Healthcare
Marked by an integrated approach and unmatched healthcare regulatory knowledge, the Healthcare Industry Group at Bass, Berry & Sims is a team of more than 300 experienced healthcare attorneys who leverage their diverse strengths to meet the unique demands of our clients. Over the years, Bass, Berry & Sims has contributed to the evolution of Nashville as the nation’s capital of healthcare delivery and entrepreneurialism. From this experience, we know that issues impacting healthcare organizations require a multidisciplinary team informed by historical perspective. Because of this depth, the firm was ranked as the third largest healthcare law firm in the U.S. by American Health Law Association (2025).
We provide healthcare regulatory counsel to 35 publicly traded healthcare companies and more than 200 businesses in the healthcare industry located throughout the United States. We have extensive experience in representing investors, lenders and investment banking firms in financing transactions for healthcare companies. Our team has advised on more than $136 billion in healthcare transactions and more than $52 billion in debt and equity offerings.
Our healthcare attorneys navigate complex state and federal regulations across all healthcare sectors including four major areas:
- Mergers, acquisitions and dispositions
- Joint ventures and syndications
- Contracting, regulatory and operational matters
- Compliance and investigations
We work directly with healthcare clients dealing with critical healthcare compliance, regulatory and operational needs including:
- Affordable Care Act compliance
- Anti-Kickback Statute
- Stark Law
- Reimbursement
- Licensing and certification
- Corporate compliance programs
- Payor audits including RACs, ZPICs, and MICs
- HIPAA privacy and security compliance
- Internal and government investigations before the OIG and DOJ
- Managed care contracting
- Certificate of need and health planning
At Bass, Berry & Sims, our healthcare attorneys encompass the multitude of legal specialties necessary to service one of the largest, most highly regulated industries in the United States. We bring our multidisciplinary, team approach to our representation of the following sectors and facilities:
- Academic medical centers
- Ambulatory surgery centers
- Behavioral health
- Cancer therapy
- Clinical laboratories
- Dermatology
- Diagnostic imaging
- Health plans, managed care companies and benefit management companies
- Healthcare information technology
- Home health
- Hospice
- Hospitals and health systems
- Life sciences
- Managed care
- Medical device
- Nonprofit providers
- Orthotics and prosthetics
- Pharmaceuticals and pharmacies
- Physician practices, outsourced physician services and management companies
- Private equity
- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Revenue cycle management
- Senior housing and long-term care
- Specialty pharmacy and pharmaceuticals
- Telemedicine
- Urgent and retail care clinics
- Wellness and disease management
The firm’s legal proficiency draws on the backgrounds of numerous healthcare attorneys who have honed their skills with in-house counsel positions, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Attorneys’ offices.
For the last ten years, Chambers USA ranked the firm in the Healthcare: The Elite Nationwide category and in 2017 Bass, Berry & Sims was named a finalist in the Chambers USA 2017 Awards for Excellence, recognizing a firm's pre-eminence in key practice areas. Additionally, Chambers USA has ranked Bass, Berry & Sims as one of the top healthcare law firms in Tennessee for the past 19 years, concluding that the firm "holds a deep bench with varied expertise across both regulatory and transactional healthcare matters. It is well equipped to handle significant multistate M&A deals, recapitalizations and dispositions. It is regularly mandated on joint ventures and syndications, in addition to compliance matters and government investigations. The firm's clients include healthcare companies, pharmacy groups, private equity investors and long-term care centers." (from Chambers USA 2024)
In its research for recent editions of the Chambers USA guide, clients have said the following about the firm's healthcare practice:
- "The lawyers at Bass, Berry & Sims are among the best and brightest I have worked with over the past few decades." and "Bass Berry is excellent in all the ways we need them to be. US healthcare is highly complex and we need regulatory, transactional and litigation expertise from Bass Berry. They have it all." and "Bass, Berry and Sims has a total understanding of healthcare law and is expert in complex law, regulatory matters and expertly experienced in government affairs." (from Chambers USA 2025)
- "No matter what type of issue we present to them, they have the depth and breadth to help." and "Bass Berry's attorneys are strategic in their thinking, extremely collaborative and they get results." and "The Bass Berry team has an incredible ability to handle very complex matters. The team has excellent communication skills and is responsive." (from Chambers USA 2024)
- "Bass, Berry & Sims has the breadth and depth of knowledge to handle complex and sophisticated matters." (from Chambers USA 2023)
- "The client service is very good and very solicitous. They are not heavy-handed, but provide fast and thorough responses," and "They have built a really good group. They do top-quality work at very competitive rates." (from Chambers USA 2021)
- "They are consistent and very effective. They also work well with our team and are customer service-oriented" and that the team is "great to work with – they know what they're doing." (from Chambers USA 2020)
- "They are our go-to firm for pretty much anything," adding "Their responsiveness and customer service is absolutely excellent, the best I have worked with. I have them on speed dial." (from Chambers USA 2018)
Marked by an integrated approach and unmatched healthcare regulatory knowledge, the Healthcare Industry Group at Bass, Berry & Sims is a team of more than 300 experienced healthcare attorneys who leverage their diverse strengths to meet the unique demands of our clients. Over the years, Bass, Berry & Sims has contributed to the evolution of Nashville as the nation’s capital of healthcare delivery and entrepreneurialism. From this experience, we know that issues impacting healthcare organizations require a multidisciplinary team informed by historical perspective. Because of this depth, the firm was ranked as the third largest healthcare law firm in the U.S. by American Health Law Association (2025).
