Joy E. Sadaly

Ms. Sadaly focuses her practice in the areas of business & tax, health law, and intellectual property & technology. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Sadaly completed two externships with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Physician Services Division, clerked for the Honorable Judge Mary Jane Bowes in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and interned with a law firm in Pittsburgh where she analyzed legal issues affecting health care systems and physician practices. Ms. Sadaly is passionate about keeping track of trends in the health care industry. You can follow her on Twitter (@Hospitally) at: https://twitter.com/#!/Hospitally. A registered patent attorney, Ms. Sadaly is also uniquely certified to counsel clients on intellectual property matters.

Recent Accomplishments

• Helping clients with business formation, organizational documents, and corporate transactions
• Assisting health care entities draft and negotiate physician services agreements, medical directorship agreements, management services agreements, employment and independent contractor agreements, leases, and business associate agreements
• Providing advice regarding liability under the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and False Claims Act to health care entities and providers
• Assisting health care entities in regulatory and compliance matters such as permitted disclosures under HIPAA and EMTALA requirements
• Assisting litigation teams with defense of medical malpractice actions, peer review actions, and qui tam False Claims Act lawsuits
• Counseling clients on intellectual property rights, including trademarks and the patentability of ideas, concepts, and methods
• Providing advice on business uses of technology and health information technology as well as drafting and negotiating technology agreements

Speaking Engagements & Publications

• 2013 Long Term Care Seminar: The OIG and the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities Database (May 2013)
• Coalition for Physicians & Attorneys in Erie CME/CLE Seminar, Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word: The Proposed Apology Law in Pennsylvania (November 2012).
• The SciTech Lawyer, Telemedicine’s Role in Health Care Reform Blocked by State Licensure Barriers. American Bar Association, Science and Technology Law Section (Fall 2012).
• Erie Small Business Alliance, ACA Implementation for Small Businesses (August 2012)
• UPMC Hamot, Medical Record Documentation & Litigation, Co-presenter (June 2012)
• 2012 Long Term Care Seminar, Health Care Fraud: The Government's Watching (May 2012)
• Health Care Client Update: Reported HIPAA Breaches Clear 500th Case Mark
• Top Five Trademark Mistakes by Business Owners
• Stolen Laptop Containing Patient Information Costs Providers $1.5 Million
• New Requirements for Hospitals Seeking to Maintain Federal Tax Exemption
• JOBS Act Increases Opportunities for Startups
• Area Nonprofit Organizations Should Prepare for Challenges to Tax-Exempt Status
• Government Expands Access to Medicare Claims Data Opens Door for Production of Physician Report Card
• Health Care Organizations and Deservedness of Federal Income Tax Exemption: Bioethics Seminar Paper (May 2011)
• Frozen Embryo Custody Battles -- Where the Judiciary Fails, Mediation Succeeds: Health Law ADR Final Paper (April 2011)
• The Constitutionality of Calorie Posting: Authored and delivered presentation to second and third year health law students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (April 2011)
• Telehealth and the Law: Provided supporting research for presentation delivered by Attorney Terrence Lewis at the UPMC Telehealth Symposium (May 2011)
• The New Age of Complex Business Valuation: Provided supporting research for presentation given by Attorney Martin Durkin at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Health Law Institute (March 2011)

Community & Professional Service

• Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Official
• Therapy Dogs United, Volunteer Handler
• Metro-Erie Meals on Wheels, Board Member
• Mercyhurst University, Adjunct Professor

Firm Involvement

• Associate
• Recruitment Committee