Womble Carlyle’s Raleigh Office Adds Healthcare Attorney Jenny Matthews McKellar

4/20/17

Experienced healthcare attorney Jenny Matthews McKellar has joined Womble Carlyle’s Raleigh office.

McKellar comes to the firm from Battle Winslow Scott & Wiley, P.A. in Rocky Mount, N.C., where her primary responsibilities involved serving as Assistant General Counsel to Nash Health Care Systems, an affiliate of UNC Health Care System.  In that role, she guided NHCS in a wide range of regulatory and compliance matters. Her specific experience includes:

·         Helping healthcare providers create, update and administer HIPAA compliance policies and respond to requests for protected health information (PHI);

·         Advising hospitals in EMTALA, Stark and Anti-Kickback laws, 340B, ADA and Title VII compliance;

·         Guiding healthcare providers in Medicaid overpayment hearings, unemployment benefits appeals, EEOC investigations and other contested matters;

·         Counseling healthcare sector employers on labor and employment compliance matters; and

·         Drafting various agreements between healthcare providers and physicians.

Prior to focusing her practice on healthcare, McKellar represented a variety of business and local government clients in a wide-range of civil litigation matters in state and federal court. 

“We are delighted to bring someone with Jenny’s experience and skillset to the Womble Carlyle Healthcare Team,” said Tom Stukes, a leader of Womble Carlyle’s Healthcare Industry Practice Group. “One of many things that impressed us about Jenny is the breadth of her experience in the healthcare sector—she has helped health system clients in a wide range of legal matters.”

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