Carol Rolf Senior Partner E-mail: rolf@rolfgoffman.com Telephone extension: 215 Secretary & extension: Sue Kaiser - 216 Carol Rolf is the firm's President and Senior Partner. She has extensive experience in the representation of diverse health care providers and institutions. Her concentration is in the representation of long term skilled care providers, both freestanding and hospital-based, as well as ICF's/MR, group homes, assisting living and congregate care facilities. She has also represented numerous other health care providers and licensed health professionals in a variety of administrative matters involving Medicare and Medicaid audits and appeals, licensure, certification, survey and enforcement, risk management, reimbursement, employment, fraud and abuse compliance and defense. Carol has been selected as one of the best health lawyers in the country by The Best Lawyers in America. She is a nationally recognized speaker, and has been a presenter and author of materials and seminars at hundreds of engagements over the years, including for the following organizations: American College of Health Care Administrators American Health Care Association American Health Lawyers Association Association of Philanthropic Homes & Housing for the Aging Disability Rights Association Healthcare Financial Management Association Ohio Centers for Assisted Living Ohio Assisted Living Association Ohio Health Care Association Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants Ohio State University Carol's publications for sale include the following: The HIPAA Security Rule: A Long-Term Care Manual The HIPAA Privacy Rule: A Nursing Facility Manual The HIPAA Privacy Rule: An Assisted Living Manual The HIPAA Privacy Rule: An ICF/MR Manual The Nursing Home Risk Management Checklist The Survey Book for Nursing Facilities Please click here for more information on these publications. Carol has also written numerous articles, including: Avoiding Liability Associated with Restraints The Search for Due Process in the New Federal Survey and Enforcement Regulations Occupational Safety and Health Act: Penalties and Enforcement The New Proposed Long-Term Care Payment System Long-Term Care: The New Proposed Medicaid Payment The Justice Department's Use of the False Claims Act to Promote Quality Care Compliance: Now or Later? Making the Decision Whether to Implement a Corporate Compliance Program Long-Term Care and the Insurance Crisis Remedies, Not Penalties: Seeking Balance in the Nursing Home Enforcement Process Along with Aric Martin, Carol teaches the legal portion of the Core of Knowledge at the Ohio State University's Fisher School of Business - the course necessary for licensure as a nursing facility administrator in Ohio. Carol has served as Special Counsel to the Attorney General of Ohio (appointed in 1992 and served through 1997). She has also served on numerous governmental task forces and boards, including: the Ohio Department of Health Certification and Licensure Task Force; the Medicaid Long-Term Care Reimbursement Study Committee; the Ohio State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators. Carol is a former member of the Board of Trustees for the United Church Homes, and also currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland. Carol received her Juris Doctorate from Cleveland State University, and her Bachelor of Arts from Case Western Reserve University, where she graduated magna cum laude. She is admitted to practice in any state court in Ohio, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Carol is a member of the Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations, as well as the Ohio Women's Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association. Return to attorney listing   | Practice Areas | Attorney Profiles | Publications | | Seminars | Screen for Exclusion | Contact Info | | Directions | Home | Rolf & Goffman Co., L.P.A. Phone 216-514-1100 E-mail info@rolfgoffman.com