MALPRACTICE AND HEALTHCARE PRACTICE GROUP

Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, P.L.C., has a long history of representing hospitals, physicians, and other healthcare institutions and healthcare professionals in defending against claims of negligence and professional malpractice. The firm’s Malpractice and Healthcare Group consists of attorneys with extensive experience representing and advising healthcare professionals. In addition, the Group has a legal support team, including a full-time nurse/paralegal, to assist with providing expertise in connection with medical malpractice defense cases. The mission of our Malpractice and Healthcare Group is to provide risk management, educational, and litigation defense services to medical providers, healthcare institutions, attorneys, and other professionals in Tennessee. Members of the Malpractice and Healthcare Group also handle litigation involving medical and surgical devices, medical equipment, and drugs. Our firm works closely with insurance carriers, healthcare professionals, and risk management departments to provide complete case evaluation and aggressive courtroom defense.

The healthcare aspect of Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell’s Malpractice and Healthcare Practice Group focuses on federal and state regulatory requirements, corporate affiliations within the healthcare industry, and drafting and reviewing contracts and agreements of all types involving a variety of healthcare clients. Among our clients are hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities, physicians and physician groups, physician practice management companies, third-party billing companies, and other health-related organizations. Attorneys within the Malpractice and Healthcare Group advise clients on issues regarding Medicare and Medicaid programs and assist with corporate structure and organization, managed care contracts, clinical trials, and federal and state licensure issues. Our attorneys also advise clients concerning business relationships in light of relevant federal and state anti-fraud and abuse laws (including Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws), the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (“EMTALA”), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), applicable state and professional practice laws, anti-trust laws, and other laws. The Firm also represents physicians and other allied healthcare providers in connection with licensing board hearings, Medicare audits, peer review organization proceedings, and other administrative and judicial proceedings.

Our Team of Malpractice and Healthcare Attorneys

  • Thomas H. Rainey
  • Jerry D. Kizer, Jr.
  • Marty R. Phillips
  • Timothy G. Wehner
  • Bradford D. Box
  • Patrick W. Rogers
  • Angela C. Youngberg
  • Michelle Greenway Sellers
  • Amanda C. Waddell
  • Craig P. Sanders
  • Mary M. Petrinjak
  • Ashley D. Cleek
  • John O. Alexander, IV

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