TAMPA, FL – The law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, is pleased to announce that Erin Smith Aebel, partner in the Tampa office, spoke to nurses at Mease Countryside Hospital on September 12, 2013 on the effect of the Affordable Care Act on Diabetes Care and Management on behalf of the American Diabetes Association, where she serves as the Chair of the Community Leadership Board.  

And on September 13, 2013, Erin presented an overview of the Affordable Care Act to osteopathic physicians at St. Petersburg Hospital.

Erin is certified as a health law specialist by The Florida Bar and is AV^® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.  Erin’s clients include physicians, physician group practices, diagnostic imaging centers, pharmacies, clinical laboratories and medical spas.  She regularly advises clients on fraud and abuse, Stark, HIPAA and licensure issues arising from joint ventures, acquisitions and changes of ownership.  Erin regularly prepares and negotiates physician employment agreements, physician recruitment agreements and medical director agreements.  She is frequently involved in licensure and scope of practice issues for her clients, including weight loss clinics, medical spas and other aesthetic medicine ventures. 

Erin received her J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Loyola University. 

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Founded in 1925, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full service business law firm with more than 225 attorneys practicing in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina.