James Rickey Brown III

Skilled and experienced in the following areas:

Administrative Litigation – Present arguments and motions before Federal Administrative Law Judges (“ALJ”) within the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals. Question witnesses, file briefs, and respond to questions, while presenting evidence and arguments before the ALJ

Legal Writing and Research – Developed significant numbers of processes, letter templates, motions, motion responses, statements, and arguments based upon research into the Administrative Procedure Act, Code of Federal Regulations, The U.S. Code, Federal Court Decisions, The Social Security Act, Affordable Care Act, The Federal Register, Judicial Code of Conduct, Medicare Conditions of Participation and other relevant Medicare and Medicaid guidance and manuals, in addition to procedural, evidentiary, and constitutional arguments

Hospital and Government Policies and Regulatory Guidance – Spent several years familiarizing myself with Medicare and Medicaid standards of conditions for appropriate inpatient admissions across 29 states, as well as researching relevant regulations, codes, guidelines, and the Social Security Act, HIPAA, Stark Law, and Anti-Kickback statutes

Staff Development/Human Resources – Significant experience and success in setting goals, plans, training, supervising, developing, and disciplining staff, and delegating workloads; excellence in challenging employees and other managers to learn how to become internally motivated; wrote employee and manager training guides, employee development and vacation tracking documents, educational plans, orientation guides and payroll, inventory, revenue, and profit processing/assessing guidelines