| Advisory opinion request regarding the potential appointment of Athan Olivier to the board of Iberia Parish Hospital Service District No. 1, d/b/a Iberia Medical Center. |
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Athan Olivier is currently employed as the Administrator of Iberia Rehabilitation Hospital, an inpatient rehabilitation facility that receives post-acute referrals from Iberia Medical Center. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require that Iberia Medical Center provide patients who need rehabilitation services after discharge a list of local inpatient rehabilitation facilities from which to choose. This list includes Iberia Rehabilitation Hospital, however, neither Iberia Medical Center and its board nor Iberia Rehabilitation Hospital has any input into a patient's selection of a post-acute provider. Mr. Olivier's wife, Erinn Olivier, M.D., a non-hospital employed OB GYN, maintains admitting privileges and leases office space from Iberia Medical Center. As a board member of Iberia Medical Center, Mr. Olivier would not be in a position to influence the terms of any current or future leases entered into between his wife and Iberia Medical Center.
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La. R.S. 42:1113B prohibits appointed members of any board or commission and members of his immediate family from bidding on or entering into or being in any way interested in any contract, subcontract, or other transaction which is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such appointed member.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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