Jayme Matchinski concentrates her practice on health care and corporate law. She handles regulatory compliance, reimbursement, licensure and certification issues affecting health care providers, health care transactions, and the purchase, sale and formation of health care entities. She has also successfully represented health care providers in reimbursement claims against insurance carriers and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Ms. Matchinski works with physicians, as well as not-for-profit and for-profit health care systems in the licensure, certification, legal structure and reimbursement structuring of post-acute venues of care, including sleep disorder centers, rehabilitation hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, long term acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Ms. Matchinski joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in February 2007. For a number of years Ms. Matchinski was in private practice. She is the former vice president of a national health care consulting firm.

While still in law school Ms. Matchinski served externships with the Air & Water Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as well as with the Honorable George W. Lindberg, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. In addition, Ms. Matchinski participated in a summer study program of law and economic policy at Ningbo University in the People’s Republic of China.
Ms. Matchinski is a member of the editorial advisory board of Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy Journal, and an advisory member of the board for the Sleep Center Management Institute in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ms. Matchinski is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, as well as the Illinois State Bar Association. Since 2005, Ms. Matchinski has been the author of “Legal Notes,” a column which appears in A2Zzz Magazine, a publication of the AAST. She covers regulatory, reimbursement, compliance, operational and contract issues that could potentially impact sleep disorder centers, including:

• "Medical Equipment Contracts and Transfer of Ownership," A2Zzz Magazine, Volume 20, Number 3, September 2011.
• “The Impact of the Recent OIG Advisory Opinions on Sleep Labs and Management Agreements", Volume 20, Number 1, March 2011.
• “DME Arrangements and Your Sleep Lab,” December 2010.
• “Management Services Agreements and Your Sleep Lab,” June 2010.

Ms. Matchinski has been quoted in Sleep Review The Journal for Sleep Specialists, “HCPro.com HIPAA Training Advisor,” Sleep Review Magazine, Advance for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine and Orthopedics This Week. Her other publications include:

• "What Your Practice Should Know About Medicare RAC Audits,” Podiatry Management Magazine, June/July 2011.
• "Structured to Thrive: Choosing the Right Business Set Up for Your Lab", Sleep Review Magazine, April 2011.
• “What Your Practice Should Know about Medicare RAC Audits,” Journal of Medical Practice Management, September/October 2010.
• “Your Nine-Step Audit Prep Plan: Don’t be Caught Off Guard if Your Lab is Selected for an Audit,” Sleep Review Magazine, June 2010.
• “The Impact of the Anti-Markup Rule and Pricing Limitation on Your Practice,” M.D. News: A Business and Lifestyle Magazine for Physicians, Volume 2, Number 2, March/April 2009.
• “Managed Care Contracts and Your Practice,” white paper, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), September 2006.
• “Conflicts Credentialing: Hospitals and the Use of Financial Considerations to Make Medical Staffing Decisions,” co-author, William Mitchell Law Review, Volume 31, Number 3, 2005.

Ms. Matchinski also speaks regularly before a variety of audiences. Her presentations include:

