Jeanne M. Born

Jeanne Born practices in the health care group with an emphasis on hospital and long term care law, risk management, health information and technology including "HIPAA," credentialing, medical staff issues including revising medical staff bylaws, peer review matters, legal compliance, administrative and regulatory issues and reimbursement.

She is a Registered Nurse with experience in general medical/surgical nursing, medical/surgical neurology, and nursing management.

She represents a wide variety of health care facilities and providers including but not limited to hospitals, continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices, home health agencies, home care agencies and physicians.

Ms. Born also practices in the area of general corporate law with an emphasis on nonprofit corporate issues.

She is a frequent speaker on various corporate and healthcare issues including multiple long term care issues and general and health information compliance.

Ms. Born received her J.D. degree cum laude from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she was Research Editor of the ABA Real Property Probate and Trust Journal.

• YWCA - TWIN (Tribute to Women and Industry) Award
• Registered Nurse: Illinois, 1975; South Carolina, 1990
• South Carolina Bar - Health Law Section, Past-Chair

Served as Amicus curiae for the South Carolina Hospital Association in Wieters v. Bon-Secours - St. Francis Xavier Hospital, in which the South Carolina Court of Appeals held that due to the importance of protecting confidences revealed during peer reviews, questions concerning whether information protected by the Peer Review Statute should be subject to discovery will be reviewed by appellate courts even though the issue is interlocutory in nature.  View the decision here.

• Seven Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Become Members of the Firm

• South Carolina Nonprofit Corporate Practice Manual

Hot Topics in Long-Term Care, a presentation at the South Carolina Health Care Association's 2008 annual meeting

Hospice / Nursing Home Relationships, a presentation for the December 2007 South Carolina Health Care Association meeting

Quality Initiatives / Enforcement, a presentation for Direct Supply's 2008 annual meeting

Issues in 2007 Survey Certification and Enforcement, a presentation for the South Carolina Healthcare Association's Annual meeting.

Legal issues in Nonprofit Corporations - October 1, 2007 for the Lutheran Financial Managers Association  

Nonprofit Bylaws - December 5, 2007 for the South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations

2006 Legislative Update, a presentation for the South Carolina Hospital Association

• Annual Health Care Executive Summit
• Document Retention Compliance Seminar