Steve Lokensgard is a member of the Faegre Baker Daniels health care and regulatory practice area. As a former assistant attorney general and the chief compliance officer for a large regional health care system, Steve has extensive experience with identifying and managing regulatory and financial risk. He assists health care clients with a variety of claims appeals and compliance matters, including preparation for and response to Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor audits.

Steve also provides counsel on issues related to transactions, fraud and abuse enforcement, HIPAA privacy, billing and reimbursement, and general health law.

His experience includes:

• Drafting and revising policies to address compliance, HIPAA privacy and security matters
• Drafting computer-based education on compliance issues, including HIPAA privacy and security issues
• Training and educating employees on compliance issues, including HIPAA privacy and security
• Advising on nonprofit/tax exemption issues
• Performing legal compliance reviews
• Performing internal investigations relating to alleged HIPAA violations and communicating with the Office of Civil Rights
• Advising on claims audits and overpayment issues
• Interpreting Medicare and Medicaid participation, coverage and reimbursement criteria
• Providing counsel concerning statutory fraud and abuse enforcement
• Advising on health care entity transactions, including acquisitions, mergers and entity formation

Civic Activities

• Minnesota Army National Guard, staff judge advocate (1994–present)

Presentations

• "Auditors for 500, Please": What Do the RAC's, MAC's, MIC's, and Z-PIC's Want From You?
  Health Law Institute, Minnesota CLE (2010)
• Navigating the RAC Process: What You Need to Know
  Minnesota Hospital Association (2009)
• Preparing Your Practice For the Permanent Recovery Audit Contractors
  MGMA Webinar (2009)
• Bracing for RAC Record Requests, Denials, and Appeals Strategy: Are We Having Fun Yet
  VHA Upper Midwest RAC Seminar (2009)
• Compliance Update: Tools for Quarterly Board Reporting
  HCPro Webiner (2009)
• Getting it Right the First Time—Documentation of Medical Necessity for Short Stay Patients
  National Medicare RAC Summit (2009)
• Compliance Hot Topics
  Panel Discussion, Health Care Compliance Association Upper Midwest Annual Conference (2008)
• Preparing for Compliance Awareness Week
  Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (2008)
• Community Benefit and Nonprofit Hospitals: New Developments in Enforcement
  Health Law Institute, Minnesota CLE (2006)
• Tax Exemption Challenge
  Health Care Compliance Association Annual Compliance Institute (2006)
• A New Standard for Collection Practices and Pricing for the Uninsured
  Association for Community Health Improvement Annual Conference (2006)

Legal Updates

• Frequent Contributor to Beyond Health Care Reform
  Faegre & Benson Blog on Legal and Regulatory Impact of Health Care Reform (2010)
• OIG Open Letter to Providers Regarding Self-Disclosure Protocol: Knock and the Door May Not Be Opened
  Faegre.com (2009)
• Recovery Audit Contractors: A New Breed of Medicare Auditors
  Faegre.com (2009)