Kim Looney

Kim Harvey Looney is a member of the firm at Epstein Becker Green in Nashville. Ms. Looney counsels for-profit and nonprofit health care providers, academic medical centers, physician practices, post-acute providers, ambulatory surgery centers and integrated delivery systems on federal physician self-referral and anti-kickback matters, government investigations, and the operational and compliance issues in between. Her regulatory practice focuses on the Stark Law, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the Civil Monetary Penalties Law and the False Claims Act. She advises clients on compliance program development, reimbursement audits, Medicare certification and reimbursement, provider enrollment and credentialing, and CMS and OIG self-disclosures. She also assists with licensing, state regulatory filings, medical staff issues, and certificate of need (CON) applications and hearings. On the transactional side, Ms. Looney advises on the regulatory aspects of mergers, acquisitions and joint