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Catherine M.  Bitzan

Associate - Minneapolis

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Telephone
612.632.3277
Fax
612.632.4277
E-mail
catherine.bitzan@gpmlaw.com
Support Staff
Terry Jacobsen, terry.jacobsen@gpmlaw.com, 612.632.3226

Address
500 IDS Center
80 South 8th St
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Main: 612.632.3000
Fax: 612.632.4444

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Bitzan, Catie

Catie is an associate at Gray Plant Mooty and a member of the Health & Nonprofit Organizations practice group. She provides advice to a wide range of nonprofit organizations regarding formation, tax exemption issues, and general business matters. Catie also assists health care providers with various corporate and regulatory matters.

Prior to entering law school, Catie worked as a tax consultant and taught high school courses in literature and business in Belize.

Publications

  • “Minnesota Exemptions,” Minnesota CLE, Minnesota Nonprofit Deskbook, coauthor with Sarah Duniway, 1st ed. 2011
  • “CMS Focus on Medicare Enrollment: What Providers Need to Know,” GPM Client Alert, coauthor with Tim Johnson, April 2010
  • “Finding the Meaning in ‘Meaningful Use’ EHR Standards,” GPM Health Law Newsletter, Spring 2010
  • "In the Red: Huge Budget Deficit Will Slow Health Care Reform in 2009," Minnesota Health Care News, coauthor with Jesse Berg, January 2009
  • "Summary of Key Changes to Anti-Markup Rule," Gray Plant Mooty Client Alert, coauthor with Jesse Berg, December 2008
  • "Summary of Fraud and Abuse Statutes & Regulations: South Dakota," American Health Lawyers Association, Fraud and Abuse, Self-Referrals, and False Claims Practice Group, coauthor with Jesse Berg, November 2008
  • “Our Most Precious Resource: How South Korea is Poised to Change the Landscape of International Adoption,” Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vol. 17, 2008
  • “Proceeding with Care: New EEOC Guidance on Caregiver Discrimination,” Gray Plant Mooty Employment Edge, 72nd Edition, June 2007

Presentations

  • “The Final Accountable Care Organization Regulations: One Part Flexibility, Two Parts Complexity,” copresenter, Gray Plant Mooty Health Law Roundtable Breakfast Program, November 30, 2011
  • “Minnesota Exemptions,” copresenter, Minnesota CLE, Minnesota Nonprofit Deskbook Seminars, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 5, 2011
  • “The New Accountable Care Organization Regulations: A Mystery Only Partially Revealed,” copresenter, Gray Plant Mooty Health Law Roundtable Breakfast Program, May 4, 2011
  • “Death Panels, Tanning Beds, and AK47s: What Providers Need to Know About Health Care Reform,” panelist, Gray Plant Mooty Health Law Roundtable Breakfast Program, May 26, 2010

Education

  • University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2008
         Minnesota Journal of International Law, articles editor
         Order of the Coif
  • University of St. Thomas, B.A., summa cum laude, 2002

Bar Admissions

  • Minnesota, 2008

Professional Activities

  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Hennepin County Bar Association
  • Minnesota State Bar Association
    Nonprofit Subcommittee of MSBA Business Law section, member
    Health Law section, member
  • American Bar Association, Health Law and Tax Law sections

Community Involvement

  • Quiet Oaks Hospice House, board member, secretary
  • Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, volunteer attorney, 2009-present
  • Centro Legal Naturalization Program, volunteer attorney, 2008-2009
  • Propel for Jeremiah Program, volunteer, past board member