Sean Sullivan

Practice Areas

Providers and business associates call on Sean for innovative, practical solutions to regulatory and operational obstacles such as corporate practice of medicine, fraud and abuse, HIPAA, and reimbursement issues. Through deep involvement in the health IT community and close relationships with investors, he forms valuable connections with clients by keeping them aware of relevant issues.

Sean leads the firm’s Digital Health Care Team and assists health care providers and business associates, including health care technology companies, in avoiding liability by ensuring regulatory compliance in operations; advising on business forms and transaction structures; investigating, disclosing, and resolving potential noncompliance; defending government investigations; and providing regulatory support to litigation and transactions as necessary. He also regularly advises private equity and other investors on the regulatory risks and structuring considerations associated with investing in the health care industry. Sean has focused his career on advising national health care providers in regulatory actions, policy review, compliance, reimbursement, and liability prevention, including corporate practice of medicine, HIPAA, Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, and CMS rules.

Professional Memberships

Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Board of Directors; American Health Lawyers Association, Privacy and Security Risk Compliance and Enforcement Affinity Group, vice chair of publications (2019–2023); American Health Lawyers Association, Health Information and Technology (HIT) Practice Group, Practice Group Leadership Development Program (2017–2018), social media coordinator (2018–2019), special topics leader (2022-2023); Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF), Leadership Council, Nominating Committee chair (2018-2020), Executive Committee (2018-2021), pro bono volunteer.

Education