Capozzi & Associates: Biographies

Louis J. Capozzi, Jr.	Daniel K. Natirboff	Donald R. Reavey
Associates	Craig I. Adler
Bruce G. Baron	Andrew Eisemann	Michael M. Jerominski
Dawn L. Richards

Louis J. Capozzi, Jr. has been an attorney for almost twenty years. Prior to founding Capozzi and Associates, P.C., Mr. Capozzi founded the law firm of Latsha and Capozzi, P.C., where he was a shareholder, chairman of the Labor and Employment Law Group and was responsible for handling and supervising over 1000 Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement appeals.

Mr. Capozzi was also employed as the Director of Healthcare Appeals at Zelenkofske Axelrod and Company, where he litigated Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement, corporate compliance and labor issues, having presented many seminars for PANPHA, PACAH, PALA and PHCA. He was also selected by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants to provide a legal update to its members at their 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1999-2003 annual meetings.

He spoke on employee manuals and labor law issues at the 1996 and 1997 annual meetings of the New Jersey Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging, provided a labor and employment law update at the 1995 meeting of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, and presented a Managed Care and Maryland Medicaid reimbursement seminar on behalf of the Maryland Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging in December 1996. Mr. Capozzi has also spoken on behalf of the American Lawyers Association and on behalf of the American Bar Association.

He is a member of the faculty of Slippery Rock University and serves as an Arbitrator for The American Health Lawyers Association. Mr. Capozzi was selected by PANPHA to provide Corporate Compliance Programs to its members, and was lead counsel on a class action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare which resulted in a $151 million settlement to non-county homes.

He is a member of the Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey Bars and is admitted to practice before the Federal District Courts for the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Federal Districts of New Jersey and the District of Columbia.

Mr. Capozzi focuses his work on health care regulatory, compliance and reimbursement issues, with a primary emphasis on institutions providing nursing care to the elderly. He is also responsible for the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, the litigation of labor arbitrations involving unions and all non-union employment law matters.

Daniel Natirboff is a partner at Capozzi and Associates and is the chair of the Litigation Department which handles over 450 Administrative Appeals and Civil Actions. He is admitted to practice before Pennsylvania State Courts and the United States District Court for the Middle and Western Districts and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Natirboff has participated in the Dauphin County Pro Bono Program and the Federal Pro Bono Attorney Program for the Middle District of Pennsylvania where he has represented indigent litigants in State and Federal Court including Federal Jury trials. Mr. Natirboff came to Capozzi and Associates from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare where he was employed as an Attorney Hearing Officer conducting formal hearings and drafting adjudications in the area of Medical Assistance.

Mr. Natirboff has authored articles on legal issues relevant to nursing home providers which have been published in Nursing Home Trade Association publications nationally, including the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging's (PANPHA) legal briefs and is a frequent speaker at seminars on Long Term Care issues. Mr. Natirboff is a member of the Dauphin County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and Business Member in PANPHA and the Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA).

He has served on the PA Bar Association Health Law Committee, the PA Association of Home Health Agency's Finance Committee, the PHCA Government Funding Relations Committee, the Payment for Services Committee and most recently the Local Advisory Committee. Mr. Natirboff's other experiences include employment with the PA Liquor Control Board and the United States Department of State at the American Embassy in Moscow. As a member of a Foreign Service family, he has lived in France, Sudan, Kenya, Egypt and the Soviet Union. Mr. Natirboff also taught English in Taipei, Taiwan.

University of Michigan- B.A. Political Science Widener University- Law Degree James S. Bowman American Inn of Court Award in Administrative Law

Mr. Reavey is a partner in the firm. He has extensive experience with the resolution of contractual, regulatory and tax liability disputes affecting the health care industry. Mr. Reavey is considered an expert in real estate tax exemptions for non-profit Continuing Care Retirement Communities including their independent living and assisted living components. In addition, Mr. Reavey has extensive experience in resolving Medicare and Medicaid disputes and has been successful in winning significant additional Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement for his clients.

