Margia Corner

Margia Corner is a partner in the Governmental Practice in the firm's San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices and a member of the firm’s Healthcare Team. 

Areas of Practice

Margia is a trusted advisor and proactive problem-solver who brings together executive-level stakeholders to support clients' innovative approaches to transforming healthcare delivery towards value-based models of care. She has over ten years’ experience in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and other federal and state health care laws and regulations. She has advised academic and non-profit health systems, federally-qualified health centers, clinical laboratories, pharmacies, and health care professionals as well as pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device companies and health plans.

Prior to joining the firm, Margia served as Co-Interim Deputy General Counsel for Health Affairs, Privacy & Data Protection in the University of California Office of General Counsel, where she advised on Medicare and Medi-Cal requirements, state licensing and certification laws, the Stark, Anti-Kickback, and Civil Monetary Penalties laws, the 340B Drug Discount Program, federal and state civil rights laws and regulations, managed care contracts, health care litigation and health care transactions.

Articles

• "Moving the Needle? Recent CMS Efforts to Advance Health Equity," AHLA Connections Magazine, March 2023
• "Change Remains on the Horizon for Medicare Payment Policies for Organ Acquisition," AHLA Bulletin, November 2022
• "CMS Proposes to Expand Its Authority to Deny or Revoke Provider/Supplier Enrollment," AHLA Bulletin, August 2021
• "Questions and Answers to Consider When Finding and Taking Advantage of a Clerkship or Fellowship at a Health Care Organization," AHLA Connections Magazine, September 2019
• "The Medicare Quality Payment Program: Transforming Health Care Delivery to Paying for Value," AHLA, Health Care Compliance Professional’s Manual, 2017

Speaking Engagements

• "Institute for Medicare & Medicaid Payment Issues, Health Equity Initiatives in Medicare and Medicaid," American Health Law Association, March 2024
• "Advising Providers: Legal Strategies for AMCs, Physicians and Hospitals, Advancing Diversity in Academic Medicine After the Harvard/UNC Cases," American Health Law Association, February 2024
• "Fostering a Just Culture to Promote Patient Safety," California Society for Health Care Attorneys, May 2023
• "340 Program Compliance," UC Ethics Compliance and Audit Symposium, November 2022
• "The Future of Medi-Cal," California Society for Health Care Attorneys, April 2022
• "Institute for Medicare & Medicaid Payment Issues, Advancing Accountability and Equity through Payment and Care Delivery," American Health Law Association, March 2022
• "Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute, Advancing Accountability and Equity through Payment and Care Delivery," American Health Law Association, February 2022
• "Institute for Medicare & Medicaid Payment Issues, Key Recent CMS Innovation Initiatives: Exploration of Policy and Legal Issues," American Health Law Association, March 2021
• "Strategic Legal and Business Considerations Regarding Contract Pharmacy Arrangements," 340B Health Winter Conference 2021, February 2021
• "Medicare and Other Value-Based Payment Programs and Compliance
  Oversight," Health Care Compliance Association, December 2019
• "340 Program Compliance," UC Ethics Compliance and Audit Symposium, November 2019
• "Institute for Medicare & Medicaid Payment Issues, Innovation in a Nutshell: Key Recent CMS Payment Initiatives, Where They Came From, and What You Should Know," American Health Law Association, March 2019
• 'MACRA - Compliance Oversight," Health Care Compliance Association, December 2017

Memberships

• American Health Law Association (2011-Present)
  • Vice Chair, Education, Academic Medical Center and Teaching Hospital Practice Group (2023-Present)
  • Special Topic Advisor, Regulation, Accreditation and Payment Practice Group Leader (2021-2022)
  • Regulation, Accreditation and Payment Practice Group Leadership Development Program (2020-2021)
  • Young Professionals Council (2019-2020)
• California Society for Health Care Attorneys (2022-Present)
• American Bar Association, Health Law Section (2022-Present)