Stark and the Anti-Kickback Regulations: Recent Trends and Developments; Implications for Healthcare Organizations

Mr. Dugger provides clients with effective and practical counsel informed by the various environments in which he has practiced. With more than 20 years of experience, he has a proven ability to achieve positive results within the highly regulated health care industry.

Mr. Pratt joined the firm in 1988 and is a shareholder in the firm’s Indianapolis office. He concentrates his practice on hospital and physician transactions, mergers and acquisitions, compliance counsel, false claims/qui tam actions, fraud and abuse/Stark, hospital and health system counsel and tax exemption. Prior to joining Hall Render, Mr. Pratt was a staff attorney for a poverty law clinic and a staff attorney for Methodist Hospital. From 2000 to 2004, He was part of the senior leadership at Ascension Health, serving as the Assistant General Counsel. Mr. Pratt was an Adjunct Professor at St. Louis University from 2000 to 2004, and since 2004 has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Indiana University School of Law teaching health care fraud.

Ms. Schwartz assists clients with a broad range of health law matters. Her practice includes hospital/physician contracting, hospital and health system relationships, regulatory and compliance issues and hospital/physician alignment. Katherine serves a variety of health care providers including hospitals, physician practices and health systems.