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Laura Seng
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Laura D. Seng

Partner

South Bend

201 S. Main Street
Suite 400
South Bend, IN 46601-2130

P 574-237-1129

F 574-237-1125

Laura Seng advises on regulatory compliance, transactional matters and medical-legal business issues for healthcare entities and individual providers. Laura brings a personal understanding of both the clinical and business aspects of healthcare, allowing her to provide practical legal solutions while navigating the complexity of industry regulations.

OVERVIEW

Laura Seng advises on regulatory compliance, transactional matters and medical-legal business issues for healthcare entities and individual providers. Laura brings a personal understanding of both the clinical and business aspects of healthcare, allowing her to provide practical legal solutions while navigating the complexity of industry regulations.

Laura’s clients include hospitals, physicians, multi-specialty clinics and healthcare organizations, as well as laboratories, pharmacies and other healthcare providers. She advises on healthcare regulatory issues, including Stark law and Anti-Kickback statutes, Medicare/Medicaid billing and reimbursement, fraud and abuse laws, and HIPAA compliance.

Laura also conducts internal investigations for corporate compliance matters and defends clients in governmental investigations and whistleblower actions related to Medicare, Medicaid and the False Claims Act. In addition, she advises hospitals, healthcare entities and individual practitioners with respect to professional service agreements, the creation of strategic alliances, hospital and provider mergers and acquisitions, corporate and regulatory compliance, professional licensure actions, state and federal agency administrative actions, and general healthcare and corporate governance matters.

Before joining the firm, Laura was a registered nurse specializing in women’s health, pediatric care, nursing education, staff development and hospital department management. Her experience encompasses more than 18 years in nursing and hospital administration, including serving as the director of pediatric patient care services at a regional medical center.

As a result, Laura offers clients the knowledge of a business insider regarding both the clinical and management aspects of the industry. Her advice is grounded in achieving her client’s objectives in patient care while complying with the law in a way that makes operational sense on the ground. 

Laura is a frequent speaker to the Indiana State Bar Association and other professional and healthcare industry groups. Laura remains totally dedicated to and focused on the healthcare industry. With three decades of experience working for and advising healthcare organizations, Laura understands the challenges of running a healthcare organization and the interdependence of the multiple disciplines that comprise this highly regulated and specialized industry.

Professional and Community Involvement

Member, American Bar Association Health Law Section

Member, American Health Lawyers Association

Attorney member, Health System Ethics Committee

Attorney member, Health System Institutional Review Board

Honors

The Best Lawyers in America, 2012-2025

Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2013

EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
  • Guided the South Bend Medical Foundation, a non-profit full service laboratory, anatomic pathology and blood product service provider, in the sale of its clinical diagnostic testing service line to a subsidiary of Laboratory Corporation of America, which included 15 months of due diligence, 10 months of negotiations, a Hart Scott Rodino filing, as well as advising on employment matters for more than 500 employees, and contracting matters for multiple facilities and service centers, healthcare regulatory issues, and service agreements impacting more than 80 hospitals, physician groups and other healthcare providers
  • Advised hospitals’ in-house attorneys regarding structuring various ventures and affiliations with medical staff members to be in compliance with healthcare regulatory requirements
  • Advised on how the Stark, AKB and fraud and abuse laws affect various health care transactions and contracts
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