Mr. Reavey also focuses on real estate tax assessments for "non-profit" and "for-profit" facilities and has been successful in reducing a health care providers' real estate tax liability on appeal. Mr. Reavey also oversees all collection and guardianship actions initiated at the firm. He is the architect of the current legal theories employed by Capozzi and Associates against powers of attorney for the misappropriation of the assets of their elderly charges and for their failure to assist the State of Pennsylvania with the Medicaid application process.

In addition, Mr. Reavey has been successful in assisting health care facilities in obtaining licensure from the Department of Insurance to operate as Continuing Care Retirement Communities. Mr. Reavey is a frequent speaker on healthcare reimbursement and taxation issues, having presented seminars for PANPHA and seminars for nursing home administrators. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Reavey defended physicians from false medical malpractice claims. In addition, Mr. Reavey served a two year term as a judicial clerk to the Honorable John W. Thompson of York County.

B.A. in English from Brown University, Providence Rhode Island. Teaching Fellowship in Classical Studies at the Ohio State University. Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University

Mr. Adler is a partner in the firm. Prior to joining Capozzi and Associates, P.C., Mr. Adler was a principle in Adler & Adler, and prior thereto associated with the Philadelphia law firm of Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel; Hearing Examiner for the Pennsylvania Securities Commission; licensed agent, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company of New York; former counsel, First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Harrisburg; lecturer on Real Estate matters for the Dauphin County Bar Association and National Business Institute.

As a partner in the law firm of Adler & Adler, Mr. Adler focuses on real estate matters representing area builders, developers, realtors, banks and home purchasers and sellers. As part of his practice he represents various parties before local municipalities in obtaining approvals for zoning changes, zoning variances, subdivision approvals and land development plan approvals. As an associates with Fox, Rothschild O'Brien and Frankel, he concentrated his practice in commercial real estate, representing clients such as The Pep Boys, Manny, Moe & Jack and Metrophone (now Comcast). The practice revolved around acquisition and development of properties, and leasing of sites for cellular telephone towers. In addition Mr. Adler represented developers in their applications before the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.

Education: University of Pennsylvania Law School, J. D., 1988; Boston College, B. S., Magna Cum laude, 1985; Susquehanna Township Public Schools, 1981.

Admitted to Practice before the following courts: Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania; State of New Jersey; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; United States District Court, New Jersey; United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; and Supreme Court of the United States.

Associate. Mr. Baron worked at a federally funded educational research laboratory in Philadelphia for ten years, specializing in research and curriculum development in Social Studies education and school-to-work programs, as well as grant administration.

Mr. Baron also worked for eleven years at the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW), specializing in MA Program enforcement and nursing home reimbursement matters, as well as contract administration, including implementation of Nursing Home Reform Law requirements and of DPW's Medicaid Provider claims processing and eligibility information systems (MAMIS and CIS).

From 1990 to 1997 (when he joined Capozzi and Associates), Mr. Baron worked as an independent research and reimbursement consultant for attorneys, accountants and Pennsylvania Nursing Homes, specializing in Medicaid related matters, including the development of bridge financing for nursing facilities during the State budget lapse. He has made many presentations on Pennsylvania Nursing Home reimbursement issues and the Government's role in health care policy, regulation and reimbursement, including conference materials available through the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and sponsoring associations.

Harvard College- A.B. in History, graduated Cum Laude University of Pennsylvania- M.A. in History Temple University Graduate School of Education- Curriculum Development and Theory Rutgers Camden School of Law- J.D.

Managing Attorney for Capozzi & Associates, P. C. Andrew Eisemann is a graduate of the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University. He concentrates his practice on protecting the special legal interests of health care facilities throughout Pennsylvania representing the legal and financial interests of creditors. He also has extensive experience in Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Litigation, Contracts and Veterans' Right and Benefits.

Mr. Eisemann writes and lectures on subjects related to collections and the management of Accounts Receivable for long-term health care facilities. Mr. Eisemann was previously an Attorney at the Law Office of Markian R. Slobodian, Harrisburg, where he practiced in civil litigation, creditors' rights, and collections in state and federal courts. He also represented numerous creditors, debtors and Chapter 7 Trustees in Bankruptcy Court. He also previously served a two-year term as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Edward Guido of Cumberland County.

