Taylor Chenery centers his practice on government compliance and investigations and related litigation, focusing on issues of healthcare fraud and abuse. He has significant experience representing a wide variety of healthcare clients in responding to governmental investigations and defending False Claims Act lawsuits. Taylor also has significant experience in complex commercial litigation matters, ranging from class action lawsuits to private arbitrations.
Nashville Bar Association — Federal Courts Committee
Tennessee Bar Association
American Health Law Association (AHLA) — Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Committee
Representation of Life Sciences Company Fagron Holding USA LLC
Representation of non-profit North Dakota health system in qui tam lawsuit alleging physician compensation arrangements violated Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law. Following declination by the DOJ, we obtained dismissal from the district court on the grounds that relator did not plead his claims with requisite specificity, and the Eighth Circuit upheld that dismissal. U.S. ex rel. Benaissa v. Trinity Health, 963 F. 3d 733 (8th Cir. 2020).
Represented CenseoHealth in its sale to New Mountain Capital
Engaged in 2010 to serve as independent disclosure counsel to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Bank of America pursuant to a settlement order entered into by Bank of America and the SEC
Representation of hospice provider in intervened FCA action pending in Eastern District of Tennessee based on allegations that hospice services provided not medically necessary
Representation of Medicare Advantage service provider in qui tam alleging that defendants caused inflation of risk adjustment scores. U.S. ex rel. Ramsey v. Censeo Health, L.L.C., No. 3:14-cv-118 (N.D. Tex.)
Lead counsel representing senior living companies in qui tam lawsuit alleging defendants fraudulently billed Medicare for home health services. District court dismissed lawsuit on the grounds that the alleged regulatory violation did not satisfy standard for FCA materiality set forth in Supreme Court’s 2016 Escobar decision. U.S. ex rel. Prather v. Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc., 265 F. Supp. 3d 782 (M.D. Tenn. 2017)
Representation of hospital in DOJ/HHS-OIG investigation of physician relationships, resulting in declination of intervention by the government and district court’s dismissal of relator’s FCA claims
Lead counsel representing Erlanger Medical Center in DOJ/HHS-OIG investigation arising from qui tam lawsuit alleging violations of Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and Corporate Integrity Agreement. After government declined intervention in case, federal district court ruled that relator’s claims were barred by the public disclosure bar. Reported decisions: U.S. ex rel. Stratienko v. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hosp. Auth., 958 F. Supp. 2d 846 (E.D. Tenn. 2013) & U.S. ex rel. Stratienko v. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hosp. Auth., 2014 WL 7912981 (E.D. Tenn. Mar. 28, 2014)
Tennessee Supreme Court — Attorney for Justice (2021)
Mid-South Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2017-2019)
Emory Law Journal — Notes and Comments Editor
Law Clerk to Hon. Samuel H. Mays, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (2008-2009)
Emory Class of 2008 Charles E. Watkins Scholarship recipient