Jennifer Wintergerst is a member of the Firm’s Health Care Service Team and the Data Privacy and Security Service Team.  She concentrates her practice in the areas of complex healthcare litigation, investigations and regulatory compliance.  She assists clients with Medicare and Medicaid enrollment and termination issues, governmental audits and investigations and False Claims Act litigation.  Ms. Wintergerst provides guidance to healthcare clients across the industry to enable them to comply with the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark law, HIPAA and various Medicare and Medicaid laws and regulations.  She conducts internal investigations regarding potential overpayments and data security incidents and assists clients with the necessary reports to HHS OIG and OCR.  She also routinely represents physicians, nurses and other licensed professionals with disciplinary actions before the professional regulatory boards and assists providers with HHS OIG exclusion and reinstatement.