Danielle M. Sloane
Danielle Sloane helps national life science and healthcare clients navigate the complex maze of federal and state healthcare laws and regulations. With an analytical eye, Danielle helps her clients mitigate legal risk and achieve regulatory compliance consistent with their business goals. Working with clients ranging from physician practices, hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to medical device companies, imaging facilities and laboratories, Danielle’s practice involves:
- Compliance, Regulatory and Operational Matters – Analysis and counseling on the various federal and state regulatory requirements and operational impacts in connection with day-to day operations of healthcare providers and suppliers; guidance on general operational and compliance inquiries, including Stark, Anti-kickback and other fraud and abuse analysis, self-disclosure or voluntary repayments, corporate practice of medicine, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement, conditions of participation and billing compliance, innovative payment models and other regulatory matters.
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Joint Ventures – Assisting with the buying and selling of physician practices, surgery centers, labs and other types of providers; advises on the structuring of transactions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships or investment opportunities to meet business goals and comply with applicable healthcare laws; conducts due diligence and analysis of healthcare joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions to identify and resolve regulatory risks, including assisting with analysis of overpayments, repayments and self-disclosures necessary in connection with transactions.
- Government Investigations – Advises upon conducting internal investigations and assists with the substantive healthcare analysis necessary in responding to governmental inquiries conducted by the Office of Inspector General, United States Department of Justice, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid and state regulatory agencies.
Danielle advises clients on growth strategies by determining how they can best innovate, evolve and improve patient care within the confines of current healthcare regulatory laws. In addition, she works closely with corporate attorneys related to negotiating sales transaction documents or diligence on a prospective healthcare entity. She also provides valuable healthcare regulatory analysis as a team member of the firm’s healthcare investigations group.
Memberships
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Bloomberg Law Health Care Practice Innovation Board (2017-2019)
Leadership Healthcare
Nashville Young Leaders Council — Alumnus
Representative Experience
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Representation of Triple Tree Capital Partners and Vestar Capital Partners in the merger of their respective portfolio companies, The Emily Program and Veritas Collaborative.
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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 Lineagen, Inc., a provider of molecular diagnostics services for individuals showing clinical presentations consistent with neurodevelopmental disorders, in its sale to Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO), a genome analysis company providing tools and services to scientists and clinicians conducting genetic research and patient testing, for $9.6 million
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Representation of Gen Cap America, Inc. in the acquisition of Eastern Business Forms, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of diagnostic sample collection devices for governments and private companies around the globe
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Representation of LucidHealth, a portfolio company of Excellere Partners, in its acquisition of Madison Radiologists
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Representation of American Physician Partners (APP), a leader in emergency medicine, hospitalist and intensivist management services, in its acquisition of TruePartners Emergency Physicians, an emergency medicine group based in Wellington, Florida
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Representation of Clearway Pain Solutions, an interventional pain management medical practice that is backed by NexPhase, in its merger with KureSmart Pain Management
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Representation of American Physician Partners (APP), a leader in emergency medicine, hospitalist and intensivist management services, in its acquisition of Leading Edge Medical Associates (LEMA), a long-standing emergency department management company based in Longview, Texas
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Represented Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) in its acquisition of Arcadia Home Care & Staffing.
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Represented American Physician Partners in its acquisition of Northeast Tennessee Emergency Physicians (NETEP)
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Accolades
Law360 — Rising Star (2017)