• "The Impact of Health Care Reform on Physician Practices, Reimbursement, and Compliance," Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Practice Managers, Lake Forest, Illinois, December 2011.
• "Key Issues to Consider When Reviewing Your First Employment Agreement," Illinois Academy of General Dentistry, UIC Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, December 2011.
• “Collaboration Between Physicians, Group Practices and Hospitals After Health Care Reform,” Hinshaw’s Annual Healthcare Conference, Lisle, Illinois, November 2011.
• "The Impact of Health Care Reform on Physicians, Group Practices and Hospital/Physician Arrangements," and "Developing a Compliance Program for Your Intraoperative Monitoring Program," The American Society of Neurophysiologic Monitoring, Fall Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, October 2011.
• "Let Regulatory Compliance Enhance Your Bottom Line," 13th Annual Meeting, Kentucky Sleep Society, Louisville, Kentucky, October 2011.
• "Legal Update 2011: Protecting Sleep Centers" and "An Overview of the Office of Inspector General Requirements and Recent Advisory Opinions," BRPT Annual Symposium 2011, Nashville, Tennessee, September 2011.
• "Top Legal Issues Sleep Technologists Need to Know," Advance for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine, live webinar, September 2011.
• "Is A Sleep Study Safe? What You Don't Want to Defend," and “Medical Liability in the Sleep Center – Reducing Risk," 12th Annual Current Concepts in Sleep Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida, September 2011.
• “Why Regulatory Compliance is Important for Your Sleep Lab," Indiana Sleep Institute, New Albany, Indiana, August 2011.
• "Legal Update: Key Regulations Which Impact Your Sleep Lab,” American Association of Sleep Technologists Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 2011.
• "Increasing Your Practice Revenues and Maintaining Regulatory Compliance", American MRI, Oak Brook, Illinois, May 2011.
• "Hot Topics for Physician Practices," Greater Chicagoland Chapter of PAHCOM, Park Ridge, Illinois, May 2011.
• “2011 Legal Updates on 3rd Party Contracting and DME for Sleep Labs,” and “Medicare RAC Audits – What You Need to Know,” 11th Annual Focus on Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine Conference, San Diego, California, March 2011.
• “The Impact of Health Care Reform,” and “Developing a Compliance Plan for Your Sleep Lab,” Comprehensive Advances in Sleep Medicine 2011 Conference, La Crosse, Wisconsin, March 2011.
• “Recent OIG Advisory Opinions: How Do These Two OIG Advisory Opinions Impact Agreements for Sleep Labs?” Sleep Center Management Institute, Inc., live webinar, December 2010.
• “The Impact of Health Care Reform on Physicians and Hospitals,” Illinois Staff Physician Recruiters 2010 Midwest Recruiting Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 2010.
• “The Impact of Health Care Reform on Physicians, Group Practices and Hospital / Physician Arrangements,” Hinshaw’s 2010 Health Care Conference, Lisle, Illinois, November 2010.
• “Increase Your Referrals While Reducing Your Legal Risk,” 12th Annual Sleep Medicine Conference, Kentucky Sleep Society, Louisville, Kentucky, October 2010.
• “Navigating the Ever-Changing Legislative Landscape,” BRPT Annual Symposium, Denver, Colorado, September 2010.
• “Legal Issues for Sleep Centers,” The Alabama Association of Sleep Professionals Annual. Meeting, Pensacola, Florida, August 2010.
• “Legal Update: New Regulations that Impact Sleep Labs,” American Association of Sleep Technologists Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, June 2010.
• “Sleep Lab/Sleep DME Legal Update” and “Negotiating and Managing Payor Contracts,” 10th Annual FOCUS Conference on Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine, Orlando, Florida, May 2010.
• “Legal Update for Physician Practices,” Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Practice Manager’s Best Practice Series, Lake Forest, Illinois, May 2010.
• “Contracts and Your Sleep Lab and the New DMERC Regulations,” 11th Annual Sleep Medicine Conference, Kentucky Sleep Society, Louisville, Kentucky, November 2009.
• “The Impact of Stark on Hospital/Physician Relations,” Hinshaw’s 2009 Health Care Conference, Lisle, Illinois, November 2009.
• “Regulatory and Reimbursement Update for Sleep Medicine,” Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals, Savannah, Georgia, October 2009.
• “Scope of Practice and New Regulations for Sleep Professionals,” BRPT Symposium, Savannah, Georgia, September 2009.
• “New DMERC Guidelines: How do They Affect the Sleep Disorder Center,” “Software Licensing Agreements and Your Sleep Lab,” and “Testifying in Court: What Sleep Physicians Need to Know, “Montana Regional Sleep Seminar, Billings, Montana, September 2009.\
• “Legal Regulatory Issues in Sleep,” American Association of Sleep Technologists Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, June 2009.
• “Sleep Laboratory/Sleep DME Legal Update,” Carolina Sleep Society 2009 Spring Educational Meeting, Pawleys Island, South Carolina, May 2009.
• “Sleep Lab/Sleep DME Legal Update” and “Negotiating and Managing Payor Contracts,: 9th Annual FOCUS Conference on Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine, Orlando, Florida, May 2009.
• “Legal Update: New Medicare Regulatory and Coverage Guidelines,” Washington Regional Sleep Disorders Center’s Spring Sleep Seminar 2009, Branson, Missouri, April 2009.
• “Contracts and Your Sleep Lab: What You Should Know Before You Sign,” Sleep Center Management Institute, live webinar, April 2009.
• “Avoid Contract Purgatory: Master Group Practice Contracts and Learn to Identify the Main Contractual Provisions,” American Physician Institute, Orlando, Florida, March 2009.
• “Ensuring a Successful Practice in Today’s Health Care Environment: Protecting Your Practice and Minimizing Liability,” American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 2009.

Ms. Matchinski is an active law school alumnus, participating in Valparaiso University School of Law’s alumni/law student networking and student development programs. She serves on the Chicago and National Councils for Valparaiso University School of Law.

In January 2011, Ms. Matchinski was re-elected for a second two-year term to the Board of Directors of Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) Illinois Chapter. She has worked with the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights to provide pro bono representation to individuals seeking political asylum.