Danielle is a health law attorney focused on transactions and regulatory compliance. She helps clients navigate the complexities of health care industry mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and co-management agreements, venture capital and private equity investments, public offerings, and recapitalizations. Danielle advises clients on sophisticated deal transactions in nuanced health care sectors, assisting with due diligence, pre- and post-transaction compliance, licensing, regulatory filings, risk mitigation, and operational transition issues. She also regularly counsels clients on technical federal and state health law matters, including fraud and abuse, privacy and data breach incidents, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement-related issues and audits, corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting prohibitions, and general corporate compliance. Danielle is considered go-to counsel for compliance, training, and advice on HIPAA.
Before joining Cozen O’Connor, Danielle was associate counsel at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health (LGH) where she negotiated hospital contracts and counseled hospital leadership on HIPAA/HITECH, Stark and Anti-Kickback laws, governance, policy management, medical credentialing, governmental survey preparation and accreditation, regulatory filings, and information security. She assisted with the development and establishment of several clinical and non-clinical joint venture projects with partner providers, employers, and community-based assistance programs. She drafted board governance documents and presented to LGH boards on relevant legal issues. She also provided counsel to inpatient and outpatient clinical personnel on day-to-day patient risk and legal matters.
Danielle has many years of experience serving as a member of multiple Institutional Review Boards. In this role, she provided legal perspective on informed consent documents and clinical protocols, assisting with regulatory compliance, ethical standards, and risk mitigation. During her time at LGH, Danielle negotiated clinical trial sponsorship agreements on behalf of LGH’s affiliated research institute and assisted with maintaining the institute’s AAHRPP accreditation.
Danielle earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan and her law degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law, where she served as executive editor of the Temple Journal of Science, Technology, and Environmental Law. Danielle also holds a master’s degree in health policy from Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health.