John H. Parker, Jr.
Partner | Atlanta Officejparker@phrd.com
T: (404) 420-5532
F: (678) 533-7776
F: (678) 533-7776
Practice Group
Services
- Tax-Exempt Organizations
- Sunshine Laws Advice
- Uncompensated Care and Community Benefits Studies
- Certificate of Need and Licensure
- Fraud and Abuse and Stark Advice
- Regulatory Litigation and Advice (Federal and State)
- Complex Civil Litigation and Class Actions
- Federal, State, and Local Tax Exemption Advice and Disputes
- Business Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Joint Ventures
Education
- Duke University - (B.A., magna cum laude, 1971)
- Vanderbilt University School of Law - (J.D., 1974) Order of the Coif. Recent Developments Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1973-1974
Admitted to Practice
- Georgia
About John
John Parker is a founding partner of the firm. He has specialized in health law for more than 30 years, with an emphasis on strategic counseling; federal and state regulatory advice/litigation; and integrated delivery system development for public and private nonprofit community hospitals and health care systems.
John has chaired several state and national health lawyer associations, including the Georgia Academy of Hospital Attorneys and the Committee on Health Law of the American Bar Association. He has been a frequent lecturer nationwide on a wide variety of health care topics, including integrated delivery systems development; managed care; tax issues affecting not-for-profit organizations; Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement; antitrust issues; hospital restructuring; and certificate of need. John has been the author and editor of several books and manuals on health law topics, and he has spearheaded a number of studies for regional, state, and national organizations regarding comparative uncompensated care and other community benefits afforded by competing hospitals and health care systems. In that regard, he has testified before state legislatures, Attorneys General, and hospital cost containment boards in California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Michigan regarding community benefits studies.
In addition to representing individual hospital systems throughout the Southeast, John serves as general counsel for the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals - - an association of public and private nonprofit community hospitals located throughout the state of Georgia. He has also represented similar statewide associations of community nonprofit hospitals in Florida and Tennessee.
John has chaired several state and national health lawyer associations, including the Georgia Academy of Hospital Attorneys and the Committee on Health Law of the American Bar Association. He has been a frequent lecturer nationwide on a wide variety of health care topics, including integrated delivery systems development; managed care; tax issues affecting not-for-profit organizations; Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement; antitrust issues; hospital restructuring; and certificate of need. John has been the author and editor of several books and manuals on health law topics, and he has spearheaded a number of studies for regional, state, and national organizations regarding comparative uncompensated care and other community benefits afforded by competing hospitals and health care systems. In that regard, he has testified before state legislatures, Attorneys General, and hospital cost containment boards in California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Michigan regarding community benefits studies.
In addition to representing individual hospital systems throughout the Southeast, John serves as general counsel for the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals - - an association of public and private nonprofit community hospitals located throughout the state of Georgia. He has also represented similar statewide associations of community nonprofit hospitals in Florida and Tennessee.
Professional and Civic Involvement
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys (President, 1986-1987)
- State Bar of Georgia
- Vice-Chairman, American Bar Association, Committee on Medicine and Law, Tort and Insurance Practice Section (1981-1985)
- Chairman, American Bar Association, Committee on Health Law, Young Lawyers Division (1979-1981)
- Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Greater Grady Task Force Legal Team: Presenter of Corporate Restructuring Plan (July 2008)
Honors
- Recognized as a leading healthcare lawyer in Chambers: Leading American Business Lawyers
- Selected as a Georgia Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Media and Atlanta Magazine (2004-present)
- Recognized as a leading healthcare lawyer by Best Lawyers in America (listed annually for 10 consecutive years)
Publications and Presentations
- Georgia Hospital Law Manual - Co-Editor: Georgia Hospital Law Manual, 2d ed., 1984
- Planning, Financing and Constructing Health Care Facilities - Co-Author: "Planning, Financing and Constructing Health Care Facilities," Aspen Systems Corporation, 1983