Marla Lanni, RN, JD

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San Antonio, Texas 78220

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EXPERIENCE

**/****- **/**** ***** Nurse Executive San Antonio State Supported Living

Center. Responsible for all aspects of nursing services for the provision

of nursing to 270 Developmentally Disabled Persons. Department FTE's in

excess of 100. Facility is in a Settlement Agreement with the US Department

of Justice. The Chief Nurse Executive position is responsible for

developing and implementing a plan for substantial compliance with the

Settlement Agreement. The last Settlement Agreement Monitor visit 8/2012

stated the nursing department made significant progress in all areas.

08/2010- 05/2011 Utilization Review, Texas Department of Health, Office of

the Inspector General. Conducted utilization review of Acute Care Hospital

Medicaid provider clinical records using Milliman Guidelines. Primary

function was determining medical necessity and appropriate Diagnostic

Related Group coding. Conducted Minimum Data Set reviews of Nursing

Facilities for accuracy of Resource Utilization Groups. Referred cases to

the enforcement division of the OIG for further action involving fraud,

waste and abuse.

12/2009- 08/2010 Psychiatric RN, Maxim Staffing Corpus Christi, Texas.

Night shift charge nurse on adult psychiatric chemical dependency,

adolescent and child acute care inpatient units.

9/2006-9/2007 Risk Manager: Providing Risk Management services on a contact

basis for two Lovelace Health System Hospitals located in Albuquerque, NM.

Participated in patient safety, peer review and ethics committees.

Responsible for incident management and investigations, claims management

and advising senior staff regarding risk issues. Responsible for litigation

support which included all aspects of discovery and mediation. Represented

the facility in Administrative Law Hearings regarding Medicaid payment

denials.

2003-2004 Travel RN; MED/Surg/Inpt. Acute Rehabilitation, and Skilled

Nursing Facilitys in New Hampshire and Texas.

2002-2003 General Counsel; Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, Ogdensburg, New

York. Responsible for legal matters, corporate compliance program and

credentialing for 140 bed hospital with a 28 bed psychiatric unit, 30 bed

skilled nursing facility, outpatient cancer treatment and renal center, and

several rural clinics. Successfully lead the project to open an inpatient

Rehabilitation Unit satisfying the Conditions of Participation and New York

Department of Health Certificate of Need Process. Managed outside legal

counsel for malpractice and contract litigation and complex immigration

matters.

1996-2001 Attorney at Law; Corpus Christi Texas. Practice areas included

health law, employment and administrative law, not-for-profit, small

business entities and criminal defense. Of Counsel for several Home Health

Agencies and two residential alcohol and drug treatment centers. Handled

legal matters such as Medicare Request for Reconsideration, EEOC cases,

hour and wage, representing people before professional license boards,

employee and facility policy development

1999-2000 Executive Director; Mentally-challenged Advocacy Council, Corpus

Christi, Texas. The organization provided advocacy, community education

and case management services in behalf of mentally impaired children and

adults who were incarcerated or at risk of incarceration.

1994-1996 Director of Skilled Nursing Facility and Psychiatric Services;

Bay Area Medical Center (Columbia HCA), Corpus Christi, Texas. Responsible

for all Inpatient and Outpatient Psychiatric Services, the administration

and clinical management of the Skilled Nursing Unit and Social Services for

the hospital. Opened the first Gero-Psychiatric unit in Nueces County.

Initial Medicare survey had zero deficiencies.

1993-1994 House Supervisor; Southside Community Hospital, Corpus Christi,

Texas.

1991-1993 Law Clerk; Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Conducted legal research and drafted bench opinions on matters such as

summary judgments and pretrial motions.

1991-1993 RN Case Manager; Ancillary Home Health Care, Inc.; Wauwatosa,

Wisconsin. Provided comprehensive psychiatric home care to chronically and

acutely mentally ill and chemically dependant clients, many with

complicating medical conditions.

1979-1993, (full time 1979-1987, part time 1987-1993) Charge Nurse;

Veterans Administration Zablocki Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,

Worked on acute care inpatient psychiatric, detox and rehabilitation units.

Received the Veterans Administration Performance Award in 1993 and 1986.

OTHER

Licensed Attorney in the State of Texas # 00795045

Licensed Registered Nurse in the State of Texas # 599462

Adjunct Professor; Texas A&M University-College of Arts and Humanities,

Corpus Christi, Texas. Taught Juvenile Justice.

Certified as a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse by the American Nurses

Association for ten years. 1984-1994

EDUCATION

Marquette University Law School: Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Juris Doctor

Milwaukee Area Technical College: Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Associate in Applied

Science, Registered Nurse

University of Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Bachelor of Arts, Economics

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