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Bea Tolsdorf

Balch & Bingham LLP

PartnerJackson, MS
Health Care LawJackson, MS

Recognized for

Health Care Law

The Elite Counsel Perspective

Bea’s exceptional judgment in health care law earns peer respect across reimbursement, licensure and compliance matters for practitioners and hospital systems.

Bea’s exceptional judgment in health care law earns peer respect across reimbursement, licensure and compliance matters for practitioners and hospital systems.

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Overview

Bea Tolsdorf focuses on healthcare regulatory and compliance matters, advising clients ranging from individual practitioners to large hospital systems. Her work covers Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, certificate-of-need issues, federal and state licensure and certification, professional board licensure, and audits. She also advises on compliance issues involving HIPAA, the False Claims Act, Stark and Anti-Kickback requirements.

Bea assists holders of various Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program licenses with issues involving the program. Across her practice, she prioritizes understanding her clients and the challenges they face in a changing healthcare environment.

Representative Experience

  • Assisted healthcare providers, ranging from private practice groups to hospital systems, in obtaining certificate of needs, filing determinations of non-reviewability and changes of ownership regarding certificate of need. 
  • Represented providers in administrative appeals before the Mississippi Division of Medicaid and thereafter in appeals of final reimbursement decisions.  
  • Represented medical professionals before their respective licensing board.  
  • Assisted various clients with licensure and certification issues, ranging from obtaining appropriate facility licenses to advising clients during and after the survey process.   
  • Assisted providers in drafting various contractual and administrative arrangements including admission policies, emergency preparedness policies, recruitment, employment, and rental agreements.  
  • Representation of private equity-backed brain injury rehab company in its strategic acquisition of a facility in Louisiana.

Education

  • University of Mississippi, B.A., 2003
  • Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., 2007

Admissions

Courts

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 2007
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, 2007

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi, 2007

Honors & Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Health Care Law, 2024-present
  • Moot Court Board, Public Relations Chair 

Professional Associations

  • American Health Lawyers Association

Community Involvement

  • Junior League of Jackson
  • St. Francis Catholic Church, Madison, Mississippi 
  • Madison Avenue Elementary PTO 

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