ST. LOUIS – Attorney Shontaia J. Riley has joined the health care practice group of the St. Louis law firm Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. Riley focuses on regulatory, compliance and other transactional and operational matters related to the health care industry and health care providers. She advises client hospitals, physician practice groups and home health agencies on various health care issues, including Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) compliance; Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement; the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA); Anti-Kickback and Stark laws; and federal and state fraud and abuse laws. Riley will serve Greensfelder’s St. Louis office.
Riley comes to Greensfelder from Lashly & Baer, P.C., where she practiced law since 2009. Riley earned her law degree from Saint Louis University and a degree in communications and journalism from Washington University, both in St. Louis, Mo.
Riley is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and Lawyers for Equality. She sits on the board of trustees for the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri and has volunteered for Stand Down for Vets and the Midtown Catholic Charities – Women Leadership Program.
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Greensfelder offers comprehensive legal solutions in 17 practice groups for clients locally, nationally and internationally. Areas of legal practice include communications and media; construction; corporate; creditor’s rights and bankruptcy; educational, religious and tax-exempt organizations; employee benefits; environmental; franchise and distribution; health care; immigration; intellectual property; labor and employment; litigation; real estate; tax; technology transactions; and trusts and estates. Greensfelder is the exclusive Meritas law firm for metro St. Louis. An international alliance of business law firms, Meritas member firms offer access to the experience and legal knowledge of nearly 200 business law firms throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and more than 50 countries worldwide. Find out more at www.greensfelder.com.