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Seth  A.  Killingbeck
Associate
Nashville
P:(615) 742-7707
F:(615) 248-4066
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Education
Emory University - J.D., 2006
Emory University - M.P.H., 2006
Brigham Young University - B.A., 2003

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 2007

Memberships
American Health Lawyers Association

Honors & Distinctions
Recipient, ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Health Law
Recipient, Annual Health Law Student Award from the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Vice President, Emory Health Law Society
Member, Emory Negotiating Team 
Clerk, Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Eagle Scout

Publications
“Medicaid Integrity Contractors: The Next Audit Initiative” (co-authored with Anna Grizzle), HCCA Compliance Today (March 2010)



Seth joined Bass, Berry & Sims PLC in March 2007 as an associate in the firm’s Healthcare Practice, where he focuses on healthcare regulatory issues. He represents various providers in Medicare and Medicaid certification and compliance issues and state licensure. In addition, Seth represents clients in government payor claims audits, including Medicare audit and overpayment disputes and appeals. His clients have included hospitals, surgery centers and physician groups, as well as an adult day care center and an ambulance company. He is currently a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Nashville Health Care Council.

He graduated with university honors from Brigham Young University in 2003 with a B.A. in economics. While at Brigham Young, Seth taught Spanish part-time and was selected as a writing fellow. Seth published a summary of his honors thesis research, “The Marginal Utility of Student Writing.”

Seth received his J.D. with honors and a Masters in Public Health from Emory University. While in law school, Seth was vice president of the Emory Health Law Society and a member of the Emory Negotiating Team. Also during law school, Seth clerked in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2007, he was named as recipient of the ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Health Law and also received the Annual Health Law Student Award from the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics.

Seth is married to Gretchen Killingbeck, and they have one daughter, Kensington. He lived in Argentina for two years and in London, England for a semester. He currently co-directs the youth group at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Franklin, Tennessee and is an active volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America.