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Susan
McNear
Fradenburg
Susan Fradenburg's individual practice is focused on health care, administrative law and general civil litigation. She represents health care providers, including acute care and psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, ambulatory surgical facilities, medical equipment companies, partial hospitalization programs, physicians and other providers. She counsels and represents clients in a wide variety of health care matters, including certificate of need, licensure and certification, regulatory compliance, medical staff and peer review, policies, procedures and bylaws, risk management, confidentiality of medical information, advance directives, professional discipline and licensure, reimbursement appeals, medical ethics, operational issues, treatment decisions, and contract disputes. Ms. Fradenburg has spoken on and had manuscripts and articles published regarding trends in long term care litigation and certificate of need law, documentation issues for nursing homes, confidentiality of medical records, the JCAHO's patient safety standards and advanced directives.
Education
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J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, 1993
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B.A., with highest distinction, University of Kansas, 1990
Academic Honors
- Phi Beta Kappa
- The Order of Barristers
Professional Memberships
- North Carolina Bar Association, Health Law Section
- Health Law Section Council, 2001-2004
- American Health Lawyers Association
Experience
- Clerkship, Justice Louis B. Meyer, North Carolina Supreme Court
- Clerkship, Justice Sarah E. Parker, North Carolina Supreme Court
Publications
- "Health Care Reform Bill Impact on Long Term Care Providers," Law Note: Looking at Long Term Care, May 2010
- "To Appeal or Not to Appeal," Options to take after Imposition of Large Civil Monetary Penalties, Law Note: Looking at Long Term Care, April 2010
- "North Carolina Revises Law Providing Exemption From Certificate of Need Act for Long Term Care Facilities Proposing to Renovate, Replace or Expand Existing Facilities to Improve Residents' Quality of Life," Law Note, September 2009
- HIPAA Manual and Model Forms for North Carolina Nursing Homes for the North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association, December 2002
- "District Memorial Hospital Decision" August 3, 2001
- "Recent Authority Impacting Certificate of Need Law" July 6, 2001
- "Pending Health Care Legislation – N.C. Senate Bill 714" June 14, 2001
Presentations and Speaking Engagements
- "Assessing Patient Care: A Formula for Reducing Liability Claims Against Skilled Nursing Facilities," North Carolina Bar Association, Nursing Home Litigation Program, Raleigh, North Carolina, February 6, 2009
- "Navigating Appeals of Nursing Facility Survey Deficiencies," Web Seminar, Greensboro, North Carolina, February 21, 2008"
- HIPAA Privacy Rule Training for North Carolina Long Term Care Facilities," North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association, Greensboro, North Carolina, January 6, 2003
- "HIPAA Privacy Rule Training for North Carolina Long Term Care Facilities," North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association, New Bern, North Carolina, January 9, 2003
- "Confidentiality of Medical Records", Lorman Education Services, July 24, 2002 and June 2001
- "Surveys: How to Respond," co-presenter, North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association program, Greensboro, North Carolina, July 17, 2002
- "New JCAHO Patient Safety Guidelines", presented to administrative and medical staff of Central Carolina Hospital, August 2001
- "Recent Authority Impacting Certificate of Need Law", North Carolina Bar Association's Health Law Section Annual meeting, Cary, North Carolina, May 2001
- "Responding to a Survey - Plans of Correction, Credible Allegations of Compliance, and Informal Dispute Resolution," co-presenter, North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association program, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 23, 2002
- "Nursing Home Liability – The Best Defense Is a Good Offense," North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association, Greenville, North Carolina, April 28, 1999; Hickory, North Carolina, April 29, 1999
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