TINA BATRA HERSHEY, JD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she teaches courses on health care compliance and health law and ethics. Specific course topics include health care reform, professional and institutional liability, medical staff credentialing, fraud and abuse, development and implementation of corporate compliance plans, risk management, privacy and security, and antitrust. Ms. Hershey is also the Assistant Director for Law and Policy at the Center for Public Health Practice at Pitt Public Health. At Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College, she is an Adjunct Instructor of Health Law.
Ms. Hershey is actively involved in state and national programs involving legal preparedness, as well as efforts to enhance Tribal legal preparedness for public health emergencies. She is a frequent national speaker on legal preparedness issues and has co-authored two public health emergency law manuals and bench books. Her research interests also include law and policy issues related to the delivery and quality of health care services, as well as health equity.
Before coming to Pitt Public Health, Ms. Hershey was a health care attorney in Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh. Her practice included counseling clients regarding contractual issues and federal and state fraud concerns, including anti-kickback, self-referral, false claims, and false billings issues; negotiating civil settlement and corporate integrity agreements; developing and evaluating corporate compliance programs; and conducting health regulatory due diligence.
Ms. Hershey is a cum laude graduate of Villanova University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with minors in Biology and History. She participated in a dual degree program whereby she received a Juris Doctorate from The George Washington University School of Law (with honors) and a Master of Public Health in Health Policy from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. She is a member of the Pennsylvania and District of Columbia Bars.