Amy E Fouts

Practice Areas

Amy Fouts focuses her practice on healthcare compliance and regulatory matters, primarily counseling public and private hospitals and healthcare systems, physician groups, hospice and home health agencies, and individual practitioners. She assists healthcare providers with federal and state fraud and abuse issues, including government and commercial payor audits, government investigations, and compliance program development and review. Amy works extensively with clients on Medicare and Medicaid coverage, reimbursement and coding issues. She has significant experience with overpayment by Medicare, Medicaid and commercial payors and with related recoupment appeals. She routinely advises and defends clients under review by Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractors and the Medicaid Integrity Contractor Program.

Amy routinely counsels providers regarding privacy and data security, HIPAA compliance and breach response. She has published a number of articles relating to billing, reimbursement, fraud and abuse. She has also presented at several educational programs and professional conferences on these topics, as well as on how these relate to Medicare and Medicaid.

Amy is the team leader for the firm's Regulatory and Government Compliance practice.

Professional Memberships

State Bar of Georgia, Health Law Section

-- Chair (2020)

-- Vice-Chair (2019)

-- Secretary (2018)

-- Executive Committee (2014 to 2017)

American Health Lawyers Association

Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys

Health Care Compliance Association