Nadia de la Houssaye

Nadia de la Houssaye is co-leader of Jones Walker's healthcare litigation team and chairs the Healthcare Industry telemedicine team. She works extensively with hospitals, health systems, providers and start-up companies to structure and integrate telemedicine, telehealth and digital health platforms.

Nadia has a broad-based litigation and healthcare regulatory practice advising clients from across the industry spectrum. Drawing on her more than 25 years in private practice and her firsthand experience as co-founder of and general counsel to one of Louisiana’s first teleradiology networks, Nadia helps clients navigate the rapidly developing regulatory landscape affecting today’s healthcare delivery, including US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) application and registration processes and Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) approvals, US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) coverage issues, state corporate practice of medicine regulations, and issues arising during the COVID-19 era and beyond. She also helps hospitals, health systems, physician practice groups, and other providers manage the full range of traditional healthcare matters, including medical malpractice defense, hospital-physician relations, licensing and credentialing, and risk management.

Nadia regularly advises clients in multiple states on corporate practice of medicine regulations and requirements and the creation of business, banking, and financing structures that support the development of scalable business models. She also counsels clients on compliance issues such as exclusive contracts, medical privileges and credentialing, certificates of need and licensure, medical coding and reimbursement, and fraud and abuse laws, including federal and state EMTALA actions, Stark and Anti-Kickback violations, and False Claims Act violations.