Ameena Ashfaq focuses her practice on providing legal services to the healthcare industry. Her practice is concentrated on the issues of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, coverage and overpayment disputes. She has experience with Medicare and Medicaid appeals, including Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) appeals, claims denial appeals and provider enrollment appeals. She also focuses on matters involving government investigations, internal audits and provider-insurer disputes.
In addition, Ms. Ashfaq has experience with healthcare regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters. She advises clients on issues arising under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), as well as state regulation of healthcare professionals and facilities.
During law school, Ms. Ashfaq served on the Executive Board of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law as Executive Student Notes Editor. She was a judicial intern for Judge Nancy Atlas of the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. Ms. Ashfaq is a certificated mediator and gained extensive experience with alternative dispute resolution during her appointment as Ombudsman of The University of Texas at Austin.
Ms. Ashfaq is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Health Lawyer Association and the Asian-American Bar Association.
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