Services Provided

Areas of Practice


Health Law
The primary focus of Gary’s practice is providing advice and representation to non-hospital based health care providers on matters of regulatory compliance, contracting, business operation, transactions, Medicaid fraud and privacy. Gary spends a great deal of time training health care employees on HIPAA and corporate compliance. He is a frequent speaker and resource on health care related topics such as workplace investigations, compliance and the requirements of HIPAA and HITECH.

Business Law
Assisting small businesses with entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, employment matters such a HR, discrimination, FMLA and contracting.

Real Estate Law
As a prior City Attorney for the City of Cedar Falls, and currently the City Attorney for the City of Dike, Gary has over 15 years of experience representing cities in all aspects of their operation ranging from the open meeting law, development of ordinances, employment, economic development, regulatory and utility issues.

General Practice
Ranging from Wills and Trusts, to real estate to general legal advice, Gary continues to serve the legal needs of the Waterloo/Cedar Falls community he calls home.


Midwest Compliance Associates

 

  

“Midwest Compliance Associates understands our industry and speaks our “language.” They have helped transform Siouxland Mental Health into a culture of compliance.”

Sheila Martin
CEO, Siouxland Mental Health Center


In 2011 Gary formed Midwest Compliance Associates to guide non-hospital based health care providers through the maze of regulatory and fraud, waste and abuse compliance as well as the increasingly important privacy and security requirements under HIPAA/HITECH. Midwest Compliance Associates is a full service health care compliance consulting firm helping providers build and maintain effective compliance programs. An important part of a strong compliance program is annual training for staff and the governing board. Gary brings a new perspective to training; through the use of humor and real life examples compliance training comes alive and enhances the effectiveness of the entire compliance program.

Gary is the author of “Do The Right Thing – a road map to building an effective compliance program” and the developer of CP-HIPAASolutions.com a web based resource developed specifically for the HIPAA needs of community providers.

www.midwestcomplianceassociates.com