Lara A. Flatau
Lara Flatau’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions as well as regulation, compliance and operational issues for healthcare companies. She provides counsel to a variety of clients in the healthcare industry, including hospitals, skilled nursing, behavioral health, acute care and long-term care facilities, home healthcare agencies, physician practice management companies and healthcare information technology companies, among others.
Her practice includes:
- Mergers & Acquisitions – Providing counsel in a variety of business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, combinations and dispositions of hospitals, outpatient service providers and other healthcare companies; conducting due diligence and analysis of joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions from a business and healthcare regulatory perspective; analyzing regulatory requirements and operational impacts related to the purchase and sale of healthcare facilities.
- Contracting, Regulatory & Operational – Advising clients on regulatory matters, including licensure and issues related to the corporate practice of medicine; assisting clients with various operational agreements, including physician employment and recruitment agreements.
Lara is active in various healthcare organizations including the Nashville Health Care Council and Leadership Health Care.
Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Lara practiced at Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
Memberships
Nashville Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
American Bar Association
Nashville Health Care Council — Leadership Health Care, Membership and Marketing Committee (2014-2015)
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Representative Experience
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Representation of Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS), the nation’s largest public provider of personal home care and support services, in its definitive agreement to acquire Queen City Hospice, LLC, and its affiliate Miracle City Hospice, LLC for a cash purchase price of $192.0 million
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Representation of Premise Health, the country’s largest direct health care provider and OMERS Private Equity portfolio company, in its acquisition of CareHere, another leading operator of wellness centers for self-funded organizations. The acquisition of CareHere, brings Premise Health’s revenue to approximately $1 billion annually and increases its geographic footprint to more than 850 centers across 45 states and Guam. The combination will allow Premise Health to deliver improved outcomes and enhance health care for employer populations.
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Representation of Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance in a business combination with Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics and Mid-Tennessee Bone & Joint Clinic. Combined, the group will have 105 physicians and a staff of more than 800, with 27 locations in 17 counties serving patients from the Great Smoky Mountains in Sevierville to the Tennessee River in Waverly
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Representation of Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS), the nation’s largest public provider of personal home care and support services, in its acquisition of A Plus Health Care, Inc., a provider of home care services, including personal care, private duty nursing, care management and medical staffing
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Representation of Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS), the nation’s largest public provider of personal home care and support services, in its sale of Hospice Partners of Kansas, LLC to Three Oaks Hospice, Inc.
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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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Represented Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) in its acquisition of Arcadia Home Care & Staffing.
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Represented Diversicare in the $8.75 million acquisition of a skilled nursing home facility in Selma, Alabama, from a local owner/operator
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Represented outsourcing solutions company in its sale to LBMC
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Represented Premise Health in its acquisition of eHealthScreenings
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Accolades
Kayo — Top 21 in 21: Women in Healthcare Investing (2021)