We are committed to providing expert, efficient and responsive advice and representation to health care providers at reasonable rates. We understand and focus on the business and operational needs of our clients, seeking practical solutions to the regulatory challenges confronted by health care providers and physicians in today's environment.

We each have more than 30 years of experience representing a broad range of clients—including publicly-traded companies, not-for-profit organizations, governmental entities, state and national healthcare associations, and individual physicians, providers, and suppliers—in Medicare, Medicaid, and other healthcare regulatory and compliance matters.

TIMOTHY P. BLANCHARD

Timothy P. Blanchard practiced for 20 years with the top-ranked health care practice of a leading international law firm before beginning his own firm in 2009. His practice comprises health care regulatory issues, including Medicare and Medicaid coverage, billing and payment; fraud and abuse audits and investigations, and health care compliance programs; social determinants of health programming; electronic health records and HIPAA privacy; certification, licensing, and enrollment; and medical necessity and utilization review.

MARGARET M. MANNING

Peg began her career in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Division, where she provided program advice, reviewed and revised proposed regulations, and represented the Medicare and Medicaid programs in litigation in Federal court. Thereafter, she practiced for more than 15 years with national health care firms in Baltimore and Los Angeles, before joining Blanchard Manning LLP in 2009.