Memphis Office
Tel: (901) 680-7321
Email: denise.burke@butlersnow.com

AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
The Best Lawyers in America® Lawyer of the Year, Health Care Law
The Best Lawyers in America®, Health Care Law
Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Healthcare and Healthcare: Regulatory
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Health Care
Administrator, Healthcare corporation, 1994-97
Registered Health Information Management Administrator

University of Tennessee, B.S., Health Information Management Administration, with honors, 1986

Counseling health care clients regarding compliance with the Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse laws, the Stark Act, state fraud and abuse and self referral acts, certificate of needs issues, fee splitting and corporate practice of medicine issues.
Development and implementation of corporate compliance programs.
Conducting internal corporate investigations, compliance reviews and audits.
Advising clients regarding government investigations.
Key member of Deferred Prosecution Federal Monitor Team for a medical device company.
Structuring employment agreements, medical directorships, leases and other transactions with physicians.
Providing counsel on managed care and other contracting issues, reimbursement issues and health care policies and procedures.
Advising on HIPAA privacy issues and development of HIPAA compliance programs.
Analysis of regulatory issues arising in structuring joint ventures and management relationships.
Providing practical, creative operational advice to complex questions drawing upon previous experience as a healthcare administrator and quality manager.

Building and Maintaining Compliant Relationships for Successful Medical Device Education & Training, Medical Device and Diagnostics Corporate Compliance & Ethics Conference (October 2010).
Healthcare Reform: Transparency, Medical Device and Diagnostics Corporate Compliance & Ethics Conference (October 2010).
Medicare Appeals Webinar, Advisory Board, (April 2010).
Healthcare Reform: Headache or Remedy?, Mid South Medical Group Management Association Meeting (April, 2010).
Health Care Law Headaches, Tennessee Society of CPAs (November 2009).
Co-Author, "Warning! Compliance Forecast Call for Sunshine," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 2 No. 3, 2-6 (July 2009).
The Anti-Markup Rule and the Future of Diagnostic Testing, Mid South Medical Group Management Association Meeting (May, 2009).
"Compliance" chapter, Fundamentals of Law for Health Informatics and Information Management, American Health Information Management Association, May 2008.
Physician Recruiting: Perspectives from Hospitals, Physicians, and Group Practices, Tennessee Bar Association Health Law Forum. (October 2008).