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Brianna R. Powell

Brianna R. Powell

Associate
Nashville
(615) 742-7883
brianna.powell@bassberry.com
https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/powell-brianna-r/

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Brianna Powell provides healthcare regulatory counsel to a wide range of clients, including physician groups, long-term care providers, hospital systems, and private equity firms. Brianna counsels clients on an array of complex regulatory issues, including compliance with state and federal healthcare statutes and regulations such as the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, Civil Monetary Penalties Law, False Claims Act, and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Among other services, Brianna represents clients in responding to and appealing commercial and government payor audits; provides guidance on billing and reimbursement concerns; assists with internal compliance investigations; and advises on overpayments, repayments, and self-disclosures. She also analyzes regulatory and compliance issues arising in healthcare mergers and acquisitions.

In addition to her work for healthcare clients, Brianna is actively involved in a number of the firm’s pro bono initiatives, including coordinating the Pro Bono Adoption Project.

Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Brianna served as a law clerk to the Honorable Julia Smith Gibbons of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2015–2016) and to the Honorable Bernice Bouie Donald for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2016–2017). During law school, Brianna served as an intern for the Honorable Judge Susan K. Lee with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Brianna earned her law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and a B.S. in psychology and Spanish from Loyola University in New Orleans.

Memberships

American Health Law Association (AHLA) – Young Professionals Council (2020-2022)

Representative Experience

Publications

Past Events

Media Mentions & Firm News

Accolades

Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch — Health Care Law (2021-2023)

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender & Social Justice — Editor-in-Chief

Tennessee Law Review — Articles Editor

University of Tennessee College of Law — Outstanding Graduate

Chancellor’s Citation for Extraordinary Professional Promise

Robert E. Pryor Award of Excellence in Advocacy

The Honorable J.C. McLin Scholarship Award

Academic Achievement Awards — Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Domestic Violence Clinic, Elder Law, Investigatory Criminal Procedure, Legal Profession, Pretrial Litigation, and Trial Practice

Tennessee Law Scholar

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Education

  • University of Tennessee College of Law - J.D., 2015

    summa cum laude
    Order of the Coif

  • Loyola University - B.S., 2011

    summa cum laude

Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2015
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
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