Robert Wells

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Robert Wells' clients benefit from his more than two decades of experience representing clients in health care regulatory and corporate matters.

Robert Wells is chair of Baker Donelson's Health Law Group and the former co-leader of the Health Care Regulatory team. He represents clients in health care regulatory and corporate matters, and draws upon more than 20 years of experience representing long-established and startup health care companies to help clients meet their business goals and objectives while complying with applicable health care rules and regulations.

Mr. Wells' practice primarily focuses on fraud and abuse issues. He handles complex legal and operational matters, such as the development, implementation, and assessment of corporate compliance programs for providers across the health care industry, including the challenging regulatory issues governing pharmaceutical and medical device companies and their interactions with health care providers. In addition, Mr. Wells has assisted with the development and growth of innovative technology and health care data analytics partnerships.

His regulatory compliance experience involves both federal and state issues. He is well versed in fraud and abuse laws; corporate governance; reimbursement issues; the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and state and international privacy laws; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA); and health care licensure, certification, and accreditation.

Mr. Wells previously served as in-house counsel. He was the chief legal officer of Integra Connect, a health care practice management and technology company where he gained firsthand experience with the legal and compliance implications of emerging value-based care initiatives, and continues to counsel health care providers on the development and implementation of value-based and care coordination arrangements. He also served as general counsel of Flatiron Health, a health care IT and data analytics company, and in senior legal roles at the Fortune 20 companies AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health, where he excelled at balancing the strategic and operational needs of the company with ensuring compliance with the complex health care regulatory environment.