Thomas M Tammany

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Tom is a leading health care attorney who represents a broad range of providers in the health care industry, primarily in business transactions, regulatory compliance and employment matters. With over three decades of health law experience, in both private practice and as in-house counsel, and in various leadership positions, Tom has developed a reputation for sound judgment, creativity and a positive approach in assisting his clients achieve their legal and business objectives. He regularly represents academic medical centers and health systems, acute care hospitals, specialty and children’s hospitals, individual physicians and physician groups, imaging and ambulatory surgery centers, home health and hospice agencies, medical device companies and other ancillary providers. He focuses his practice primarily in representing clients in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures (JVs), fraud and abuse/Stark law compliance, billing and reimbursement matters and medical staff credentialing disputes. Tom also has extensive experience in other related matters, including non-profit corporate law and governance, the corporate practice of medicine, facility licensure and accreditation, patient care and privacy/ HIPAA matters and clinical research agreements.

Prior to joining Stevens & Lee, Tom was co-chair of the health law group at a large (Am Law 200) law firm. Before entering private practice, Tom was chief counsel of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) where he provided strategic legal counsel to senior management and the board during a period of tremendous growth as UPHS transitioned from a single teaching hospital and faculty practice plan to a comprehensive academic health system.

Tom began his career in health law as associate general counsel of Main Line Health, Inc., where he focused primarily on employment, medical staff and transactional matters, after initially practicing with a labor/employment law firm in Philadelphia.

Prior to practicing as a “civilian attorney,” Tom served on active duty in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps where he was appointed first as the Chief of the Criminal Division and then as the Command Labor Counsel at his installation. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal for his service. He was also U.S. Army Ranger qualified.

Tom has been a frequent speaker at programs sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the New Jersey Bar Association, the American Health Lawyers Association and various industry organizations. He was an adjunct professor of Health Care Law at St. Joseph’s University, and has also been a guest lecturer at the Villanova University School of Law and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Personal

Villanova University School of Law, J.D.

West Chester University, B.S., summa cum laude

Widener University, ROTC Program, Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army