Marki Stewart

Practice Areas

Marki Stewart is a healthcare regulatory attorney with a wide-ranging practice. She advises healthcare providers regarding reproductive health care law in the wake of the Dobbs decision, and has a special interest in maternal health issues, including reducing racial disparities in maternal mortality. Marki’s practice also focuses on telemedicine, including licensing, reimbursement, and credentialing issues. She represents health care providers before regulatory boards and bodies, including the Arizona Medical Board and the Arizona State Board of Nursing. Marki frequently provides advice regarding compliance with the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, and in 2023, obtained a favorable OIG Advisory Opinion regarding physician compensation.

Career

Marki assists hospitals, physician groups, ambulatory surgery centers, telemedicine providers, and other health care organizations in a variety of business and regulatory issues, including the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, reproductive health law in the wake of the Dobbs decision, medical practice acquisitions, Arizona Department of Health Services licensing issues, medical staff peer review matters, and licensing board investigations.

Marki also has experience drafting a variety of policies, procedures, and agreements for health care organizations, including hospital recruitment agreements, employment agreements, operating agreements, and medical director agreements.

Professional Memberships

- Board of Directors, Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (2017 – present)

- Member, National Women’s Law Center, Network for Gender Equity (2018)

- Member, Corporate Council Committee, Phoenix Art Museum (2013 – 2017)

- Member, Board of Directors, Mountain Park Health Center (2013 – 2016)

Publications

- Author, “OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion Confirming the Broad Scope of the Antikickback Statute’s Employment Safe Harbor,” Coppersmith Briefs (Oct. 16, 2023)

- Author, “8 Ways Healthcare Attorneys Can Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality,” Coppersmith Brockelman PLC (December 2021)

- Author, “Legislation Changes ‘Telehealth’ Application,” In Business (September 2021)

- Author, “New Legislation Makes Telehealth More Accessible in Arizona,” Coppersmith Briefs (June 2021)

- Co-author, “New and Improved: Arizona Health Profession Boards Respond to COVID-19,” Coppersmith Briefs (April 16, 2020)

- Co-author, “New and Improved: Updated State and Federal Telemedicine Laws in the Era of COVID-19,” Coppersmith Briefs (April 16, 2020)

- Co-author, “CMS and OIG Relax Requirements of Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute during COVID-19 Crisis,” Coppersmith Briefs (April 9, 2020)

- Author, “The Risks of Multi-State Licensure for Telemedicine Providers,” University of Arizona, Arizona Telemedicine Blog (July 2019)

- Author, “Telehealth Resource Centers are an Invaluable Resource for Providers Developing Telemedicine Programs,” Healthcare Michigan (August 2017)

- Author, “Practicing Telemedicine, Across State Borders: New Expedited Licenses Permit Physicians to Expand Practice,” University of Arizona, Arizona Telemedicine Blog (May 2017)

- Author, “CMS Recognizes New Exception to the Stark Law for Non-Exclusive Lease Arrangements,” Kent County Medical Society Bulletin (Spring 2016)

- Author, “CMS to Publish Financial Relationships Between Physicians and Drug Manufacturers Beginning September 2014,” Dickinson Wright Women in Law Blog (April 2014)

- Author, “Great X-pectations: Protecting Examinees’ Reliance that No News is Good News,” Case Note, Arizona State University Law Journal, Volume 37 (Spring 2005)

Personal

Marki is a former gymnast who spends her free time watching college gymnastics and playing Fantasy Gymnastics. In the off-season, she reads World War II nonfiction and enjoys traveling.

Awards