Stephanie F Johnson

Stephanie Johnson is an associate in King & Spalding’s Atlanta office and is a member of the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group.  Ms. Johnson represents healthcare clients in government investigations, internal investigations, and complex business disputes.  In addition, she advises clients on federal and state regulatory issues, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, compliance and fraud and abuse investigations.  Ms. Johnson also advises providers on how to prepare for and respond to audits conducted by government integrity contractors, including recovery audit contractors (RACs), Medicaid integrity contractors (MICs), program safeguard contractors (PSCs) and zone program integrity contractors (ZPICs).  She has represented health systems, hospitals, home health companies, and retail pharmacy chains. 

Ms. Johnson graduated, magna cum laude, from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University.  While in law school, Ms. Johnson was a member of the Mercer Law Review and a member of the Moot Court team.  She received her B.A. in business management, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia.

Publications

• 2012 OIG Work Plan: Part 2, Additional OIG Reviews, HCCA Compliance Today, Volume 14, Number 2, co-authored with Sara Kay Wheeler, February 2012
  
  
• 2012 OIG Work Plan: Part I, Priorities by Provider and Supplier Type, Health Care Compliance Association Compliance Today, co-authored with Sara Kay Wheeler, January 2012
  
  
• Attack of the Medicaid RACs,” AHLA Connections, co-authored with Sara Kay Wheeler, March 2011
  
  
• 2011 OIG Work Plan, Part 2: Additional Areas of Focus, Health Care Compliance Association Compliance Today, co-authored with Sara Kay Wheeler, February 2011
  
  
• Meet the Fraud Busters: Program Safeguard Contractors and Zone Program Integrity Contractors, Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law, co-authored with Sara Kay Wheeler, and J. Austin Broussard, February 2011
  
  
• 2011 OIG Work Plan: Projects Reflect Shifting Regulatory Environment, Part 1, Health Care Compliance Association Compliance Today, co-authored with Sara Kay Wheeler, January 2011
  
  
• Judge Recommends Dismissal of WellPoint and Aetna Antitrust Suits, Finding the Claims Are Barred by Settlement Agreements, AHLA Practice Group Email Alert, August 2010
  
  
• Medicare Appeals Council: O'Connor Decision has Condition Code 44 Implications, Dennis Barry's Reimbursement Advisor, Vol. 25, No. 10, June 2010

Memberships

• American Bar Association
  
  
• American Health Lawyers Association
  
  
  • Young Professionals Council, 2010-2012
    
    
• Health Care Compliance Association