We provide healthcare regulatory counsel to 35 publicly traded healthcare companies and more than 200 businesses in the healthcare industry located throughout the United States. We have extensive experience in representing investors, lenders and investment banking firms in financing transactions for healthcare companies. Our team has advised on more than $136 billion in healthcare transactions and more than $52 billion in debt and equity offerings.
Our healthcare attorneys navigate complex state and federal regulations across all healthcare sectors including four major areas:
- Mergers, acquisitions and dispositions
- Joint ventures and syndications
- Contracting, regulatory and operational matters
- Compliance and investigations
We work directly with healthcare clients dealing with critical healthcare compliance, regulatory and operational needs including:
- Affordable Care Act compliance
- Anti-Kickback Statute
- Stark Law
- Reimbursement
- Licensing and certification
- Corporate compliance programs
- Payor audits including RACs, ZPICs, and MICs
- HIPAA privacy and security compliance
- Internal and government investigations before the OIG and DOJ
- Managed care contracting
- Certificate of need and health planning
At Bass, Berry & Sims, our healthcare attorneys encompass the multitude of legal specialties necessary to service one of the largest, most highly regulated industries in the United States. We bring our multidisciplinary, team approach to our representation of the following sectors and facilities:
- Academic medical centers
- Ambulatory surgery centers
- Behavioral health
- Cancer therapy
- Clinical laboratories
- Dermatology
- Diagnostic imaging
- Health plans, managed care companies and benefit management companies
- Healthcare information technology
- Home health
- Hospice
- Hospitals and health systems
- Life sciences
- Managed care
- Medical device
- Nonprofit providers
- Orthotics and prosthetics
- Pharmaceuticals and pharmacies
- Physician practices, outsourced physician services and management companies
- Private equity
- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Revenue cycle management
- Senior housing and long-term care
- Specialty pharmacy and pharmaceuticals
- Telemedicine
- Urgent and retail care clinics
- Wellness and disease management
The firm’s legal proficiency draws on the backgrounds of numerous healthcare attorneys who have honed their skills with in-house counsel positions, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Attorneys’ offices.
