Paul J Giancola

About Paul J Giancola

Paul J Giancola is a lawyer practicing administrative, alternative dispute resolution, cybersecurity, data protection and privacy and 9 other areas of law. Paul received a B.S. degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1973, and has been licensed for 45 years. Paul practices at Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. in Phoenix, AZ.

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Areas of Law

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution 1
    • Arbitration
  • Government 1
    • Government Relations
  • Other 9
    • Administrative
    • Cybersecurity, Data Protection and Privacy
    • False Claims Act
    • Healthcare
    • Investigations, Government Enforcement and White Collar Protection
    • Life Sciences and Medical Technology
    • Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
    • Professional Licensure
    • Special Litigation and Compliance

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Of Counsel
    Firm Name
    Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Experience: Paul's healthcare practice encompasses a wide range of legal services that are provided in a rapidly changing
    highly regulated industry. These include: Transaction compliance
    counseling of fraud
    abuse laws in mergers
    acquisitions by hospitals
    healthcare companies
    designing
    negotiating physician-hospital alignment arrangements
    joint venture arrangements among healthcare providers

    buy-out agreements.
    Defended
    managed numerous audits
    investigations of potential overpayments under the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, EKRA, Sunshine Act, Stark Law
    other fraud
    abuse violations for laboratories, hospitals,
    physician practices.
    Advising on
    making self-disclosures
    negotiation of settlements
    corporate integrity agreements with government agencies, such as Arizona's AHCCCS OIG, DOJ,
    the HHS OIG.
    Medicare
    Medicaid reimbursement counseling.
    Advising
    providing representation on medical staff matters for hospitals, healthcare plans,
    physicians, including peer review, quality assurance, bylaws review,
    fair hearings.
    Privacy
    security compliance, including counseling clients on HIPAA
    HITECH
    internal compliance audits
    responding to numerous OCR investigations

    managing
    reporting data breaches.
    Regulatory
    strategic counseling related to proposed business models.
    Counseling senior living
    post-acute care facilities, including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, home care
    hospice.
    Serving as outside counsel for multi
    single specialty physician groups, management companies, ambulatory surgery centers
    ancillary service providers.
    Represented hundreds of physicians in all aspects of medical board licensing investigations.
    Conducted hundreds of mediations
    a dozen arbitrations.
    Drafted healthcare legislation impacting tort reform, surprise medical bills, hospital satellite locations
    remote pharmacies.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1987, Arizona
    1981, New York
    1985, District of Columbia (Inactive)
    Supreme Court of Arizona
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
    United States District Court, District of Arizona
    United States District Court, District of New York
    United States District and Bankruptcy Court, District of Columbia
    1981, Supreme Court of New York
    Memberships

    Professional Memberships and Activities

    •Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Adjunct Professor
    •Health Care Fraud Investigations & Litigation (2011-2023)
    •The Litigation Experience (2011-2015)
    •University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Lecturer (2013-present)
    •American Health Lawyers Association (1994-present)
    •Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers (1992-present)
    •Board of Directors (2000-2023)
    •President (2003-2005)
    •State Bar of Arizona (1987-present)
    •Civil Practice and Procedure Committee (1992-1995)
    •Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Associate Editor (1986-1989)
    Executive Editor (1990-1991)
    Editor-in-Chief (1991-1993)
    •Trial Lawyers Quarterly, Contributing Editor (1982-1988)
    •Syracuse University College of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law, Scientific Litigation (1985)

    Bar Fellowship
    American College of Trial Lawyers (2004-present)

    Community Involvement

    •Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Advisory Board (2007-present), Member (2004-present), Chair (2007-2010)
    •Scottsdale Cultural Council (2007-2011, 2013-present)
    •Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Arizona Chapter Board of Directors (2006-2008)
    •Scottsdale Healthcare, Ethics Committee (1990-1993), Institutional Review Committee (1991-1994)
    •The Hastings Center Institute of Society, Ethics and Life Sciences (1981-1994)

    Other Professional Experience

    •O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Killingsworth and Beshears, P.A., Senior Member/Shareholder
    •Birnbaum and Manaker, P.C., Associate Member:

    Professional Memberships & Activities

    •Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Adjunct Professor
    •Health Care Fraud Investigations & Litigation (2011-present)
    •The Litigation Experience (2011-present)
    •University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Lecturer (2013-present)
    •Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Substitute Mentor, The Litigation Experience (Fall 2011)
    •American Health Lawyers Association (1994-present)
    •Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers (1992-present)
    •Board of Directors (2000-present)
    •President (2003-2005)
    •State Bar of Arizona (1987-present)
    •Civil Practice and Procedure Committee (1992-1995)
    •American Bar Association
    •Litigation and Health Law Sections
    •Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Associate Editor (1986-1989); Executive Editor (1990-1991); Editor-in-Chief (1991-1993)
    •Trial Lawyers Quarterly, Contributing Editor (1982-1988)
    •Syracuse University College of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law, Scientific Litigation (1985) Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (2004-present)

