Cases
Experience: Representative Matters: Represented an organization acting on behalf of 132 physicians to obtain a new professional services contract for emergency care at a local hospital following immediate termination by the physicians' prior staffing company.
Represented a clinical research support company in its development of administrative services agreements with for-profit
nonprofit institutions.
Assisted a California managed care organization in establishing an arrangement in Texas with primary care physicians to participate in Medicare Advantage plans.
Represented mid-size ophthalmology practice in its acquisition by a private equity supported group.
Developed innovative models using the series PLLC a multispecialty group practice.
Restructured a Nephrology practice into multiple cells using the series PLLC
LLC model.
Consolidated 35 physicians into the largest GI practice in Houston
surrounding areas.
Consolidated 20 physicians into the largest urology practice in Houston
surrounding areas.
Consolidated 70+ physicians into one of the largest radiology practices in Houston
surrounding areas
then years later represented them again in a subsequent sale to a private equity sponsored company as its first acquisition of a radiology practice.
Developed an ACO that integrated two IPAs using care coordination capabilities to clinically integrate the participating providers.
Worked with a large employer to develop an on-site employer-based health care service delivery model as part of its self-funded employee benefits program using telemedicine technology
an affiliated medical practice structure.
Provided on-site assessment, developed policies,
procedures
restructured employer-based health clinic with a focus on meeting HIPAA
other health care regulatory compliance requirements in California.
Developed a comprehensive HIPAA
HITECH compliance strategy
program for a national fitness company for it to satisfy its duties as a business associate of a health care organization.
Developed expansion models for exp
ing access to health care services for a federally qualified health clinic.
Developed structure for one of the first retail clinics to engage in delivery of nurse practitioner delivered primary care services in association with large health care systems.
Developed innovative models for affiliating
leveraging status of federally qualified health centers for the purpose of reducing cost, enhancing efficiencies,
increasing access to care by underserved populations.
Participated in the development of a guide to HIPAA pre-emption under Texas law for the Texas Hospital Association
Texas Medical Association
development of a compliance CD tool that is specific to Texas law
HIPAA Compliance.
Provided antitrust compliance analysis
structured a merger of two physician-hospital organizations associated with a nonprofit, tax-exempt health system.
Drafted legislation, lobbied, developed, implemented
advised a quasi-governmental rural-focused health care system, including legislative drafting
technical assistance to state agencies involved with regulating insurance
Medicaid/CHIP in Texas.
Except for the first three matters, the above representations were h
led by Ms. Dacso prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
In-House Experience: Sr. Vice President, General Counsel, Providence Hospital, Mobile, AL., 1982-1986
Associate Counsel, Sisters of Charity (now Ascension Health), Houston, TX, 1982
Teaching Experience: Voluntary Faculty, Rice University School of Business
Health Care, Executives Program jointly sponsored by Rice University
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1997-1999
Adjunct Faculty, University of Houston Law Center, Institute of Health Law
Policy, Houston, Texas, 1993-1999
Adjunct Faculty, College of Technology, University of Houston, Clinical Research Course, 2006-2012
Adjunct Associate Professor, San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, California, 1988-1994
McGovern Fellow, Ethics
Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, 2010
Lecturer, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Transition to Practice, 2010-2019
Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, 2021-Present
Adjunct Faculty, Texas A&M Law School, 2022-Present
Guest Lecturer, Texas Tech Health Science Center School of Medicine, Center for Ethics, Humanities
Spirituality, 2015-Present
Professional Certifications: Lean/Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification
Board Certified, Health Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2005-Present
Registered Lobbyist, State of Texas, 1995-2005
Mediation Training Certification, American Health Lawyers Association, Dispute Resolution Committee, 2000
Certified Healthcare Compliance, Health Care Compliance Association, 2006
Harvard Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives, June 1993
Mediation Training
Certification, Center for Life Studies, Houston, Texas, October 1993
