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Matt Reed focuses his practice in the areas of managed care, pharmacy benefit management and reimbursement, in addition to advising clients on a variety of regulatory matters. Matt regularly supports hospitals, health systems, pharmacies, physician groups, provider-sponsored health plans and PBMs as they seek to remain compliant in the complicated and everchanging health care... READ MORE

Based in Hall Render’s Indianapolis office, Julie Mitchell focuses her practice in health care law. Providing dedicated health law experience, Julie helps clients stay abreast of the regulatory updates within the ever-evolving health care industry. Julie advises clients on matters related to licensing, certification and accreditation. She assists in ensuring compliance with reimbursement payment... READ MORE

Megan specializes in strategic and operational compliance, regularly advising clients on EMTALA, scope of practice, licensure and patient care issues. She collaborates with clients to assess and enhance compliance program operations, including reviewing and developing policies and procedures. Additionally, Megan represents providers in compliance matters and investigations, responding to inquiries from quality improvement organizations,... READ MORE

Jennifer Shoup devotes her practice to real estate, project development and finance matters, including health care finance, development of public facilities and public-private partnerships. Jennifer supports the firm’s health care clients in the development and financing of inpatient and ancillary facilities. Her work includes serving as part of the Hall Render Health Care and... READ MORE

Libby Park practices with the firm’s Health Transactions practice group and provides general transactional support to clients. Libby provides counsel to large national health care systems as well as smaller providers within the health care industry. Libby is passionate about addressing health-related issues within communities across the United States and seeks to effect positive change... READ MORE

Ryan McDonald supports the firm’s clients who have found themselves engaged in, or threatened with, a dispute. Ryan leverages his experience as a litigator and trial attorney to persuasively advocate for his clients—both in and out of the courtroom—and brings his health care knowledge to provide strategic counsel and advise clients on substantive business... READ MORE

Ben Fee practices exclusively in the area of health law advising health systems, hospitals, pharmacies, long-term care providers and medical practices on a variety of regulatory, compliance and corporate transactional matters. He regularly counsels clients on fraud and abuse issues, including compliance with the federal Stark Law and federal and state anti-kickback statutes; government... READ MORE

Katherine Schwartz is a shareholder in Hall Render’s Indianapolis office who assists clients with a number of health law matters, focusing on fraud and abuse analyses related to the federal Stark, Anti-Kickback and Civil Monetary Penalties laws. Her practice includes hospital/physician contracting, hospital and health system relationships, regulatory and compliance issues, hospital/physician alignment and... READ MORE

Kerry Dutra practices out of Hall Render’s Raleigh office and advises a wide array of clients on commercial transactions and contracting, focusing on precision medicine, genomics and big data arrangements. Kerry regularly assists health systems and providers, as well as industry start-ups and biobanks, with structuring and negotiating data licensing, research collaboration, commercialization and... READ MORE

Kelci Laster focuses her practice in health law, with an emphasis on corporate law and governance, as well as partnership, affiliation, and joint venture strategy, creation and management. She advises her clients on transaction-related matters, frequently guiding them through hospital, ambulatory surgery center and physician group transactions, due diligence management and post-closing operational integration.... READ MORE