Jennifer L. Groves' practice in the area of healthcare and human services focuses on representation of healthcare facilities and other providers, including ambulatory surgical facilities, residential care homes, emergency medical services providers, behavioral health providers, faculty practice plans, private physician practices and hospitals before the Office of Health Care Access, the Department of Public Health and various other federal and state agencies. She assisted in the representation of the purchaser in the state's first-ever for-profit hospital conversion, specifically by appearing before the Office of Health Care Access and the Office of the Attorney General in regulatory approval hearings and before the Department of Public Health, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other state and federal agencies with respect to the licensure and certification of the hospital. Ms. Groves also provides general compliance, quality assurance and risk management advice to various healthcare providers, including, notably, advice on compliance with HIPAA and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Ms. Groves' professional liability practice focuses on all aspects of medical and dental malpractice litigation, including motion practice, depositions, settlement negotiations and court proceedings, as well as representation of physicians and dentists in connection with licensure investigations by the Department of Public Health.
Ms. Groves is an active member of various professional and community associations, including the American Health Lawyers Association, the Connecticut Health Lawyers Association, the Connecticut Bar Association Health Law Section and the Greater New Haven Health Care Council. She was also a participant in the Office Of Health Care Access Study Group Concerning Inpatient/Outpatient Data Collection Regulations in 2002. Ms. Groves is also active in the Junior League of Greater New Haven, a community organization committed to promoting volunteerism and developing the potential of women.
Ms. Groves received her J.D. from Boston College Law School in Newton, Massachusetts, and her B.A., with distinction, from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Education
J.D., Boston College School of Law, Newton, MA 1998,
Uniform Commercial Code Reporter Digest, Administrative Editor, 1997-1998
Staff Writer, 1996-1997
B.A., with distinction, Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 1995
Psi Chi, National Honor Society (Psychology)
Professional & Community Associations
American Health Lawyers Association
Connecticut Bar Association, Health Law Section
Connecticut Health Lawyers Association
Board of Directors 2006-2007
Greater New Haven Health Care Council
Junior League of Greater New Haven League
Board of Directors 2005-2006
Nominating Placement Committee Chair 2005-2006 , 2006-2007
Leadership Greater New Haven, Candidate, 2000-2001
New Haven County Bar Association
New Haven Inn of Court, Membership Committee 2001-2004
Office of Health Care Access Study Group Concerning Inpatient/Outpatient Data Collection Regulations - 2002
Visiting Nurses' Association of Southern Connecticut, Development Committee 1999-2000
Bar & Court Admissions
State of Connecticut
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Publications
"HIPAA: Does it Apply to Banks and Financial Institutions?", April 17, 2003
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