Kim H Looney

Health care clients navigating the intersection of regulatory compliance, fraud and abuse, and complex transactions rely on attorney Kim Looney for counsel that is as fluent in the business of health care as it is in the law. She has worked exclusively in health care throughout her career, including pre-law experience as a health care consultant.

Kim advises for-profit and nonprofit health care providers, academic medical centers, physician practices, post-acute providers, ambulatory surgery centers, and integrated delivery systems on federal physician self-referral and anti-kickback matters, mergers, acquisitions, government investigations, and the full range of operational and compliance issues in between.

Kim’s regulatory practice focuses on the Stark Law, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, the False Claims Act, fee-splitting restrictions, and the corporate practice of medicine doctrine.

On the transactional side, Kim regularly advises clients on the regulatory dimensions of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures involving health care providers.

https://www.ebglaw.com/people/kim-harvey-looney

Licensed in Tennessee.

Professional Activities

Current:

Executive Committee, Health Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association

Board of Directors, Nashville Bar Association

Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation; Fellow, ABA Bar Foundation

Previous:

Member, Board of Directors, American Health Law Association; Chair, Membership, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee; Vice Chair, Physician Practice Groups Committee

Past Chair, Health Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association

Executive Committee, Past President, Tennessee Lawyer's Association for Women

Member, Inaugural Class of Leadership Law, TBA

Executive Committee - Leadership Law Program, Nashville Bar Foundation

Attorney for Justice, as recognized for pro bono efforts by the Tennessee Supreme CourtPast Chair, Health Law Section of the Nashville Bar Association

Speaker:

Speaker on various health care topics at TBA Annual Health Law Conference (18 of last 21 years)

Civic Activities

Current:

Member, Board of Directors, Nashville General Hospital Foundation

Trustee, Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation Member, Middle Tennessee Council Executive Board of Boy Scouts of America

Treasurer, Horticultural Society of Middle Tennessee

Previous Boards:

Heart Gala, Franklin Road Academy, Friends of Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Fifty Forward

Other:

Budget District Director, District VIII, Kappa Alpha Theta (2014-2020)

Advisory Board, Alpha Eta chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta (2010-2020)

Fundraisers:

Co-chaired various fundraisers to benefit organizations such as:

CASA, Family & Children's Service, Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation,

Women's Fund of Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee,

Cheekwood,

Fifty Forward,

Opera Guild,

Franklin Road Academy,

American Heart Association,

Lifeflight and Trauma Survivors Network for Vanderbilt Medical Center,

Junior League of Nashville, and

Monroe Carroll, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

Books

Editor and Author, “Health Care and Life Sciences Transactions: Understanding the Legal Consequences of The Health Care Deal,” AHLA/Lexis Publication, 2020

Author, Representing Physicians Handbook, AHLA/Lexis Publication

Author, the ACO Handbook, AHLA/Lexis Publication

Author, Representing Hospitals and Health Systems Handbook, AHLA/Lexis Publication

Other Publications

“Hunting Telehealth Fraud Under COVID-19 Waivers and Expansion,” Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, December 2021

Corporate Governance Toolkit, AHLA Business Law and Governance Practice Group, 11 October 2021

"That Was Then and This is Now - How the COVID-19 Crisis Changed Telehealth Services: Are the Changes Here to Stay?," AHLA Health Law Connections, 1 September 2020

"First Reflections - A History of Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion," AHLA Health Law Connections, 1 September 2020

“Florida, Georgia Changes to Certificate of Need (CON) Laws Are Biggest in Southeast,” AHLA PG Alert, 1 August 2019

“Several Southeastern States Seek to Eliminate or Relax Certificate of Need Laws,” PG Alert, 15 March 2019

“State Health Care Fraud Law: An AHLA 50-State Survey with Summaries and Links,” Quick Reference Library, 6 September 2018

“Business Law & Governance,” PG Newsletter, Vol. 10, Issue 1, November 2017

JD, 1989, Vanderbilt University Law School; BS, 1980, University of Tennessee

Vanderbilt Law School

J.D.

University of Tennessee

B.S.