    Community Involvement
    •Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Advisory Board (2007-present), Member (2004-present), Chair (2007-2010)
    •Scottsdale Cultural Council (2007-2011, 2013-present)
    •Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Arizona Chapter Board of Directors (2006-2008)
    •Scottsdale Healthcare, Ethics Committee (1990-1993), Institutional Review Committee (1991-1994)
    •The Hastings Center Institute of Society, Ethics and Life Sciences (1981-1994)

    Other Professional Experience
    •O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Killingsworth and Beshears, P.A., Senior Member/Shareholder
    •Birnbaum and Manaker, P.C., Associate Member:

    Professional Memberships and Activities
    •Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Adjunct Professor
    •Health Care Fraud Investigations & Litigation (2011-present)
    •The Litigation Experience (2011-present)
    •University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Lecturer (2013-present)
    •Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Substitute Mentor, The Litigation Experience (Fall 2011)
    •American Health Lawyers Association (1994-present)
    •Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers (1992-present)
    •Board of Directors (2000-present)
    •President (2003-2005)
    •State Bar of Arizona (1987-present)
    •Civil Practice and Procedure Committee (1992-1995)
    •American Bar Association
    •Litigation and Health Law Sections
    •Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Associate Editor (1986-1989); Executive Editor (1990-1991); Editor-in-Chief (1991-1993)
    •Trial Lawyers Quarterly, Contributing Editor (1982-1988)
    •Syracuse University College of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law, Scientific Litigation (1985) Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (2004-present)

    Community Involvement

    •Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Advisory Board (2007-present); Member (2004-present); Chair (2007-2010)

    •Scottsdale Cultural Council (2007-2011, 2013-present)

    •Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Arizona Chapter Board of Directors (2006-2008)

    •Scottsdale Healthcare, Ethics Committee (1990-1993); Institutional Review Committee (1991-1994)

    •The Hastings Center Institute of Society, Ethics and Life Sciences (1981-1994)

    Other Professional Experience

    •O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Killingsworth and Beshears, P.A., Senior Member/Shareholder

    •Birnbaum and Manaker, P.C., Associate

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    Apr 23 Treating Chronic Pain Can Be Risky For Physicians AZMedicine

    Apr 14 Southwest Super Lawyers 2014 Recognizes 79 Snell & Wilmer Arizona Attorneys 32 Attorneys Named to Southwest Rising Stars

    Aug 19 The Best Lawyers in America 2014 Recognizes 119 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys as Leaders in Their Field

    Aug 12 Super Lawyers 2013 Recognizes 96 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys Also Names 45 Firm Attorneys to the 2013 Rising Stars List

    Aug 01 Health Care Reform Expands Physicians' Liability AZMedicine

    Jun 01 Can Accountable Care Organizations Hit the Trifecta: Improve Quality, Reduce Cost, and Increase Physician Compensation? AZMedicine

    Apr 15 Southwest Super Lawyers Recognizes 53 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys in Phoenix and Tucson Also Names 24 Attorneys to the 2012 Rising Stars List

    Sep 04 The Best Lawyers in America 2013 Recognizes 114 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys as Leaders in Their Field

    Jun 27 Super Lawyers 2012 Recognizes 80 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys

    Oct 01 Doctors in Disguise? Physician Extenders on the Rise

    Sep 06 The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 99 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys as Leaders in Their Field

    Jul 29 Snell & Wilmer Congratulates its 99 Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2011

    Jun 20 Super Lawyers 2011 Recognizes 74 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys Also Names 21 Firm Attorneys to the 2011 Rising Stars List

    Jun 01 How to Avoid Becoming a Pot Doc: Physicians are the Gatekeepers for Medical Marijuana Use

    Oct 21 Ninety-Nine Snell & Wilmer Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2011

    Jun 22 Sixty-Seven Snell & Wilmer Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers 2010

    Dec 01 Snell & Wilmer Partners Paul Giancola, David Sprentall and Alan Sullivan Named 2010 Lawyers of The Year

    Aug 01 Ninety-Eight Snell & Wilmer Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2010

    Jul 10 Law & Politics Selects 75 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys as 2009 Super Lawyers

    Related Publications

    Jul 23 Health Law Checkup - FDA Draft Guidance Aims to Clarify Appropriate Character-Space-Limited Social Media Use by Drug and Device Firms (Part I of II)

    Jul 01 Health Law Checkup - OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert About Laboratory Payments to Referring Physicians

    May 22 Health Law Checkup - Future of Nevada's Insurance Exchange Uncertain after Exchange Board Votes to Cut Ties with Xerox

    May 12 Health Law Checkup - Integrated Health in Limbo After U.S. District Court Decision

    Jan 02 Health Law Checkup - January 2013

    Trends to Watch in 2013: Physician-Owned Distributors Nov 30 Health Law Checkup - November 2012

    HHS Office for Civil Rights Releases Guidance on De-Identification of Health Information Sep 28 Health Law Checkup - September 2012

