Robert D. Sevell is a retired partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where he was a member of the firm’s Health Care Industry Team and served as co‑chair of the Health Information Technology Work Group. He advised nonprofit and proprietary hospitals and health systems, medical groups, and other providers on a broad range of health care regulatory and corporate compliance matters, including fraud and abuse issues, physician self‑referral (Stark Law), and inurement concerns.
Robert also counseled health care providers on the development, implementation, and maintenance of compliance programs and assisted clients in investigating a wide variety of compliance matters, including those arising from whistleblower actions and government investigations. In addition, he handled a range of business, transactional, and finance matters, including joint ventures; mergers and acquisitions; contractual relationships of various kinds; and tax‑exempt financings, representing clients as both borrowers and underwriters’ counsel.
Awards and Recognition
In recognition of his achievements, Robert was Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system.
Affiliations
His professional affiliations included the American Health Lawyers’ Association, the Healthcare Compliance Association, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Presentations and Publications
Robert wrote and spoke on a range of health‑related subjects, including:
- Author “Legal Column” for the Journal of Health Care Compliance
- “Nonprofit Governance Reform Continues to Draw Spotlight” November/December 2005) for the Journal of Health Care Compliance
- “Hospitals Receive Guidance on Discounting Charges to the Needy, but Are All of the Questions Answered?” (May/June 2004) for the Journal of Health Care Compliance
- “OIG and AHLA Focus on Roles of Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel” (September/October 2004) for the Journal of Health Care Compliance
- Featured contributor In Search of Health Care Compliance 2001, published by Aspen Publication
- Author “New Legal Debate Focuses on Vicarious Liability under the False Claim Act” (November/December 2001) for the Journal of Health Care Compliance
- “Valuing Physician Practices by the Book: New IRS Text Offers Clues for Exempt Organizations” (January 1996)
- “Managing the Due Diligence Process” (August 1996)
- “OIG Publishes Model Compliance Plan for Clinical Laboratories” (July 1997) for Inside Health Law, formerly published by Aspen Publishers, Inc.
- Author of a number articles for the Health Care Law Newsletter, formerly published by Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. of New York