Representative Experience

• U.S. ex rel. Wilkerson v. RCHP-Florence d/b/a Shoals Hosp., No. 2:21-cv-00569-ACA, 2023 WL 2730259 (N.D. Ala. Mar. 30, 2023)
  On March 30, 2023, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama granted the motion to dismiss...
• Representation of Hospice Company: U.S. ex rel. Hinkle v. Caris Healthcare, LP (E.D. Tenn.)

  Representation of hospice provider in intervened FCA action pending in Eastern District of Tennessee based on allegations that hospice services provided not medically necessary

• Healthways Sells Total Population Health Services

  Represented Healthways (NASDAQ: HWAY) in the sale of its Total Population Health Services (TPHS) business to Sharecare, Inc.

• DOJ Investigation Into Possible Procurement Fraud

  Represented a former high-level executive of a major transportation company in relation to a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation concerning possible procurement fraud.

• U.S. Air Force Debarment Action Against Former CEO

  Represented a former high-level executive of a major transportation company in relation to a proposed debarment action by the United States Air Force.

• U.S. ex rel. Stratienko v. Chattanooga-Hamilton Co. Hosp. Auth.

  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)

• U.S. ex rel. Whipple v. Chattanooga-Hamilton Co. Hosp. Auth.

  Lead counsel representing Erlanger Medical Center in DOJ/HHS-OIG investigation arising from qui tam lawsuit alleging that health system improperly billed hospital short-stay admissions as inpatient instead of outpatient claims. After the government declined intervention in case, federal district court substantially reduced the period of liability at issue in the lawsuit, after which time, parties settled the case. U.S. ex rel. Whipple v. Chattanooga-Hamilton Co. Hosp. Auth., 2015 WL 7455557 (Nov. 23, 2015)

• U.S. ex rel. Henry v. CRC Health Corp. et al.

  Represented behavioral health provider in FCA action in the Western District of Texas involving allegations of improper billing for medications. Ultimately obtained dismissal of the FCA allegations. U.S. ex rel. Henry v. CRC Health Corp. et al., No. 13-cv-117 (W.D. Tex.)

• U.S. ex rel. D’Alessio v. Vanderbilt University et al.

  Represented Vanderbilt University Medical Center in qui tam lawsuit relating to billing of services provided by medical residents and medical direction of anesthesia services. U.S. ex rel. D’Alessio v. Vanderbilt University et al., No. 3:11-cv-467 (M.D. Tenn.)