This section works to further the knowledge of its members in federal, state and local health care law. The section also sponsors the nationally known annual Health Law Forum, as well as the primer course for attorneys new to the health law practice.
TBA Health Care Law Section Chair Walt Schuler introduced next year’s chair, Angela Youngberg, and vice chair, Christie Burbank, to section members during the group’s annual business meeting at the 24th Annual Health Law Forum. Nearly 300 attorneys attended the annual forum in Cool Springs. The section also elected two new members to the section’s executive council -- Brian Roark of Bass, Berry & Sims in Nashville and John-David Thomas of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville.
Wayne Medical Center, a hospital under the Maury Regional Medical Center umbrella, has agreed to pay $883,451 to the U.S. government to settle False Claims Act allegations self-reported by the hospital regarding the billing for ambulance transport as part of its emergency medical services. By reporting the allegations, Wayne Medical Center potentially saved itself thousands of dollars in fines, in addition to a costly investigation. The Nashville Business Journal has the story.