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Susan E. Ziel

Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, USA


Areas of Practice:
Health & Health Care Law

Contact Information:
Phone:+1 (317) 636-4341
Email:sziel@kdlegal.com
Web Site:http://www.kriegdevault.com

Details:

Susan E. Ziel, also a registered nurse since 1974, is a partner with the law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Ms. Ziel represents and advises health care and life science clients regarding significant legal and regulatory issues.  These issues include health information privacy and security, fraud and abuse, licensure and credentialing, human subject research, contracting, reimbursement and many other business challenges affecting the health care and life science industries today.

In addition to serving as a regular speaker and author, Ms. Ziel is active in numerous professional organizations, including the American Bar Association, the American Health Lawyers Association, the Health Care Compliance Association and Sigma Theta Tau, an international nursing honor society. 

Ms. Ziel also serves on the Advisory Board of the School of Public Health's Center of Health, Law and Ethics at the University of Michigan and she is an Adjunct Faculty with the Indiana University School of Nursing and the Purdue School of Nursing.  She is also the Past President of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, Executive Women in Health Care and the Mental Health Association of Hamilton County (Indiana).   

Ms. Ziel is a graduate of Madonna University's School of Nursing, the University of Michigan's School of Public Health and the University of South Carolina's School of Law.  She has also completed graduate studies at the Royal College of Nursing in London, England.

Ms. Ziel resides in Carmel, Indiana with her husband, Daniel J. Pesut, PhD APRN BC FAAN, the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies at the Indiana University School of Nursing and her two children.


Bar Admissions
South Carolina (1991)

Indiana (1998)


Education
University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1991
University of South Carolina Law Review, Associate Editor, 1988 - 1991

University of Michigan, M.P.H., 1984

Madonna University, B.S.N., 1980


Published Works
"Legal/Regulatory Update", Indiana Federation of Ambulatory Surgery Centers Magazine, March, 2001

"Accessing Legal Services Online", Indiana Federation of Ambulatory Surgery Centers Magazine, September, 2000

"Managing the Risks of Health Care Fraud and False Claims", Government Contracts (proceedings), Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation, April, 2000

"Collaborative Practice Agreements for Advanced Practice Nurses: What You Should Know" (Herman, J. and Ziel, S.), AACN Clinical Issues, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp.337-342

"Medical Director Service Arrangements Must Comply with Applicable Laws", IMDA Economic News, September, 1999

"Effective Corporate Compliance Programs: Incorporating Standards Into Practice", IHCA Update, July 22, 1999

"Accessing Legal Services Online", AORN, February, 1999

"Federal Regulations Governing Health Information Security Published", AORN, November, 1998

"Managing the Risks of Electronic Records", Indianapolis Business Journal, September 14, 1998

"Managing the Risks of Electronic Records", AORN, August, 1998


Classes / Seminars Taught
"The Final Stark II Regulations: New Opportunities for Compliance", Indiana State Medical Association, CME Internet Simulcast, 2001

"The Final HIPAA Privacy Regulations", Annual Meeting of the Indiana Federation of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, 2001

"The Final HIPAA Privacy Regulations", MEDS, 2001

"Proposed HIPAA Regulations: Issues of Security and Privacy in a 'Wired' Health Information System", 19th Annual Meeting & Educational Conference of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, 2000

"Compliance Programs for Small Physicians Practices", Annual Meeting of Indiana Chapter of Professional Association of Health Care Office Managers, 2000

"Federal Regulatory Update: Fraud and Abuse, CMP, HIPAA, APC's", Annual Meeting of the 11th District of the Indiana State Medical Association, 2000

"Legislative Update", Indiana University School of Nursing, 2000

"Federal Regulatory Update: Fraud and Abuse, CMP, HIPAA, APC's", Indiana State Medical Association, 2000

"Proposed HIPAA Regulations", Lorman Education Institute, 2000

"Managing the Risks of Health Care Fraud and False Claims", Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 2000


Honors and Awards
Member Leadership Excellence Award, Executive Women in Health Care, 2005

Dorothy Ford Buschman Presidential Award, Sigma Theta Tau International, 2005

Cynthia J. Northrup Distinguished Service Award, The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, 2005

Featured As Nurse Attorney by Indianapolis Star, Article, "She Wears Two Hats to Head Off Trouble in Health Care" Section (J-1), May 30, 1999

Featured By American Bar Association in September 1995 Issue of Barrister as 1 of 21 Young Lawyers Leading Profession into 21st Century ("A Lawyer's Zeal Transforms a School"), 1995

Leadership South Carolina - Participant, 1995 - 1996

Leadership South Carolina - Program Planning Committee, 1996 - 1997

South Carolina's Young Lawyer of the Year Award, 1994

South Carolina State Board of Education Award, 1994

United Way of the Midlands Volunteer of the Year, 1994

Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1989 - 1991

Outstanding Young Woman of America, 1981

Outstanding Young Woman of America, 1984

Outstanding Young Woman of America, 1986

People Person, Providence Hospital, 1985

Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing, 1980 - Present


Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association - Health Law Section, 1991 - Present (Member)

American Bar Association - Science & Technology Section, 1991 - Present (Member)

American Health Lawyers Association, 1991 - Present (Health Info. & Technology Committee, Fraud and Abuse Committee)

American Nurses Association, 1974 - Present (Member)

South Carolina Nurses Association, 1983 - 1997 (Member)

Indiana Nurses Association, 1997 - Present (Member)

Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1996 - 1998 (Health Care Fraud Report Advisory Board)

Indiana University School of Nursing, 1997 - Present (Adjunct Professor)

Executive Women in Health Care, Inc., 2001 (President), 2000 (Vice President), 1999 - Present (Board of Directors), 1997 - Present (Member)

Indiana Chapter of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, 2000 - 2002 (President, Board of Directors), 1997 - Present (Member)

Indianapolis Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Foundation, Inc., 1999 - Present (Board of Directors), 2000 - Present (Board Development Committee Chair)

The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, 1989 - Present (Member), 2000 - Present (Membership Task Force)

The Journal of Nursing Law, 1996 - 1998 (Editorial Board)

University of Michigan, 1984 - Present (Department of Health Services Management Policy Alumni Association)

Women and Hi Tech, Inc., 2000 - Present (Member and Pro Bono Legal Counsel)

 


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