Gregory Frost

Healthcare

HIPAA Compliance

Associations and Nonprofits

Dentists

Governmental Relations and Ethics

Gregory D. Frost, a partner in the Baton Rouge office, practices exclusively in the area of healthcare. He concentrates his legal practice primarily on the representation of not-for-profit, for-profit, and governmental hospitals, and has extensive experience assisting home health agencies, physicians, and other types of healthcare providers. Mr. Frost is experienced in Medicaid supplemental reimbursement, complex commercial transactions involving the merger and acquisition of healthcare providers, provider contractual and operational issues, licensure, fraud and abuse, and other regulatory matters. He has wide experience dealing with HIPAA and health information issues, and was one of the first attorneys in the country to be Certified in Healthcare Privacy by the American Health Information Management Association.

Mr. Frost is a Health Law Specialist, certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. He was vice president of Legal and Governmental Affairs of the Louisiana Hospital Association for over eight years. He has lectured at Louisiana State University, Tulane University, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Southern University, and the College of St. Francis. He regularly speaks before trade and professional organizations and legal audiences. Mr. Frost served on the adjunct faculty of the College of St. Francis and was the organizer of the HIPAA Privacy WorkGroups and the annual Louisiana HIPAA and EHR Conference. In addition to numerous articles on health law issues, he is the editor of Louisiana Health Information Law Manual, which is currently in its eleventh edition and used as a textbook at ULL.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Health Law Specialist, certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization

Baton Rouge Bar Association

American Bar Association Healthcare Section

American Health Lawyers Association

Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys (charter director and past president)

American Health Information Management Association

Healthcare Financial Management Association

Louisiana Medical Group Management Association

Health Care Compliance Association

“Dentist and His Companies Pay More Than $750,000 for Medically Unnecessary Medicaid Services”, October 2022

“Patient's Right to Access Their Records – HIPAA and State Law” Louisiana Dental Association Journal, May 2022

“HIPAA – COVID-19 Update”, March 2020

“The Federal False Claims Act, Or How a Disgruntled Dental Employee Turned Whistleblower Can Recover Significant Money from a Former Employer” , Louisiana Dental Association Journal (September 2022)

"HIPAA Update", Louisiana Healthcare Financial Management Association (January 2012)

"Legislative Update", Louisiana Health Information Management Association (April 2012)

"Mental Health Law Update", Louisiana Hospital Association (March 2012)

Workers’ Comp Medicals Handbook (out of print)

Managed Care, Collections and Related Issues (out of print)

Louisiana Health Information Law Manual

Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University

J.D.

1981

Louisiana State University

B.A.

1977

Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® (Since 2010)

Board Certified Health Law Specialist-Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization

Selected Lawyer of the Year, in Health Care Law in Baton Rouge by The Best Lawyers in America® (2017, 2025)

AV® PreeminentTM Peer Review Rated.