Several Bass, Berry & Sims attorneys have been appointed to serve in leadership positions within leading industry organizations – the American Health Law Association (AHLA), the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Infusion Access Foundation.
American Health Law Association
Four attorneys – Stewart Kameen, Bill Mathias, Jennifer Michael and Danielle Sloane – will serve in leadership roles within the AHLA. All AHLA leaders will be recognized in the September/August issue of AHLA’s Health Law Connections publication.
Earlier this year, Cindy Reisz was named a Fellow of AHLA, an honor celebrating her contributions to the field of health law and her leadership within the AHLA, including her service as the organization’s president during the challenging period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cindy is one of only three AHLA Fellows selected this year. Read about Cindy’s recognition here.
Stewart Kameen
Stewart will serve as Chair of the AHLA’s Fraud and Abuse Practice Group. The Fraud and Abuse Practice Group provides educational content and analysis of relevant judicial, administrative and settlement decisions pertaining to fraud and abuse issues, as well as regulatory developments, enforcement efforts and compliance resources. Stewart will serve a two-year term beginning in July 2025. Learn about the AHLA Fraud and Abuse Practice Group.
Stewart advises healthcare clients on all aspects of federal and state healthcare laws and regulations, with a particular emphasis on fraud and abuse regulatory counseling, corporate compliance, internal investigations and government enforcement actions, qui tam litigation and transactional matters. Stewart is able to counsel providers drawing on his unique perspective informed by his experience working at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). Read more about Stewart’s practice.
Bill Mathias
Bill Mathias will serve as a member of the AHLA Fraud and Compliance Forum Planning Committee. The Forum is designed to serve as both a crash-course for advisors just entering the healthcare industry and a deep dive for experienced advocates seeking new strategies. This conference features sessions led by fraud and compliance leaders who work with a wide variety of healthcare providers, as well as presenters from federal healthcare fraud regulatory and enforcement agencies. The event will be held October 8-10, 2025, both virtually and in person in Baltimore, Maryland. View details about the 2025 Fraud and Compliance Forum.
Bill is a healthcare regulatory attorney with a focus on fraud and abuse and Stark Law issues. He draws on over 25 years of experience to help national healthcare organizations address their thorniest healthcare regulatory issues. Bill is a recognized authority on the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), the Stark Physician Self-Referral Law, the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) and the federal Civil Monetary Penalty regulations. He regularly assists with government investigations and defending False Claims Act lawsuits and other enforcement actions. Read more about Bill’s practice.
Jennifer Michael
Jennifer will continue to serve on AHLA’s Payers, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group as Vice Chair. This practice group keeps members up to date on all legal issues concerning health plans, insurers, third-party administrators, pharmacy benefit managers and other hybrid organizations. Jennifer’s role began in July 2023 and will end in June 2026. Read more about the AHLA Payers, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group.
Jennifer draws on her experience as the former Chief of the Industry Guidance Branch at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Counsel to the Inspector General (OCIG) to help healthcare providers and life science companies avoid potential fraud and abuse landmines and defend them in fraud and abuse investigations. Jennifer helps clients structure their arrangements to comply with the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), the federal Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) law, and other state and federal fraud and abuse laws and navigate government investigations under the federal False Claims Act (FCA). Read more about Jennifer’s practice.
Danielle Sloane
Danielle will continue to serve as Vice Chair on AHLA’s Life Sciences Practice Group. This practice group keeps its members informed about food and drug law regulations and addresses issues related to third-party payment and reimbursement, products liability, clinical trials and research. Danielle’s role began in July 2023 and will end in June 2026. Discover more about the AHLA Life Sciences Practice Group.
Danielle advises national life science and healthcare companies as they navigate the complex maze of federal and state healthcare laws and regulations. She helps her clients mitigate legal risk, innovate and achieve regulatory compliance consistent with their business goals. Danielle’s clients range from physician practices, hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to clinical laboratories, medical device companies and imaging facilities. Learn more about Danielle’s practice.
American Bar Association
Bill Mathias will also serve as Vice Chair of the ABA’s Washington Health Law Summit and on the Health eSource Editorial Board.
The ABA’s 2025 Washington Health Law Summit will be held December 8-9. The event hosts healthcare government officials, industry stakeholders and legal leaders to discuss the latest legislative and policy developments in the sector. Learn more about the 2025 event on the ABA website.
The ABA’s Health eSource platform is a monthly e-newsletter that provides high quality and topical articles for lawyers practicing health law covering recent news on industry developments and policy updates. Read recent articles from the ABA Health eSource.
Infusion Access Foundation
Shannon Wiley was appointed to serve on the board of directors of the Infusion Access Foundation. The Foundation is a community of patients and advocates united to protect access to provider-administered treatments, such as infusions and injections. The organization’s mission is to expand access to provider-administered therapies and help patients live their best, healthiest lives. Learn more about the Infusion Access Foundation.
Shannon focuses her practice on healthcare regulatory and transactional matters with a specific emphasis on the pharmaceutical industry specializing in specialty pharmacy, digital pharmacy and infusion providers. She assists clients with transactional and regulatory matters involving ambulatory infusion centers, management relationships for health system pharmacies and infusion practices, home infusion, specialty pharmacy, digital pharmacy, limited distribution networks, pharmacy services agreements, the 340B program and associated contract pharmacy relationships, hub arrangements, data services arrangements and GPO agreements. Learn more about Shannon’s practice.
About the Bass, Berry & Sims Healthcare Industry Practice
Marked by an integrated approach and unmatched regulatory knowledge, the healthcare practice of Bass, Berry & Sims is a team of more than 300 experienced attorneys who leverages their diverse strengths to meet the unique demands of our clients. Our team encompasses the multitude of legal specialties necessary to service one of the largest, most highly regulated industries in the U.S. The firm has been recognized by leading healthcare and legal industry outlets, including nationally ranked by Chambers USA for the last ten years (2016-2025) and recognized as the third largest healthcare law firm in the U.S. by the American Health Law Association (2025). Read more here.