Long-term acute care hospitals and hospital systems
Ambulatory surgery centers
Psychiatric hospitals
Patsy Powers is Of Counsel with Waller Lansden. Ms. Powers' practice focuses on surgery centers, psychiatric facilities and acute care hospitals whom she advises on a wide range of regulatory and operations issues. She provides counsel on fraud and abuse matters, state and federal anti-kickback regulations and self-referral prohibitions, as well as in physician payment issues and Medicare enrollment and reimbursement matters. Ms. Powers also prepares and reviews surgery center and hospital contracts with third parties including healthcare practitioners and payors.
Ms. Powers provides advice and counsel on the structuring of joint ventures and facility acquisitions with respect to regulatory compliance. She served as special regulatory counsel for the merger of two publicly traded hospital companies. Ms. Powers served as regulatory counsel for the spin-off of 60 hospitals by an NYSE-listed hospital company which formed two new publicly traded companies. Additionally, Ms. Powers serves as regulatory counsel for physician joint ventures.
Ms. Powers is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.) and America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers & Partners) for her work in healthcare law. For the past three years, she has been recognized by the Nashville Business Journal in the publication's annual listing of Healthcare Leaders and the "Best of the Bar." The Nashville Post has designated her a "Healthcare 100 Honoree." Ms. Powers has made presentations to the Federation of Ambulatory Surgery Administrators.
