Overview
Jessica Barth possesses broad and deep healthcare experience and a practical, results-oriented approach. Leveraging a 13-year tenure as chief counsel at Eskenazi Health — one of the largest public health systems in the United States — Jessica counsels hospitals, health systems and individual providers, as well as companies involved in the development of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, on a wide range of regulatory and compliance matters, including fraud and abuse, facility and individual licensure requirements, privacy, and EMTALA. She also has extensive experience drafting and negotiating healthcare-related contracts such as healthcare professional services agreements, clinical trial agreements, supply chain agreements and grant agreements.
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)
Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Indiana
Court Admissions
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
Clerkships
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Hon. Bruce M. Selya, 2000-2001
Education
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. in English Literature (1994)
Indiana University, Bloomington
B.A. in English Literature and French, with high distinction, Phi Beta Kappa (1991)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- 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
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Eskenazi Health Wills Clinic, Eli Lilly Wills for Heroes Clinic, Jewish Federation Wills Clinic
- While in-house, established Eskenazi Health Medical Legal Partnership and Wishard Volunteer Advocates Program
- Guardianships for Eskenazi Health Medical Legal Partnership
Professional Associations
- 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
Civic Activities
- Indianapolis Public Library Foundation — Board member and Secretary
- Eskenazi Health Center, Inc. — Board Member
- Past board member for Arts for Learning; Indiana Health Advocacy Coalition; Indiana Hospital Association Council on Hospital Governance; and Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc.
Honors
- 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