Partner

Jeffrey T. Ganiban is a partner in the Health Care Practice Group. Jeffrey represents hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, health maintenance organizations and integrated delivery networks in technology, information system and capital equipment procurement and contracting. He has extensive experience regarding in-patient and ambulatory electronic medical record systems, clinical information systems, financial systems, claim processing and payment systems and multi-modality purchase and service agreements for diagnostic and biomedical equipment.

Jeffrey has advised many clients on matters related to Meaningful Use, interoperability, and the development and implementation of Health Information Exchanges and ambulatory EMR programs. Jeffrey has also represented and advised academic medical centers and community hospitals in the development of Health Information Exchange programs and ambulatory EHR programs for community physicians.

In 2009 and 2006, Nightingale’s Healthcare News named him an “Outstanding Health Transaction Lawyer.”

In General.  Jeffrey served as a law clerk to the Hon. Morton I. Greenberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, from 1989 to 1990.  He studied as an Olmsted Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies from 1993 to 1994.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND INTERVIEWS

• What about the Complete EHR-Versus-Modular-Technology Conundrum? One attorney who consults heavily on MU shares his insights on an important question, Healthcare Informatics by Mark Hagland, April 11, 2011.
• The Requirements for Meaningful Use Certification, BNA Webinar, March 30, 2011.
• Looking Under the Hood, an attorney expert examines some of the current legal issues around vendor contracts, Healthcare Informatics by Mark Hagland, January 25, 2011.
• Electronic Health Records Under the HITECH Act, Stafford Publications, October 20, 2010. 
• “The HITECH Act Regulations: Meaningful Use and Beyond,” New Jersey Hospital Administration, March 8, 2010.
• “The HITECH Act Regulations: Meaningful Use and Beyond,” Academic and Community Health Technology Alliance, Webinar January 21, 2010.
• “The Economic Stimulus Package: What it Means For Health Care Providers,” Academic and Community Health Technology Alliance, Two Part Webinar March 3 and 9, 2009.
• Telehealth Fraud and Abuse, Telehealth Leadership Conference, Washington, DC, June 10, 2008.
• Selecting and Rolling Out An Ambulatory EMR to Community Physicians in the New Regulatory Framework, Minnesota Chapter of HMISS, Minneapolis, MN, May 21, 2008.
• Contracting Issues to Consider Between Hospitals, EMR Vendors, and Physicians and Users, Hospital/Physician Electronic Medical Record Strategies Conference, Chicago, IL, May 16, 2007.
• Navigating Financial Landmines in Healthcare IT Procurement, Healthcare Financial Management Association's May Institute, Lebanon, OH, May 10, 2007.
• Purchasing IHE Functionality, SCAR Conference, 2006.
• Technology Purchases from the Customer's Perspective, Fuji Medical Systems, USA National Sales Meeting, 2006.
• Leveraging the IHE in Purchasing and Implementing Interoperable Information Systems, SCAR Conference, 2005.
• Do You Own Your PACS Images?, AHRA Conference, 2005.
• Leveraging the IHE, HIMSS Conference, 2005.

PUBLICATIONS

• PACS Procurement: Three Starting Points for Success, AuntMinnie.com, 2004.
• Developing and Effective PACS RFP, AuntMinnie.com, 2004.
• Protecting Your PACS Purchase, Radiology Today, 2004.