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Lauren  M.  Gaffney
Associate
Nashville
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Education
Vanderbilt University - J.D., 2009
Vanderbilt University - B.S., 2003

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 2009

Memberships
American Health Lawyers Association, ACO Task Force
Tennessee Bar Association
Nashville Health Care Council's Leadership Health Care

Honors & Distinctions
Order of the Coif
Notes editor, Vanderbilt Law Review

Publications
"Accountable Care Organization Member Briefing," (co-editor with Dan Kuninsky), AHLA (May 2012)
"The Waiting Game: Industry Reaction to the 60-Day Overpayment Rule," Inside Healthcare blog (May 1, 2012)
"CMS Announces First-Round MSSP ACO Picks," (co-authored with Dan Kuninsky), AHLA email alert (April 2012)
"Lead the Way: Finding a Path to Comprehensive and Compassionate Healthcare," (co-authored with Dan Kuninsky), AHLA Connections (October 2011) 
"HACs Come to Medicaid: Another Quality Payment Adjustment," (co-authored with Claire Miley), MICMonitor.com (April 2011)
"Hospitals Employing Physicians: A Practical Guide to Buying Physician Practices and Compensating Employed Doctors" (co-authored with L. Walton, T.S. Noonan, C. Miley, C. Sloan, E. Harris and N. Tift) prepared for the 7th Annual Institute on Corporate, Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, (October 2010)
"The Circle of Assent: How “Agreement” Can Save Mandatory Arbitration in Long-Term Care Contracts," 62 Vand. L. Rev. 1017 (2009)



Lauren is an associate in the Healthcare Practice Group. She represents a wide range of healthcare clients with their regulatory and operational needs including:
  • Representing hospitals and laboratories in healthcare fraud matters, including conducting internal investigations, responding to governmental inquiries, and assisting in the defense of whistleblower lawsuits.
  • Representing clients in responding to claims audits and the appeal of audit results performed by RACs, ZPICs and MICs.
  • Advising health plans and providers in the area of managed care.
  • Assisting healthcare providers with certificate of need and licensure issues. 
  • Assisting healthcare providers with federal and state regulatory and operational issues. 
  • Advising clients on strategy regarding accountable care organizations (ACOs) from a regulatory and business perspective.

Prior to joining the firm, Lauren worked as an operations counsel intern for HCA Inc. and as an intern for Vanderbilt University Risk and Insurance Management.

While at Vanderbilt University Law School, Lauren served as notes editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review and authored "The Circle of Assent: How “Agreement” Can Save Mandatory Arbitration in Long-Term Care Contracts," 62 Vand. L. Rev. 1017 (2009). She received the Scholastic Excellence Award in Health Law & Policy and Professional Responsibility and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Lauren won the collegiate national cycling championship as an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University where she majored in Human and Organizational Development. After graduation, she was a professional road cyclist for Ford-Basis.