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About Ray
Biography
25 years experience in health system and hospital legal and business operations. Federal and state fraud and abuse expertise including Stark, Anti Kickback and CMP law and regulations. Significant HIPAA experience. Expertise in all aspects of hospital, physician and vendor contracting. Clinical research compliance experience including IRB role and functions and human subject research and research informed consent. EMTALA advice and counsel. Significant HIM experience. Significant Corporate Compliance experience. Special experience in behavioral health legal issues. Legal Department management experience.
Specialties
Federal and state hospital and health system operations and regulations, fraud and abuse, Medicare COP, physician and vendor negotiation and contracting, healthcare IT negotiation and contracting, HIPAA, EMTALA. Accredited by the American Health Lawyers Association in Mediation and Arbitration.
Admitted to practice in GA, LA, TX, TN
Martindale Hubble "AV Preeminent- 5.0 out of 5" Rating
Practice Areas
1
Practice Area
Health Care
100%
38 years
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in Tennessee for 18 years
State: Tennessee
Acquired: 2008
No misconduct found
Licensed in Louisiana for 24 years
State: Louisiana
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
Licensed in Georgia for 37 years
State: Georgia
Acquired: 1988
No misconduct found
Licensed in Texas for 18 years
State: Texas
Acquired: 2007
No misconduct found
Location
Law Offices of Ray Harold McCard Jr.
4000 Meridian Blvd, Franklin, TN, 37067
Law Offices of Ray Harold McCard Jr.
4000 Meridian Blvd, Franklin, TN, 37067
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Ray Harold McCard Jr.'s Lawyer Endorsements
"I endorse this lawyer. Hal McCard is an outstanding healthcare attorney, with many years of relevant experience. Hal's ethics are above reproach, and his general knowledge is supplemented by more specific knowledge of several subspecialties, including the areas of human subject research and psychiatric care."
Marc Goldstone
Health care lawyer
Experience
Honors
1998
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Work Experience
2013 - Present
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation
2007 - Present
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation
Associations
American Health Lawyers Association
Sample of Legal Cases
Ridgeview Institute, Inc. v. Dan B. Wingate, 271 Ga. 512, 520 S.E. 2d 445
Judgment for hospital client
Ridgeview Institute, Inc. v. Handley, 224 Ga App. 533, 481 S.E. 2d 531
Judgment for hospital client
Education
1985
Princeton University
AB
1979
St. Paul's School
N/A
Mercer Univ-W.George L.S
law
Speaking Engagements
2012
2012 Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute
Conversion is Good for the Soul: Transforming Free-Standing Facilities to Hospital Outpatient Departments – A User’s Guide
2011
Physicians and Physician Organizations Law Institute
It’s a Small World After All – Physician and Hospital Employment Perspectives
2011
2009
AHLA Annual Meeting
Managing Legal Department Costs during a Recession: Tips and Techniques
2008
Physicians and Physician Organizations Law Institute
The Frightening Follies of Failed Physicians Relocations
2007
Health Care Compliance Institute Annual Meeting
Pay for Performance: How to Navigate the minefield of Quality- Based Incentive Contracting
2007
AHLA Teleconference Series
Issues in Contracting for Hospital Disaster Assistance/Management Services
2007
AHLA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
5 for Fighting: Your Hospital, Your Recruited Physician and Their Specialty Group — A Case Study in Avoidance of a Fistic Carnival
2006
Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Response and Management
Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Response and Management
2006
Health Care Compliance Institute Annual Meeting
Physician-Hospital Cooperative Ventures; Developing Compliant, "Win/Win" Deals
Publications
2011
American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
AHLA's Federal Health Care Laws and Regulations, Editorial Advisory Board
2008
American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
Clinical Research Practice Guide, First Edition
2006
Clinical Research Compliance Manual- An Administrative Guide
Chapter-Human Research Subject Protections
2005
Defense Counsel Journal,International Association of Defense Counsel
The Privacy Rule and HIPAA
Languages
French