Brenda Phillips
Brenda Phillips serves as Counsel in the Healthcare Practice Group at Bass, Berry and Sims PLC. As former general counsel for hospital service companies, HealthTech Management Systems, Inc. and HealthTech Solutions Group, LLC, Brenda successfully contained enterprise-threatening events, including a qui tam action which was dismissed during early stage proceedings. She works closely with business executives to find practical solutions to regulatory and business issues and excels as a supportive team member.
Providing insight regarding the needs of smaller hospitals integrating with larger systems as well as broad assistance to other healthcare clients, Brenda adopts a holistic approach in addressing the effects of healthcare regulation on an entire organization. Drawing from her experience, she offers a strong understanding of hospital operations, revenue cycle and healthcare technology, and provides effective management and organizational strategies.
Memberships
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Legal Writing Institute
Representative Experience
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Representation of King’s Daughters Health System in its joint venture partnership with UK HealthCare, the clinical health care system of the University of Kentucky, that will create new opportunities for both organizations to better serve patients throughout Kentucky, southern Ohio and West Virginia
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Representation of Health Enterprise Partners (HEP), a healthcare private equity firm, in its investment in Aware Recovery Care, an in-home addiction treatment provider. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Representation of Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) in its sale of 50% ownership interest in Merit Health Biloxi (153 licensed beds) and its associated healthcare businesses in Biloxi, Mississippi to Memorial Properties, Inc., an affiliate of Memorial Hospital of Gulfport
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Representation of Community Health Systems’ Tennova Healthcare in a joint venture transaction with National HealthCare Corporation, University of Tennessee Medical Center and Reliant Healthcare to construct and operate a new 64-bed behavioral health hospital in Knoxville
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Representation of Community Health Systems’ Tennova Healthcare in a joint venture transaction with Kindred Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Medical Center to construct and operate a 57-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital
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Represented CHS in its sale of Gulf Oaks Behavioral Hospital
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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)
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Represented AmSurg Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSG) in its merger with Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EVHC)
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Represented HealthTech Management Services, Inc. in exercising its rights as a victim under the federal Crime Victims Rights Acts in a federal criminal prosecution and in litigating a related civil lawsuit