Mr. Eisemann is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve with 26 years of Regular Army and Active Reserve service in Special Operations and Field Artillery, including multiple deployments overseas and a recent tour to Iraq as a military advisor to an Iraqi Army Division staff.

He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania state courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Middle District and Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U. S. Bankruptcy Court, and the U. S. Court of Veterans' Appeals in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar and the Middle District Bankruptcy Bar Associations. He serves as the Chairman Emeritus of the Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Health Care Law Committee.

His educational background includes a Master's Degree in International Relations from Troy State University (1994) and a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Southern Connecticut State University (1984). He obtained a Regular Army Commission through the ROTC program at the University of Connecticut in 1984. As a law student, Mr. Eisemann served as a Senior Editor of the Dickinson Law Review and as a member of the Appellate Moot Court Board.

Mr. Jerominski is a graduate of the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University. His practice focuses on representing the special legal interests of long-term care facilities and the rights of creditors throughout Pennsylvania, with a special emphasis on collection, related civil litigation, guardianships, and estate and probate practice matters affecting long term care facilities.

Mr. Jerominski also has experience in Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Appellate Practice, Municipal Law, and Mental Health Procedures Act litigation.

Before coming to Capozzi and Associates, Mr. Jerominski was an attorney at the firm of Foreman, Foreman & Caraciolo in Harrisburg, where he focused on civil litigation. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania State Courts, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit.

Mike has a B.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John's College, Santa Fe; and received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle.

Dawn L Richards spent eighteen years in health care finance prior to graduating from the Temple School of Law in Philadelphia, PA in 2008. As a hospital Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Richards was responsible for financial operations, managed care, strategic development, Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement, information systems and Corporate/HIPAA Compliance.She was employed by several of the largest for-profit hospital chains in the United States, including HCA, Tenet Health Systems, Lifepoint Hospitals and IASIS Health Care.

Throughout her years as Chief Financial Officer she developed and implemented hospital compliance programs in the areas of billing, physician contracts, managed care payments, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, system security and EMTALA.

In 1995 she was part of the management team that established Prime Holdings, Inc, a managed care organization in Las Vegas, NV.Her responsibilities included provider contracting, premium billing, capitation, risk pool development and underwriting.

Prior to joining Capozzi and Associates, Ms. Richards practiced law in Pottsville, PA. Her practice included physician representation, Medicare appeals, Chapter 11 bankruptcy, business law, taxation and guardianship. She developed a Spring Law Series for Diakon, offering free legal education for the senior community at county senior centers.

Her education includes a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada (Cum Laude 1991), a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada (Cum Laude, 1995) and a Juris Doctor from Temple. She served in the United States Army from 1983 until 1989.

Ms. Richards is a member of the Schuylkill County Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, American Health Lawyer's Association and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. She is an active member of the community, serving on the Member Services Committee of the Schuylkill County Chamber of Commerce, as a board member of Schuylkill Women in Crisis, and as a member of the Schuylkill Women's Democratic League.

She resides in Pottsville, PA, Schuylkill County and is a member of the First United Methodist Church.

Mr. Ziegler has practiced as a certified public accountant predominantly in the health care field for over 23 years. Prior to founding the Accounting Firm of Ziegler, Gaudiello & Company in 1995, he was a partner in Shore, Avrach & Company, after joining the firm in 1983. During his tenure in these firms Mr. Ziegler's focus included audits, cost reporting, tax preparation, reimbursement and tax planning, cost report preparation and appeals of third party reimbursement results for health care clients.

Prior to his career in the public sector, Mr. Ziegler spent two years as the controller for a three facility long-term care chain located in Central Pennsylvania. During his career in the public and private sectors Mr. Ziegler has participated in settlements with the medical assistance and Medicare programs resulting in proceeds to his clients of over $35 million. Mr. Ziegler currently resides in Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania with his wife and three sons. Degree Information B.A. Economics, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Dickinson College M.B.A Cornell University Sloan Certificate for Health Care Management