Healthcare Law and Regulation        
 

Ellen Fantaci
Associate

Email: esf@chehardy.com
Phone #: 504-833-5600

Experience
 

Ellen Fantaci is head of our healthcare regulatory practice.  Since receiving her law degree from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law and her Master of Laws in Healthcare from the University of Houston Law Center in 1995, Ellen has combined her prior experience as a physical therapist with her legal practice.  Ellen’s practice focuses on regulatory and transactional law and she has represented hospitals, physicians, managed care organizations and various other health care providers.  Her practice includes advising clients in the areas of anti-kickback and other fraud and abuse, physician self referral prohibitions, compliance, civil investigations, Louisiana and Federal health care rules and regulations, Medicare reimbursement, medical staff and hospital operational issues, contracts, health care business fundamentals and HIPAA.   Ellen has lectured many times on health care issues.

Education
  • University of Houston Law Center, L.L.M. in Health Law in 1995
  • Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, J.D. in 1994
  • Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, M.P.H. in Administration in 1978
  • Marquette University, B.S. in Physical Therapy in 1968
Memberships
  • Louisiana Bar Association
  • American Health Lawyers Association

  • Louisiana Hospital Association, Attorney Division

  • Jefferson Dollars for Scholars, Board Member