Markita Ebersole RN, MSN, JD is the legal counsel – quality at Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, SC. She provides legal services across the healthcare system as well as leads integration of clinical quality, risk management, and legal processes. Ms. Ebersole manages quality concerns, complaints and grievances, disruptive or inappropriate professional behavior. She reviews data to identify trends and provide support for improvement and accountability.
Ms. Ebersole acts as a corporate representative and assists with legal strategy in all medical malpractice cases and as a legal resource on regulatory and licensure matters. She serves as legal counsel for rac audit final appeals hearings as well as a legal resource on corporate compliance, privacy, quality, emtala, safe prescribing of controlled substances, billing appeals, accreditation, and medical staff matters. Ms. Ebersole has supervisory responsibility for the risk management program.
Ms. Ebersole received her Juris Doctor from the Charleston School of Law. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina.