Practice Expertise

  • Healthcare
  • Healthcare and Life Sciences
  • Litigation
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Areas of Practice

  • Healthcare
  • Healthcare and Life Sciences
  • Litigation
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Profile

Bill Morrison is a healthcare attorney with extensive experience defending corporations and executives in complex healthcare matters. Bill has represented national healthcare providers in connection with federal grand jury subpoenas and with Civil Investigative Demands regarding potential False Claims Act violations.

Most recently, Bill served as the vice president and assistant general counsel at Tenet Healthcare Corporation where he was responsible for the regulatory group, civil and criminal government investigations and litigation, False Claims Act litigation, complex litigation, cyber incident response, and malpractice litigation.

Bar Admissions
Texas, 1998

Education
J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1998, Order of the Barristers
B.S., Baylor University, 1995

Areas of Practice

  • Healthcare
  • Healthcare and Life Sciences
  • Litigation

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Represented healthcare group purchasing organization in connection with civil and criminal investigations by the U.S. Attorney's Office (N.D. Tex.) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General into alleged violations of anti-kickback statute.

Represented former national sales director of an orthopedic spine company in federal civil and criminal investigation by U.S. Attorney's Office (N.D. Tex.) into alleged payment of kickbacks to physicians to induce use of company's surgical devices.

Represented SCCI in the False Claims Act action filed by six relators alleging false claims for payment related to the admission and continued hospitalization of patients in a long-term acute care facility. The AUSA declined to intervene and the action was partially unsealed for the purpose of settlement.

Represented one of the nation's largest healthcare providers in an internal investigation of allegations of potential submission of false claims in the cardiac catheterizations laboratory. The investigation included a review of medical records to analyze quality of care issues. Advised client on voluntary disclosure issues.

Advised and counseled one of the nation's largest healthcare providers in the self-disclosure of overpayments for excluded employees. Negotiated settlement with the Department of Justice and HHS OIG on behalf of client.



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