Amy Sanders Morgan
Amy Sanders Morgan assists national healthcare providers with operational, regulatory, and transactional matters, offering practical guidance through the complex and ever-changing healthcare space. Amy works with public and private clients across a variety of industry sectors, including hospitals and health systems, physician groups, ambulatory surgery centers, long-term care providers, and behavioral health providers.
Amy’s practice involves:
- Transactions – Representing healthcare companies and investors in mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.
- Compliance and Operational Matters – Providing analysis on issues related to the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute and state laws on fraud and abuse and corporate practice of medicine; advising on facility and services licensure, reimbursement, and other operational issues, with an emphasis on behavioral health (including autism and substance use disorder treatment); drafting operational contracts, such as professional services agreements and physician agreements.
- SEC Filings – Advising on healthcare regulatory-related disclosures for securities filings.
A former journalist, Amy thrives on staying abreast of healthcare developments, recognizing and advising on new areas of risk and potential growth opportunities. Amy has been published and quoted in local and national media outlets on issues related to implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Memberships
American Health Law Association (AHLA) — Health Care Reform Educational Task Force, Vice Chair (2015-2018)
Leadership Health Care
Nashville Health Care Council
YWCA Nashville — Junior Board of Directors Committee; Board Intern (2015-2019)
Nashville Young Leaders Council — Alumnus
Representative Experience
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Representation of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) in its definitive agreement to sell 80 percent of Brookdale Health Care Services, the Brentwood-based company’s home health and outpatient therapy division, to HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, in an all-cash transaction for $400 million
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Lead Counsel to POINT Biopharma Inc. in its SPAC Business Combination with Research Alliance Corp. IRead More
Lead Counsel to POINT Biopharma Inc. in connection with its proposed SPAC business combination with Therapeutics Acquisition Corp. d/b/a Research Alliance Corp. I (Nasdaq: RACA), a special purpose acquisition company, sponsored by RA Capital Management. Upon closing, the combined company will be named POINT Biopharma Global Inc. and is expected to be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “PNT”.
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Representation of Kinderhook Industries, LLC in its investment in AbsoluteCARE, value-based primary care provided headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, for $105 million. Kinderhook Industries, LLC is a private investment firm that manages over $3.3 billion of committed capital.
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Representation of Spring Fertility, a premier provider of fertility care in the United States backed by Wildcat Capital, in its acquisition of Genesis Fertility Centre, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based fertility clinic
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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 Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Partners, a premier provider of radiology services to Middle Tennessee, in its partnership with Radiology Partners, the largest physician-led and physician-owned radiology practice in the United States
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Represented Petra Capital Partners and MMC Health Services in the acquisition of Alternative Behavior Strategies
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Represented Envision Healthcare in its acquisition of Infinity HealthCare
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Represented a nationally recognized treatment provider in its sale to the Rowling family of Dallas, Texas
Publications
Past Events
Media Mentions & Firm News
Additional News & Insights
Presentations
- “The ACA: Where are we? Where are we going? Are we there yet?” Tennessee Bar Association’s 15th Annual Health Law Primer
- “Evolving Payment Models and the Impending Supreme Court Decision,” Fifth Third Bank
- “Balance in Legal Education,” Association of American Law Schools 2012 Annual Meeting
- “We Want You (in Our Network),” NALP Annual Education Conference 2012
Publications
- “Fallen Halos, Excessive Salaries, and Turning Yourself In: A Look Back at 2014 Stark Law Enforcement,” AHLA Connections (February 2015)
- “HHS Sets Explicit Goals to Shift Payments from Volume to Value . . . But How?” AHLA Post-Acute and Long Term Services Practice Group, Executive Summary (February 2015)
- “A Gap in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Will Tax Credits Be Available for Insurance Purchased Through Federal Exchanges?,” Vanderbilt Law Review (May 23, 2013)
- “A Gap in PPACA: No Subsidies for Insurance Purchased from Federal Exchanges?” ABA Health eSource (September 2012)
- “Hot Topics in Internet Law & Strategy,” The SciTech Lawyer (Spring 2012)
- “The Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders: Does the FREED Act Have a Fighting Chance?,” Vanderbilt Health Law and Public Policy Forum (Summer 2011)
In the News
- “Attorneys React to Supreme Court’s ACA Save,” Law360 (June 25, 2015)
- “SCOTUS Decision Day Roundup: Supreme Court Upholds ACA Subsidies and Approves Disparate Impact Claims Under the Fair Housing Act,” Supreme Court of Tennessee Blog (June 25, 2015)
- “Supreme Court to Hear Insurance Subsidy Case This Week,” Nashville Post (March 2, 2015)
- “Attys Predict Supreme Court Will Uphold ACA’s Tax Credits,” Law360 (March 2, 2015)
- “ACA Faces Key Court Test Over Its Future,” The Tennessean (December 28, 2014).
- “A Reference Guide to the ‘Halbig’ Cases: Can the IRS Issue ACA Subsidies Through Federal Exchanges?” Forbes (December 2013)
Accolades
Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch — Health Care Law (2021-2023)
Vanderbilt Law Review — Notes Editor
Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30 — Honoree