About Kimberly
Kimberly Short Kirk: Experienced Health Care Attorney in Charlotte, NC
For nearly 20 years, Kimberly Short Kirk has provided practical, informed, and responsive counsel to health care providers throughout the region and nationally. Her goal in providing counsel and advice is to develop solutions that protect clients’ interests and advance their business goals while meeting regulatory requirements.
Practice Areas
- Transactional matters, such as acquisitions, joint ventures, and contracts, for hospitals and hospital systems, assisted living facilities, physician practices and individual physicians
- Electronics health records issues, including negotiation of EHR vendor agreements, compliance with meaningful use criteria and Stimulus Act incentives requirements
- Regulatory compliance, including Federal fraud and abuse, the Stark law and EMTALA; Medicare, Medicaid and third-party payer coverage and reimbursement
- Development of HIPAA policies and procedures and related operational issues, such as permitted uses and disclosures of protected health information
- Tax-exempt status issues and tax-exempt bond financing
- Clinical research issues, including negotiation and drafting of clinical trial agreements for hospitals and physician groups, Medicare reimbursement, informed consent and the use and disclosure of information for research purposes
- Patient-care and risk-management matters
- Financing transactions involving health care-related companies, including issues related to security interests in Medicare receivables
- Medical-staff bylaws and related documents, policies and procedures, and controversies
Awards
Kimberly Kirk is an active participant in state and national health law organizations, and regularly attends and speaks at health care-related conferences. She was recognized as Lawyer of the Year: Health Care Law in Charlotte (2013) by Best Attorney USA.
She has been Recognized: Health Care Law in Practice Area: Privacy and Data Security Law since 2012.
Firms
- Moore & Van Allen PLLC, where she currently serves as a member of the health care team.
Affiliations
- Member, North Carolina Bar Association (N.C.B.A.)
- Member, American Health Law Association (A.H.L.A.), where she has served as a conference speaker and member of the Board of Directors.
- Co-Chair, Health Care Committee for A.H.L.A., Charlotte Chapter
Languages
Kimberly Short Kirk speaks English.
The lawyer attended Vanderbilt University and Davidson College. She received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from The Wake Forest School of Medicine, where she was a member of the 2010 graduating class.
Recognized Since
Kimberly Kirk has been Recognized: Health Care Law in Practice Area: Privacy and Data Security Law since 2012.
The lawyer is licensed to practice law in North Carolina. She maintains a strong presence as an active participant of the N.C.B.A., which she joined in 2009. Kimberly Short Kirk has also held numerous leadership positions within the organization, including serving as the member-at-large for the N.C.B.A. Health Law Section and currently holds the position of President Elect.
Kimberly Short Kirk's career began with Moore & Van Allen PLLC, where she served as a health care attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina.
