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• Assisted in the defense of regional Florida health system in False Claims Act qui tam alleging violations of the Stark Law relating to the provision of oncology services.*
• Prepared winning argument securing dismissal of whistleblower claims in a False Claims Act qui tam suit alleging that former employer radiology group practice failed to enroll as an independent diagnostic testing facility.*
• Assisted in the negotiation of False Claims Act settlement with the DOJ relating to claims of improper supervision of radiation oncology services.*
• Represented a multi-national pharmaceutical company in connection with a DOJ investigation into its patient support program, drug pricing, and specialty pharmacy issues.*
• Developed company-wide compliance training materials, as well as department-specific materials (including sales and marketing) for a multi-national medical device company.*
• Healthcare regulatory counsel on team representing Georgia healthcare system's acquisition of five metro Atlanta hospitals.*
• Healthcare regulatory counsel on team representing Georgia hospital system's merger with a regional healthcare system.*
• Lead regulatory counsel in the $2.2 billion sale of a publicly traded healthcare services company to a large private equity company.*
• Lead regulatory counsel on team that represented a multinational investment bank as lead arrangers for the financing of a large private equity firm's $950 million acquisition and merger of the now-largest pediatric home healthcare company in the U.S.*

* Denotes experience prior to joining Parker Hudson.

• Upcoming presentation: Studying the New Health System and Private Equity Playbooks, AHLA Health Care Transaction Conference (April 20, 2020) (co-presenting with Kristen McDermott Woodrum)
• Presenter: Regulatory Forecast for Hot Healthcare Investments, ACG Chicago Healthcare M&A Conference with DealSource (May 21, 2019)
• Webinar: Healthcare Issues in Asset Based Lending (May 8, 2019) 
  
• Co-Author: Women Investing in Women's Health: The Rise of Femtech Companies and Investors in Celebration of Women's History Month, Lexology (March 19, 2019) (co-authored with Jessie Gabriel)
• Author:  OIG 2017 Work Plan—The New and the Familiar, Health Law Developments, State Bar of Georgia (Spring 2017)
• Author: CMS Takes Lead in Cardiology Payment Reform, Lexology (Jul. 22, 2016)
• Co-Author:  Olympus: Another Life Sciences Company Gets Hit Hard, Law360 (Mar. 21, 2016) (co-authored with Gary Giampetruzzi and Zachary Zwillinger) (reprinted as Law360’s “10 Most Read Expert Analyses” on March 26, 2016 in “In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360.”)
• Co-Author: IRS Ruling Spells Good News for Captive PCs, Law360 (Feb. 20, 2015) (co-authored with Phillip H. Street, Michael D. Haun, and W. Craig Smith)
• Co-Author:  Hospitals and Physician Bonus Pools: Improper Designs Prompt Penalties Over $100 Million, Lexology (Feb. 4, 2015) (co-authored with Phillip Street, J. Mark Poerio, and W. Craig Smith)
• Co-Author: The Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine: Status and Liability (co-authored with Gabriel L. Imperato, Esq.)
  Compliance Today (May 2012)
• Co-Author: CMS Proposes Regulations Implementing the Mandatory 60-Day Overpayment Disclosure Requirement (co-authored with Lester J. Perling, Esq.) South Florida Hospital News  (Apr. 2012)
• Author:  HITECH Act Earmarks $17 Billion for “Meaningful Use” of Electronic Records to Improve Health Care Quality and Delivery, South Florida Hospital News (Jun. 2010)
• Co-Author: John Brumfield, Michelle LaPlaca, Felicia Goldstein, Patrick Kilgo, Tara Ravichandran, Melissa Danielson & David Wright, Use of a Novel Technology to Detect Mild Cognitive Impairment in Elder Patients, 14 Acad. Emergency Med. 152 (Supp. 2007); reprinted in 64 Int. J. Clin. Pract., 9, 1190-1197 (Aug.2010)
• Co-Author: Chunchun Ni, Hui Mao, Felicia Goldstein, Tara Ravichandran & Randall Scheibel, Changes of White Matter Integrity and Brain Activation in Diffuse Brain Injuries: Assessed by fMRI and DTI (May 6, 2006) (on file with The Emory University School of Medicine)