Brian Annulis has spent his entire professional career counseling health care providers, suppliers, practitioners, manufacturers and health plans. Well-versed in matters affecting health care entities, he focuses his practice on health care regulatory and compliance concerns.
Mr. Annulis started his career with the Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Baltimore, MD, where he concentrated on matters involving the Medicare program. After leaving public service, he worked for various law firms counseling clients on matters involving Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and program participation, corporate compliance, the federal Stark Law, the federal health care Anti-Kickback Statute and the federal False Claims Act. He has assisted clients with compliance investigations and negotiating settlement agreements with the United States Department of Justice and the Office of Inspector General for HHS, including a multi-million dollar settlement agreement on behalf of a hospital concerning hospital-physician arrangements and agreements. He also routinely counsels health care provider on matters involving health care privacy and security standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and other applicable state and federal privacy and security statutes, rules and regulations.
Representative matters in this area include the development of privacy programs, policies and procedures for a multi-state health care provider, security audits and assessments, and the negotiation of complex data license and use agreements. He has assisted clients with developing and implementing compliance programs and evaluating the effectiveness of the same. He has extensive experience assisting health care providers in procurement and purchasing matters, including the negotiation of pharmaceutical product and supply agreements.
In addition to his legal experience and background, Mr. Annulis has served as a health care consultant and advisor and, most recently, has become the chief compliance officer for Fast Pace Health. Fast Pace Health is a leading provider of rural healthcare services through a network of outpatient clinics and provides affordable access to high quality primary and urgent care services for a wide range of illnesses, injuries and conditions through its nurse practitioner centered model.
Mr. Annulis is certified in Health Care Compliance (CHC) and Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC) by the Health Care Compliance Association and also is an adjunct professor at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.