Travis G. Lloyd
Travis Lloyd focuses on complex healthcare regulatory matters. He represents a broad range of healthcare industry clients, including hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, post-acute providers, behavioral health providers, and physician practices, as well as their strategic partners. He has significant experience in the areas of fraud and abuse, reimbursement, and health information privacy and security, as well as in the licensure, certification, and accreditation of healthcare facilities. His work has earned numerous noteworthy plaudits, including selection by Law360 as one of five “Rising Stars” in healthcare across the country in 2018 and selection by Bloomberg Law for its inaugural “They’ve Got Next” series in 2021.
A substantial portion of Travis’s practice involves advising clients on fraud and abuse issues, including those that relate to the federal anti-kickback statute and the physician self-referral prohibition commonly known as the Stark Law. His experience includes guiding healthcare providers through thorny compliance issues, obtaining advisory opinions, managing internal compliance reviews and investigations, and making voluntary disclosures to government entities.
Travis has served as regulatory counsel for some of the nation’s premier healthcare companies in numerous high-profile deals, including public company mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and other transformative transactions. He regularly acts as lead regulatory counsel for transactions involving a wide variety of healthcare industry participants, designing appropriate deal structures, leading teams in due diligence, and resolving challenging regulatory issues.
Memberships
American Health Law Association (AHLA) — Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law, Editorial Board (2016-2021); Representing Hospitals and Health Systems Handbook, Lead Editor (2016); Special Committee on Mentoring, Member (2013-2015)
American Bar Association — Healthcare Facility Operations Interest Group, Chair (2018-2020); Vice Chair (2016-2018)
Tennessee Bar Association — Health Law Section, Executive Council (2018-present)
Nashville Bar Association
Representative Experience
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Representation of NVision Eye Centers, one of the largest providers of LASIK and cataract surgery in the U.S, in its acquisition of Turner Eye Institute, a LASIK and other eye surgery center. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Publications
Past Events
Media Mentions & Firm News
Additional News & Insights
Media Mentions
- “Consolidation is a ‘Natural Consequence’ of the Pandemic,” Modern Healthcare (April 19, 2021)
- “HHS Clarifies Difference Between Guidance and Rules,” MedPage Today (December 14, 2020)
- “HHS Role Gives Xavier Becerra New Tools to Challenge Healthcare Consolidation,” Modern Healthcare (December 7, 2020)
- “$50 Million Stark Settlement Shows Risk of Violation, Whistleblowers,” Healthcare Risk Management (November 2020)
- “Health and Life Sciences Policy to Watch in 2020,” Law360 (January 1, 2020)
- “Nashville Is Hot for Health Lawyers,” Bloomberg Law (May 2, 2018)
- “EMTALA Violations Persist as Hospitals Cope with Overload,” Healthcare Risk Management (May 2018)
- “Why Hospitals Are So Mad About Medicare’s Proposed Site-Neutral Payment Policy,” Modern Healthcare (July 9, 2016)
Publications
- “Tips for Applying COVID-19 Stark Law Waivers,” Law360 (May 8, 2020)
- “Modernizing Stark,” Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law (February 2018)
- “Top Ten 2018: Hospital Mergers, Acquisitions, and Affiliation Transactions,” AHLA Connections (January 30, 2018)
- “What to Know About New CMS Site-Neutral Payment Rule,” Law360 (November 9, 2016)
- “The Shape of Provider-Based Status to Come: The Impact of the Bipartisan Budget Act and the March Toward Site Neutral Payment,” The RAP Sheet: A Publication of the AHLA Regulation, Accreditation, and Payment Practice Group (March 2016)
Speaking Engagements
- “Healthcare Regulatory Fraud and Abuse Update 2021,” Tennessee Bar Association 33rd Annual Health Law Forum (October 21, 2021)
- “Modernizing the Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Laws,” Nashville Council of Health Care Attorneys (February 19, 2021)
- “Free the Data! Opportunities and Risks Under the New HHS Information Blocking Rule,” Nashville Health Care Council Thought Leadership Series (November 12, 2020)
- “The Digital Future of Healthcare Emerging Trends in Telehealth Technology,” Belmont Health Law Journal and Belmont University (October 9, 2020)
- “Healthcare Regulatory Fraud and Abuse Update 2020,” Tennessee Bar Association 32nd Annual Health Law Forum (October 8, 2020)
- “Stark Law Waivers During COVID-19,” Florida Health Law Section COVID-19 Related CLE Series (June 10, 2020)
- “COVID-19 Response: 60 Minutes of Legal and Regulatory Hot Topics for Healthcare Providers,” Tennessee Bar Association (April 22, 2020)
- Belmont College of Law Women’s Legal Society Panel (February 27, 2020)
- “New Tech, (Mostly) Old Risk: Fraud and Abuse Enforcement in Health Information Technology,” Nashville Council of Health Care Attorneys (September 20, 2019)
- “Provider-Based Status in the Context of Transactions,” American Health Law Association Health Care Transactions Conference (April 27, 2017)
- “The Shape of Provider-Based Status to Come: The Impact of the Bipartisan Budget Act,” American Bar Association 17th Annual Emerging Issues in Healthcare Conference (March 4, 2016)
Accolades
Chambers USA — Healthcare (2019-2021)
The Best Lawyers in America© — Health Care Law (2019-2022)
Bloomberg Law — “They’ve Got Next: Five Fresh Faces to Know in Healthcare and Life Sciences” (2021)
Nashville Medical News — “InCharge Healthcare” (2019-2021)
Law360 — “Rising Stars” Health (2018)
Mid-South Super Lawyers (2021); “Rising Stars” (2017-2018)
American Bar Foundation — Fellow
Previous Experience
- Served as regulatory counsel for leading healthcare companies in numerous high-profile deals, including public company mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and other transformative transactions.
- Regularly act as lead regulatory counsel for transactions involving a variety of healthcare industry participants, including hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, home health and hospice agencies, substance use disorder clinics, outpatient imaging centers, renal care facilities, clinical laboratories, urgent care clinics, and physician practices.
- Routinely manage significant compliance reviews involving complex reimbursement and fraud and abuse issues for a wide range of actors.
- Represented numerous providers and suppliers in the submission of voluntary disclosures to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), as well as in the reporting and returning of suspected or identified overpayments.
- Represented providers and suppliers in requesting advisory opinions regarding the application of the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and the beneficiary inducement prohibition of the Civil Monetary Penalties Law.
- Assisted healthcare companies in preparing comments regarding regulations on various topics, including those pertaining to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care.
- Represented hospitals and health systems in connection with the implementation of Corporate Integrity Agreements, including conducting large-scale focus arrangements reviews.
- Acted as subject-matter expert in connection with representation of hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and other providers in False Claims Act (FCA) litigation and Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations.
- Advised dozens of hospitals and health systems regarding the application of the Medicare provider-based status rules, including site-neutral payment policy and co-location or space-sharing arrangements.
- Represented providers and suppliers in Medicare revocation actions and other administrative appeals.
Education
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Harvard School of Public Health - M.P.H., 2009
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Georgia State University College of Law - J.D., 2008
magna cum laude
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Davidson College - B.S., 2005
cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
- Tennessee, 2008
Chambers USA
"Travis Lloyd is well versed in regulatory issues impacting healthcare transactions. 'He's an encyclopedia of the law and a great person to talk to.' 'Travis Lloyd has very broad knowledge and is very pleasant to work with.'"
From Chambers USA 2021