Veteran Health Care Regulatory Attorney Kim Harvey Looney Joins Epstein Becker Green in Nashville

Epstein Becker Green announced today that Kim Harvey Looney has joined the firm's Health Care and Life Sciences practice as a Member of the Firm in Nashville. She joins from K&L Gates.

A Chambers USA–recognized attorney with a career focused exclusively on health care, Looney advises for-profit and nonprofit health care providers, academic medical centers, physician practices, post-acute providers, ambulatory surgery centers, and integrated delivery systems on the full range of regulatory compliance, fraud and abuse, and transactional matters.

Federal enforcement activity remains among the defining pressures facing health care organizations. The Department of Justice reported over $6.8 billion in health care fraud settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act in fiscal year 2025—a record figure that underscores the scrutiny providers face on Stark Law compliance, Anti-Kickback arrangements, and operational structure. At the same time, the pace of health care consolidation continues to intensify, requiring counsel who can assess regulatory risk and transaction structure simultaneously. Looney's practice sits at precisely that intersection.

"Kim provides the kind of counsel health care clients depend on when the regulatory and transactional stakes are highest," said George Breen, a Chair of Epstein Becker Green's Health Care and Life Sciences National Steering Committee. "Her decades of health care-focused practice, combined with her deep roots in the Tennessee market make her addition a significant development for our clients and our practice."

Looney's practice centers on counseling clients regarding the Stark Law, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, and the False Claims Act, with particular experience in compliance program development, government investigations, CMS and OIG self-disclosures, provider enrollment, Medicare certification, and certificate-of-need (CON) proceedings before Tennessee regulatory authorities. On the transactional side, she regularly counsels clients on the regulatory dimensions of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures—analyzing fraud and abuse exposure, Stark and Anti-Kickback implications, and deal structure risks alongside the business objectives of each transaction.

Kim Looney’s Representative Client Work

• Advising academic medical centers, hospital systems, and physician practices on Stark Law and Anti-Kickback compliance for complex compensation and employment arrangements.
• Guiding health care organizations through government investigations, CMS and OIG inquiries, and self-disclosure protocols—assessing exposure, structuring the response, and managing resolution.
• Counseling providers on the regulatory dimensions of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures, including Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse analysis and deal structuring.
• Representing clients in certificate-of-need (CON) applications and hearings before Tennessee regulatory authorities.
• Developing and enhancing compliance programs across the full arc—from initial design and internal investigations to reimbursement audits and corrective action.

Clients also rely on Looney to serve as outside general counsel, drawing on her pre-law experience as a health care consultant to advise management and boards of directors on operational, licensing, medical staff, and regulatory matters with practical, business-informed counsel.

"When the opportunity to join Epstein Becker Green arose, it was an easy decision," said Looney. "The firm's health care focus is unmatched, and its national platform gives me the resources to serve clients across the full complexity of what they face—whether that is a government investigation, a high-stakes transaction, or a compliance program they need to get right."

Looney has been recognized by Chambers USA in Healthcare: Regulatory in Tennessee since 2016, and is a frequent presenter at American Health Law Association programs nationally and has served on the AHLA Board of Directors.

In summary, Looney's arrival advances Epstein Becker Green's strategic presence in the Southeast and reinforces the firm's standing as the destination for health care providers navigating complex regulatory, compliance, and transactional challenges. Her addition to the "Law Firm of the Year" in Health Care Law (2026 edition of the Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" survey) further deepens the firm's ability to deliver the kind of counsel that shapes strategy and safeguards what matters most.

Related Epstein Becker Green Resources

• Advising on the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and federal fraud and abuse compliance.
• Providing regulatory and transactional counsel for health care mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures.
• Supporting clients through government investigations, self-disclosures, and enforcement proceedings.

About Epstein Becker Green

Epstein Becker Green is a national law firm focused on health care and life sciences; employment, labor, and workforce management; and litigation and business disputes. Our attorneys advise clients at every stage of their business lifecycle, delivering practical, results-driven counsel that shapes strategy, accelerates growth, and safeguards what matters most. We serve organizations of every size, from emerging startups to Fortune 100 companies, across the health care, life sciences, financial services, retail, hospitality, and technology industries, with sound legal solutions they can depend on when it counts. www.ebglaw.com