MEMBERS & COUNSEL
ANGELA L. BERGMAN Counsel | 615.742.7738 | abergman@bassberry.com
LAUREN M. GAFFNEY Member | 615.742.7824 | lgaffney@bassberry.com
Angela Bergman represents clients in internal and government investigations, administrative actions, and litigation related to compliance and alleged FCA violations, including home health and hospital billing practices, medical necessity issues, and other fraud and abuse matters.
Lauren Gaffney represents healthcare clients concerning regulatory compliance and healthcare fraud matters. She counsels clients through internal investigations and related resolutions such as self-disclosures and voluntary repayments. She also counsels clients in connection with responding to audits and appeals by government contractors.
J. TAYLOR CHENERY Member | 615.742.7924 | tchenery@bassberry.com
SCOTT D. GALLISDORFER Member | 615.742.7926 | scott.gallisdorfer@bassberry.com
Taylor Chenery centers his practice on government compliance and investigations and related litigation, focusing on issues of healthcare fraud and abuse. Taylor has significant experience representing a wide variety of healthcare clients in relation to government inquiries and investigations by the HHS-OIG, U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, DOJ, and other federal and state agencies. Taylor regularly litigates lawsuits filed under the FCA and conducts internal investigations for healthcare companies and providers, advising them on compliance-related issues. MATTHEW M. CURLEY Co-chair, Healthcare Fraud Task Force | Member | 615.742.7790 | mcurley@bassberry.com Matthew Curley is co-chair of Bass, Berry & Sims’ Healthcare Fraud Task Force and represents healthcare providers in connection with civil and criminal investigations by federal and state regulators and in related FCA litigation. Matt previously was Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, where he served as Civil Chief and coordinated enforcement efforts arising under the FCA. He is an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Law School, teaching Healthcare Fraud and Abuse.
Scott Gallisdorfer represents healthcare clients in government investigations and complex litigation, with a particular emphasis on fraud and abuse matters. He routinely counsels clients on responding to FCA allegations, making self- disclosures, and investigating compliance issues.
JEFF H. GIBSON Member | 615.742.7749 | jgibson@bassberry.com
Jeff Gibson has extensive experience representing clients in complex civil litigation and government investigations, including defending individuals and companies facing FCA investigations and litigation, white collar criminal charges, and regulatory violations. He leads internal investigations, addresses compliance issues, and provides crisis management services, in addition to maintaining a business litigation practice. Jeff is also a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator.
ANNA M. GRIZZLE Member | 615.742.7732 | agrizzle@bassberry.com
JOHN C. EASON Member | 615.742.7830 | jeason@bassberry.com
Anna Grizzle focuses her practice exclusively on helping healthcare clients address enforcement, fraud and abuse, and compliance issues through the structuring of arrangements and in responding to potential legal and regulatory matters and government investigations. Anna routinely advises on the reporting and repayment of overpayments and in responding to payor audits and has advised a number of healthcare clients in self-disclosures, including disclosures made through the physician self-referral (Stark Law) and HHS-OIG disclosure protocols.
John Eason represents clients in government enforcement actions, investigations, and litigation, particularly involving the FCA. He has represented companies and individuals in responding to inquiries and investigations by DOJ, HHS-OIG, and other federal and state agencies regarding healthcare and procurement fraud issues.
LINDSEY BROWN FETZER Member | 202.827.2964 | lfetzer@bassberry.com
STEWART W. KAMEEN Counsel | 202.827.2962 | stewart.kameen@bassberry.com
Lindsey Brown Fetzer focuses her practice on white collar and corporate compliance matters, including healthcare fraud and abuse issues. Lindsey has represented clients in foreign and domestic matters involving DOJ, the SEC, and other primary enforcement agencies.
Stewart Kameen advises healthcare clients on all aspects of federal and state healthcare laws and regulations, with a particular emphasis on fraud and abuse regulatory counseling, corporate compliance, internal investigations and government enforcement actions, qui tam litigation, and transactional matters. Stewart is able to counsel providers drawing on his unique perspective informed by his experience working at HHS-OIG as Senior Counsel in the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General – Industry Guidance Branch – where he handled OIG advisory opinion requests, drafted several proposed and final regulations associated with the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, and consulted with DOJ relating to various enforcement matters.
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