For the last ten years, Chambers USA ranked the firm in the Healthcare: The Elite Nationwide category and in 2017 Bass, Berry & Sims was named a finalist in the Chambers USA 2017 Awards for Excellence, recognizing a firm's pre-eminence in key practice areas. Additionally, Chambers USA has ranked Bass, Berry & Sims as one of the top healthcare law firms in Tennessee for the past 19 years, concluding that the firm "holds a deep bench with varied expertise across both regulatory and transactional healthcare matters. It is well equipped to handle significant multistate M&A deals, recapitalizations and dispositions. It is regularly mandated on joint ventures and syndications, in addition to compliance matters and government investigations. The firm's clients include healthcare companies, pharmacy groups, private equity investors and long-term care centers." (from Chambers USA 2024)
In its research for recent editions of the Chambers USA guide, clients have said the following about the firm's healthcare practice:
- "The lawyers at Bass, Berry & Sims are among the best and brightest I have worked with over the past few decades." and "Bass Berry is excellent in all the ways we need them to be. US healthcare is highly complex and we need regulatory, transactional and litigation expertise from Bass Berry. They have it all." and "Bass, Berry and Sims has a total understanding of healthcare law and is expert in complex law, regulatory matters and expertly experienced in government affairs." (from Chambers USA 2025)
- "No matter what type of issue we present to them, they have the depth and breadth to help." and "Bass Berry's attorneys are strategic in their thinking, extremely collaborative and they get results." and "The Bass Berry team has an incredible ability to handle very complex matters. The team has excellent communication skills and is responsive." (from Chambers USA 2024)
- "Bass, Berry & Sims has the breadth and depth of knowledge to handle complex and sophisticated matters." (from Chambers USA 2023)
- "The client service is very good and very solicitous. They are not heavy-handed, but provide fast and thorough responses," and "They have built a really good group. They do top-quality work at very competitive rates." (from Chambers USA 2021)
- "They are consistent and very effective. They also work well with our team and are customer service-oriented" and that the team is "great to work with – they know what they're doing." (from Chambers USA 2020)
- "They are our go-to firm for pretty much anything," adding "Their responsiveness and customer service is absolutely excellent, the best I have worked with. I have them on speed dial." (from Chambers USA 2018)
Experience
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We represented Maury County and Maury Regional Medical Center as bond counsel in connection with the issuance of $95.9 million...
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A federal court in Utah dismissed a long-running False Claims Act suit against our clients—a leading anesthesiology practice and four...
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We represented BrentCare Behavioral Health, a behavioral health platform focused on delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to adolescents and their families,...
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We represented Cresso Health, a portfolio company partner of Cypress Ridge Capital, LLC, a technology-enabled provider of sales and marketing...
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We represented Windham Capital Partners, a New York City based growth equity firm focused on healthcare, in its co-led recapitalization...
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We represented Reliant Medical, a clinically supervised ambulatory infusion company for patients with a wide range of chronic diseases located...
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We represented Versant Diagnostics, an independent physician services company specializing in digital anatomic pathology backed by Iron Path Capital, in...
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We represented Laudio, an innovator in frontline leader solutions that drive efficiency and engagement for health systems, in its sale...
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We represented Seven Hills Capital, a private equity firm that partners with entrepreneurs and management teams in the healthcare services industry,...
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We represented Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS), one of the nation’s top providers of personal home care and support services,...
Experience
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We represented Maury County and Maury Regional Medical Center as bond counsel in connection with the issuance of $95.9 million...
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A federal court in Utah dismissed a long-running False Claims Act suit against our clients—a leading anesthesiology practice and four...
-
We represented BrentCare Behavioral Health, a behavioral health platform focused on delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to adolescents and their families,...
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We represented Cresso Health, a portfolio company partner of Cypress Ridge Capital, LLC, a technology-enabled provider of sales and marketing...
-
We represented Windham Capital Partners, a New York City based growth equity firm focused on healthcare, in its co-led recapitalization...
-
We represented Reliant Medical, a clinically supervised ambulatory infusion company for patients with a wide range of chronic diseases located...
-
We represented Versant Diagnostics, an independent physician services company specializing in digital anatomic pathology backed by Iron Path Capital, in...
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We represented Laudio, an innovator in frontline leader solutions that drive efficiency and engagement for health systems, in its sale...
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We represented Seven Hills Capital, a private equity firm that partners with entrepreneurs and management teams in the healthcare services industry,...
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We represented Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS), one of the nation’s top providers of personal home care and support services,...
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"Bass, Berry & Sims has a versatile group that acts on behalf of clients such as physician practice management companies, hospitals, pharmacies and disease management companies. The firm has deep expertise across the healthcare arena, fielding experience in areas such as enforcement actions, operational issues and corporate transactions. The team also serves clients within the hospice, private equity and telemedicine sectors." Client feedback: "Bass Berry is excellent in all the ways we need them to be. US healthcare is highly complex and we need regulatory, transactional and litigation expertise from Bass Berry. They have it all." and "Bass, Berry and Sims has a total understanding of healthcare law and is expert in complex law, regulatory matters and expertly experienced in government affairs." and "The lawyers at Bass, Berry & Sims are among the best and brightest I have worked with over the past few decades."
From Chambers USA 2025
