Darci M. Smith, Counsel
Darci is Counsel in the firm’s Health Care group with experience with Stark, Anti-Kickback, Maryland Physician Self-Referral Act and Corporate Practice of Medicine matters as well as Certificate of Need and other health care facility licensing issues. Darci regularly counsels health care professionals on scope of practice questions, assists with responses to licensing board investigations and complaints, and provides general legal advice regarding the management of medical practices including transitioning to concierge medicine. She has assisted multiple medical spa companies, including IV hydration companies, in setting up their businesses, drafting informed consent documents, and addressing questions regarding regulation of medical spas.
As an Associate General Counsel for a national health insurance company, Darci advised its leadership on various state and federal health insurance laws, including the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”). Beforehand, she investigated companies for their compliance with the MHPAEA and other health insurance laws on behalf of the Maryland Insurance Administration.
Darci helped draft legislation that updated Maryland's self-referral and provider reimbursement laws to allow health care providers to enter into certain value-based care arrangements including two-sided incentive and capitated arrangements.
Darci was a Judicial Clerk for the Hon. Andrea Leahy of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals and served as a Law Clerk for the University of Maryland Medical System’s Office of the General Counsel.
Darci earned a Health Law Certificate when she graduated from University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law with her J.D. in 2015.
Honors
Named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch by Best Lawyers in America® in Health Care Law, 2024
Selected to Rising Stars of Maryland Super Lawyers® list, 2024
News
Publications and Lectures
- Did You Know? - Spring 2024
- No Surprises Act– A New and Improved Proposed Rule
- Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
- Maryland Regulatory News - Spring 2024
- Narrowing the Definition of an Illegal Kickback
- Prescribing Practitioners Must Enroll in Maryland Medicaid Before January 3, 2024
- Maryland Regulatory News - Winter 2023
- Did You Know? Winter 2023
- New CON Regulations
- Are IV Businesses “Compounding” Prescriptions?
- Did You Know? - Fall 2023
- Maryland Regulatory News - Fall 2023
- New Supreme Court False Claims Cases
- Maryland Regulatory News - Summer 2023
- Did you Know? - Summer 2023
- The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements
- Maryland Regulatory News - Spring 2023
- Did You Know? - Spring 2023
- HIPAA Update – Electronic Transmissions
- HIPAA Update– Tracking Technologies
- Maryland Regulatory News
- ACO Changes for 2023
- COVID-19 Misinformation
- No Surprises Act—Final Rule
- Did You Know? Winter 2022
- Did You Know? Fall 2022
- COVID-19 Mandates and Screenings
- Maryland Regulatory News - Fall 2022
- Is Arbitration Ever Time-Barred?
- Did You Know? Summer 2022
- Maryland Regulatory News
- Behavioral Health Parity for Employer Sponsored Group Health Plans
- Flexibility for Value-Based Care Compensation
- Seminar for Maryland Physicians: What’s New & What’s Old is New
Teams
Education
J.D./Health Care Certificate,
cum laude,
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law,
2015
B.A.,
English Literature,
cum laude,
State University of New York at Buffalo,
2010
Bar Admissions
Maryland,
2015