Healthcare Services Team Leader

• Kentucky, 1984
• Tennessee, 1990

• University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 1984
• • Vice-President of the Student Bar Association
• Morehead State University, B.S., 1973
• • Blue Key National Honors Society
  • Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
  • President of the University Senate
  • Senior Class Representative to Student Government Association
  • Senior Class President
• Kentucky State University, M.P.A., 1977

Bill specializes in the health law field having over twenty years of experience representing hospitals, physicians, home health agencies, nursing homes, provider sponsored organizations, teaching facilities, diagnostic centers, ambulatory centers and others. He has represented health care providers across the nation and in England. He has a keen knowledge and understanding of the healthcare industry not just as a lawyer, but from an operations standpoint too.

Areas in which he assists clients are:

Medical staff issues, including adverse actions and fair hearings, and representation in federal and state courts.

Acquisition and sale of hospitals, physician practices, home health agencies, diagnostic centers, surgery centers, and other entities.

Physician contracting, including physician recruitment, employment, professional services agreements (including exclusive agreements for services), and medical office building leases.

Develop and implement compliance plans for hospitals--including all regulatory areas as well as coding, fraud, and abuse, HIPAA, EMTALA, and others.

Represent hospitals and other healthcare providers involved in federal and/or state investigations concerning patient care issues, assisting in developing corrective action plans, and asserting other necessary defenses for clients.

Handle arbitration and mediation matters for healthcare clients.

Represent clients in negotiations and settlement discussions with other parties.

Advise clients on antitrust issues in healthcare.

Advise on clinical research studies including IRB issues, consent issues, confidentiality issues and regulatory compliance.

Experience

• Handled hospital mergers and acquisitions;
• Developed compliance plans for hospital holding companies and individual hospitals;
• Issued opinion letters on Medicare/Medicaid Fraud & Abuse and Stark II matters;
• Handled arbitration matters involving physician collectibles;
• Represented hospital or medical staff issues involving adverse actions through final resolution;
• Conduct compliance investigation and audits of hospitals;
• Advise on EMTALA issues and violations including developing corrective action plans and filing appeals; CON and licensure issues.

Teaching Experience:

Community Health Systems, EMTALA, Fraud, Abuse & Stark II, HIPAA

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Leadership Conferences, Legal Updates, 1994-1999

• Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®
• Business First of Louisville, Partners in Healthcare, 2012
  

• Kentucky Bar Association, 1984
• Tennessee Bar Association, 1990
• American Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers' Association, Member
• Kentucky Cabinet for Human Resources, former Assistant Director of State Health Planning and Development Agency
• Office of Secretary of State, former Staff Assistant to the Secretary of State

• The Humane Society of the United States, Recipient of the HSUS Pro Bono award for animal litigation in 2006
• Beshear for Governor, Committee
• Davis for Secretary of State, Chairman

"For Profit vs. Not for Profit Healthcare"
Connecticut Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, Hartford, Connecticut, 2001

"Confidentiality of Medical Records"
American Health Information Society, Louisville, Kentucky, 2001

"Death and Dying"
Kentucky Bar Association Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, 1992

"Board Duties and Compliance Issues"
Hospital Board of Trustees across the nation

Speaker: American Medical Association Winter Meeting, Naples, Florida, 1990

Physician Organizations

Nashville Medical Journal

FBT Client Advisories: "Deficit Reduction Act, 2007."

Kentucky Bar Journal