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James Junger focuses his practice on pharmacy and health care compliance issues. James assists clients, which include hospitals, health systems, federally qualified health centers and safety net providers, as they navigate the complex 340B program, drug distribution laws, and fraud and abuse rules that regulate the health care industry. James works with his 340B... READ MORE

Brian Jent helps hospitals, ambulatory centers, clinical laboratories and post-acute providers, including nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice providers, with licensing and regulatory issues. He is often asked how providers can expand services under current restrictions and spends a great deal of his practice assisting clients with compliance and reimbursement issues at the... READ MORE

Larry Jensen, a Shareholder in Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman’s Michigan office, represents health care providers throughout the country in all aspects of civil litigation, medical staff and physician relations matters, and conducts internal investigations. He regularly represents hospitals and health systems in medical staff quality review and corrective action processes, fair hearings... READ MORE

Alyssa James is a shareholder in Hall Render’s Indianapolis office who works with clients in numerous aspects of health care law. Her work involves the provision of effective and practical counsel regarding hospital/physician contracting matters, hospital and health system relationships, regulatory and compliance issues, organization governance and health care transactions. She regularly counsels clients... READ MORE

Lauren Hulls practices in the areas of regulatory compliance, reimbursement, billing and payment practices. She provides counsel in developing strategies and policies for health care entities to ensure compliance with the Medicare and Medicaid programs, including provider-based issues, provider enrollment, evaluation of payment, disclosure and compliance issues. Lauren advises a variety of health care... READ MORE

Drew B. Howk is a shareholder in Hall Render’s Indianapolis office. A member of Hall Render’s health care litigation practice, he represents clients in complex healthcare disputes with private parties and the government. Drew successfully defends clients accused of violating the False Claims Act by whistleblowers and the government. Additionally, Drew represents health care providers... READ MORE

David Honig is a shareholder in Hall Render’s Indianapolis office. Leading the firm’s National Health Care Litigation team, David focuses his practice on complex litigation with particular emphasis on the False Claims Act (“FCA”). He has more than 20 years of FCA and health care experience, including playing an integral role in the creation... READ MORE

Robert Hicks, past chair of the firm’s real property practice group, has extensive experience in a broad range of real property matters with a particular emphasis on real estate development transactions and transactions involving post-acute and long-term care providers. Related areas of practice include ground lease transactions, acquisitions, sales, leases, commercial condominium developments, tax-deferred... READ MORE

Terry Heath has practiced law continuously since 1979 as a health care attorney. He focuses his practice on business, tax, regulatory and governance issues, while rendering advice and counsel to some of the nation’s largest health systems, including general and specialty hospitals, individual medical practices and health care joint ventures (and other collaborative efforts) between hospitals... READ MORE

A shareholder in the firm, Maureen Griffin has practiced as a health lawyer since 1983, specifically concentrating her practice in Medicare and Medicaid payment and policy matters and reimbursement appeals and litigation. She has represented hundreds of hospitals in numerous payment matters before federal and state administrative agencies such as the Provider Reimbursement Review... READ MORE