Articles and Blogs

Gregg Wallander, Hall Render’s President & CEO, has been practicing law as a health care attorney for more than 25 years. Gregg’s counsel is often sought out by clients facing challenges regarding highly technical matters involving anti-kickback, Stark Law, board governance, physician alignment models, managed care initiatives and value-based care strategies. Most frequently, he works... READ MORE

Jennifer Viegas is a Shareholder and Health Operations Practice Group Leader who focuses her practice in the area of supply chain procurement, operations and strategy. As a trusted strategic partner, she assists clients, including hospitals, third party service providers, manufacturers and distributors, in all aspects of the supply chain from strategic sourcing and vendor... READ MORE

Bill Thompson concentrates his practice on complex transactional matters, assisting clients with a wide range of deal structures. With dedicated industry knowledge to provide practical solutions to clients’ complex challenges, Bill serves as a trusted partner with the experience and drive necessary to get the deal done. Working alongside his clients nationwide, which include... READ MORE

Brad Taormina is a shareholder in the Health Care Human Resources Group. Brad focuses his practice in the areas of labor and employment law and commercial litigation. He specializes in all aspects of traditional labor law matters. He has represented health care employers across the country in collective bargaining negotiations, representation election proceedings, labor arbitration... READ MORE

Regan Tankersley joined Hall Render in 2002 and is a shareholder in the firm’s Indianapolis office. Regan is a member of the firm’s Health Economics and Health Regulatory practice groups, focusing on health care regulatory and payment policy matters. Regan advises a variety of health care clients, including hospitals, health systems, physician practices, IDTFs,... READ MORE

Scott Taebel represents clients nationally regarding a broad range of regulatory compliance matters including false claims, anti-kickback- and Stark-related concerns. He serves as the primary Compliance Counsel for many of the firm’s clients. Mr. Taebel has extensive experience working with clients across the country regarding investigations coordinated through numerous federal and state enforcement agencies,... READ MORE

Joel Swider represents nonprofit and for-profit health care providers in commercial real estate, construction, development and tax matters. Joel’s practice often includes: Representing providers on either side of commercial leasing negotiations with an emphasis on hospital-physician leasing arrangements, sale-leasebacks, and timeshares; Handling purchase and sale transactions, development, zoning and financing arrangements, with an emphasis... READ MORE

Mark Swearingen has practiced in the area of health information privacy and security for over 20 years, with particular focus on HIPAA compliance, data breach response, government investigations, HIPAA audits and 42 C.F.R. Part 2. Since the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule was issued in 2009, Mark has handled a substantial number of health care... READ MORE

Charles “Chad” Sukurs has dedicated his career to advising clients in health care law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, general business transactions and services, governance, hospital and physician transactions, physician alignment, physician group practices and tax exemption. As a strategic advisor to his clients, which include hospitals, doctors, physician groups, dental practices... READ MORE

As a shareholder with the firm, Dana Stutzman counsels a diverse group of employers and health care clients in numerous aspects of employment and labor law, health care regulatory matters and issues specific to the behavioral health industry. He is a trusted advisor and confidant. He advises management and health care clients on a... READ MORE