    Government Warns Hospitals on Using Electronic Medical Records to Engage in Fraudulent Billing Jul 31 Health Law Checkup - July 2012

    Enforceability and Interpretation of Agreements Prohibiting Direct and Indirect Solicitation of Health Care Employees May 31 Health Law Checkup - May 2012

    Physicians Required to Provide Interpretive Services to Non-English Speaking Patients Apr 23 Health Law Checkup - April 2012

    Fourth Circuit Discusses Stark Issues in Remand of Tuomey $45 Million Stark Verdict Mar 09 Health Law Checkup - March 2012

    No Free Lunch for Physicians: OIG Issues Alert on Obligation of Physicians to Monitor Reassignment of Medicare Payments Jan 12 Legal Alert: Office of Civil Rights to Conduct HIPAA Compliance Audits

    Privacy and Data Protection Alert Nov 04 Health Law Checkup - November 2011

    What's Up With the Individual Mandate in the Health Care Reform Act? Oct 21 Legal Alert: Recent Exclusion Efforts by the OIG Raises Stakes for Health Care Executives

    Oct 14 Health Law Checkup - October 14, 2011

    CMS Issues New Guidance for Medicare Secondary Payor Reporting Oct 05 Health Law Checkup - October 2011

    NLRB Final Rule Requires Notice Posting of Employees' Rights under the NLRA Aug 17 Health Law Checkup - August 2011

    ACOs: Big Deal or Big Mistake? Mar 31 Legal Alert: Arizona Department of Health Services Issues Final Medical Marijuana Rules

    May 24 Health Law Checkup - May 2010

    FY 2011 Proposed Rule, Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Apr 02 Health Care Alert: Navigating Health Care Reform (April 2, 2010)

    Understanding Health Care Reform - An Initial Guide For Employers Apr 01 Health Law Checkup - April 2010

    CMS Action Regarding April 1, 2010 Physician Fee Schedule Cuts and National Healthcare Decisions Day Mar 30 Health Care Alert: Navigating Health Care Reform

    Understanding the New Health Care Reform Act Mar 18 Health Law Checkup - March 2010

    CMS Announces Proposed Meaningful Use Regulations for Adoption of Electronic Health Records Feb 15 Health Law Checkup - February 2010

    HITECH Act Changes Are Effective This Month Jan 29 Health Law Checkup - January 2010

    Mandatory Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Requirements Dec 18 Health Law Checkup - December 2009

    CMS Issues Final 2010 Supervision Requirements for Hospital Outpatient Therapeutic Services Nov 10 Health Law Checkup - November 2009

    Recent HHS OIG Opinions Permit Certain Hospital and Physician Group Joint Ventures Oct 20 Health Law Checkup - October 2009

    Stark Regulation Eliminates Most Under Arrangements Relationships as of October 1, 2009 Sep 28 Health Law Checkup - September 2009

    FERA Significantly Broadens Liability Under False Claims Act Aug 24 Health Law Checkup - August 24, 2009

    IRS Commissioner Encourages Tax-Exempt Organizations to Implement Good Governance Principles to Reduce Risk of Noncompliance and Misuse of Charitable Assets Aug 04 Health Law Checkup - August 2009

    October 1, 2009 Deadline Looming Prohibition of Per Click and Percentage Arrangements for Space and Equipment Lease Member:

    Professional Memberships & Activities

    •Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Adjunct Professor

    •Health Care Fraud Investigations & Litigation (2011-present)

    •The Litigation Experience (2011-present)

    •University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Lecturer (2013-present)

    •Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Substitute Mentor,The Litigation Experience (Fall 2011)

    •American Health Lawyers Association (1994-present)

    •Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers (1992-present)

    •Board of Directors (2000-present)

    •President (2003-2005)

    •State Bar of Arizona (1987-present)

    •Civil Practice and Procedure Committee (1992-1995)

    •American Bar Association

    •Litigation and Health Law Sections

    Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Associate Editor (1986-1989); Executive Editor (1990-1991); Editor-in-Chief (1991-1993)

    Trial Lawyers Quarterly,Contributing Editor (1982-1988)

    •Syracuse University College of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law, Scientific Litigation (1985)

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Syracuse University College of Law
    J.D.
    Syracuse Law Review

    Syracuse University College of Law
    J.D.
    Judicial Clerkship Recommendation

    Syracuse University College of Law
    J.D.
    National Institute for Trial Advocacy Diploma

    Syracuse University College of Law
    J.D.
    1980 Executive Editor

    Syracuse University College of Law
    J.D.
    cum laude
    Other Education
    State University of New York at Stony Brook
    Class of 1973
    B.S.
    Biology

    New York University
    Class of 1975
    Certificate in Physical Therapy
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1952
    Brooklyn, New York, May 8, 1952

Paul J Giancola

Of Counsel at Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
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One East Washington Street, Suite 2700Phoenix, AZ 85004U.S.A.

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