简介
Jessica Barth is well acquainted with the challenges of operating a public health system, and she partners with clients to manage them effectively. Jessica gained practical expertise during her 13-year tenure as chief counsel at Eskenazi Health — one of the largest public health systems in the United States — and can advise on a wide range of matters, from the handling of a medical staff investigation to the structuring of a strategic partnership with a public or private entity. Jessica strives above all to avoid risk and to identify and correct potential problems before they emerge. When a crisis does arise, Jessica takes a calm, measured and practical approach developed over years of daily crisis management.
Jessica understands that health care companies must adapt constantly to a changing environment, and she can provide guidance to find the right path forward, whether the change is necessary to better serve patients or to comply with regulatory and accreditation standards.
Experience as General Counsel
- Managed all legal aspects of the construction of a new $754 million hospital campus, including a successful public referendum; the structuring of multimillion dollar architect and construction/project manager agreements; assessing risk during the design phase; providing guidance on public bidding of contracts and resolving construction-related disputes.
- Played a key role in the negotiation and drafting of health system’s agreement for physician services, including specific performance metrics.
- Counseled health care system in agreement with municipality to merge two existing ambulance services into a new emergency medical services agency.
Compliance Experience
- Built Eskenazi Health compliance program into a robust, system-wide function.
- Created policies, procedures and other compliance program documents.
- Oversaw resolution of compliance hotline calls, managed interal investigations and led miltidisciplinary teams forcused on particular compliance issues.
Faculty Positions
- Adjunct Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Spring Semester 2008 (Health Law Course)
服务和行业
资质
执业资格
Indiana
出庭资格
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
U.S. Supreme Court
Indiana Supreme Court
法务助理
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Hon. Bruce M. Selya, 2000-2001
教育
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
J.D. summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, Indiana Law Journal (articles editor) (2000)
University of Michigan
M.A. English Literature (1994)
Indiana University, Bloomington
B.A. English Literature and French, with high distinction, Phi Beta Kappa (1991)
见解和活动
其他角度
- MACRA's Quality Payment Program Year 2: What's In Store for 2018?
Indiana State Bar Association, October 2017 - HIP 2.0: Indiana’s Alternative Medicaid Expansion Vehicle
America’s Essential Hospitals, May 2014 - Corporate Counsel to Corporate Counsel
Panelist, CLE presented by Frost Brown Todd, October 2013 - HIV and the Rule of Law: Human Rights at Home and Abroad
Panelist on Medical-Legal Partnerships, Notre Dame School of Law, September 2009 - Issues to Consider in the Planning Stages of a Medical-Legal Partnership
ABA Health E-Source, December 8, 2008, co-author with Chad Priest and Erin Lewis - Disability Benefits and the ADA After Cleveland v. Policy Management Systems
Indiana Law Journal, Fall 2000
领导力和社区
无偿服务
- Eskenazi Health Wills Clinic, Eli Lilly Wills for Heroes Clinic
- While in-house, established Eskenazi Health Medical Legal Partnership and Wishard Volunteer Advocates Program
职业协会
- Indiana University McKinney School of Law Hall Center for Law and Health — Advisory Committee Member
- Indianapolis Bar Association — Chair of Health Law and Life Sciences Section Executive Committee, 2009
- American Health Lawyers Association
- America’s Essential Hospitals — Government Relations Academy Fellow, 2013
- Certified Professional Health Care Risk Manager, 2009 to 2012
市民活动
- Indianapolis Public Library Foundation — Board member and Secretary
- Past board member for Arts for Learning; Indiana Health Advocacy Coalition; Indiana Hospital Association Council on Hospital Governance; and Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc.
荣誉
- Indianapolis Business Journal— Women of Influence Award, 2015
- Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series, Class XXXVIII, 2013-14
- St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild — Achievement in Medicine Award, 2012