Krista Thornton Cooper
Krista Cooper advises various healthcare providers including physician practice management companies, hospitals and health systems on the transactional and operational aspects of their business. She helps clients identify the impact of joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and other transactions on their business objectives and strategic goals. In addition, clients rely on Krista for critical regulatory, compliance and operational guidance. Recently, she assisted a major, publicly traded health system with the on boarding of all new physician acquisitions and advised a variety of physician practice management companies through the nuanced issues pertaining to certain sectors including ophthalmology, telehealth, oncology, dermatology and fertility.
Krista’s practice involves:
- Transactions – Representing physician practice management companies, health systems and investors in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships.
- Regulatory Matters – Advising on complex regulatory matters, including issues related to the Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws as well as state laws regarding fee splitting, corporate practice of medicine and licensure.
- Compliance and Administrative Proceedings – Counseling clients with respect to Medicare and Medicaid audits and related appeals.
- Operational Contracts – Drafting physician agreements, professional services agreements and other arrangements related to healthcare operations.
Memberships
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Nashville Health Care Council — Leadership Health Care
Representative Experience
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Representation EyeSouth Partners in its acquisition of MidWest Eye Center, a comprehensive ophthalmology physician practice group with 28 providers in Ohio and Kentucky
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Representation of EyeSouth Partners in its acquisition of Eye Center of Texas, a comprehensive ophthalmology physician practice group based in Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Representation of EyeSouth Partners in its acquisition of Coastal Eye Associates, a comprehensive ophthalmology physician practice group based in Texas
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Representation of EyeSouth Partners in its acquisition of Mitchell Refractive, a comprehensive ophthalmology and refractive surgery physician practice based in Boca Raton, Florida
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Represented Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) in four strategic acquisitions and in its underwritten public offering of 2.3 million shares of common stock in 2019.
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Representation of Spring Fertility, a leading provider of fertility care in Northern California, in its investment from Wildcat Capital Management
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Served as lead healthcare regulatory counsel to Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) in its acquisition of PillPack
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Represented Addus HomeCare Corporation in its acquisition of Ambercare for $40 million.
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Represented Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) in its acquisition of Arcadia Home Care & Staffing.
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Served as lead healthcare regulatory counsel to Ardent Health Services in its acquisition of East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System (ETMC)