Jacob Stansell provides regulatory counsel on healthcare transactions and operational matters. Jacob works with clients across the healthcare industry, including practice management companies in the ophthalmology and optometry spaces, ambulatory surgery centers, home health agencies, and healthcare technology companies. Additionally, Jacob serves on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee and maintains a robust pro bono practice focused on assisting members of Nashville’s Afghan community with asylum applications and related immigration claims.
Specifically, Jacob’s practice involves:
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Joint Ventures – Providing healthcare regulatory counsel on a range of transactions, including the purchase and sale of physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, pharmacies, home health agencies, and healthcare technology companies; advising on fraud and abuse issues, including historical and post-close physician compensation structures; performing healthcare due diligence and analyzing risks posed by the historical healthcare operations of target entities; analyzing licensure requirements, including assisting with the submission of change of ownership filings to state regulatory agencies as necessitated by the applicable transaction structure.
- Regulatory and Operational Matters – Analyzing compliance with relevant state and federal regulatory requirements, including those relating to participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and counseling clients on the operational impacts of these requirements; advising clients on contracting practices and corporate compliance functions; reviewing and updating client policies and practices to ensure compliance with evolving healthcare regulatory requirements.
- HIPAA and Privacy Matters – Advising on HIPAA compliance for clients of all sizes, including the drafting and negotiation of business associate agreements, reviewing materials relating to breaches and assisting with required breach reporting, and advising on HIPAA issues as part of the transactional due diligence process.
Jacob earned his law degree from Boston College Law School and a B.S.B.A. in finance and economics from the University of Arkansas. During law school, Jacob served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and as a legal intern at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in addition to completing an academic fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital.
