
Brent works with various health care providers and clients in regard to HIPAA compliance, including responding to numerous data breaches and government investigations. Most recently, Brent has worked extensively with employers in planning and complying with the Affordable Care Act ("ACA"). He has also conducted numerous educational sessions on the ACA for numerous employers and employer organizations. More broadly, Brent works frequently with clients in various tax and business planning matters, including mergers and acquisitions and business succession planning, and with hospitals, physicians and other health care clients in various transactional and regulatory matters, including compliance with Stark, Anti-Kickback and other fraud and abuse laws, EMTALA, HIPAA and other regulatory matters. Brent is also a frequent speaker and publisher for the Alabama Hospital Association ("AlaHA"), the Medical Group Management Association ("MGMA"), the Medical Association of the State of Alabama ("MASA"), the American Health Lawyers Association ("AHLA"), and other health care organizations.
Memberships and Affiliations >
- Alabama and Montgomery Medical Group Management Association
- American Health Lawyers Association (Physician Organization Practice Group, Health Information Technology Practice Group)
- American Bar Association (Sections on Taxation; Business Law; and Health Law)
- Envision 2020: River Region Health Information Exchange - IT Finance Work Group
- EMERGE Montgomery - Financial Development Committee; Torchbearers Leadership Class (2010)
Education >
- B.S., Auburn University, 1995
- M.S., Auburn University, 1996
- J.D., Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, 1999 (Research and Writing Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy)
- LL.M. in Taxation, University of Florida, 2004
Recent Publications and Presentations >
- Client Alert (November 28, 2018) - "Affordable Care Act - Employer Mandate Update"
- Client Alert (November 28, 2018) - "HIPAA and the Media"
- "Panel Member - Dothan Practice Management Roundtable: Information Security (November 15, 2018)"
- "What Can Physicians Charge for Medical Records?" - Alabama Medicine Magazine (Summer 2018)
- Client Alert (January, 2016) - "HIPAA Update"
- Client Alert (January, 2016) - "Affordable Care Act Update - Reporting deadlines delayed"
- Client Alert (March, 2015) - "Affordable Care Act - Employer Mandate Review #9: Nine Things To Do Now"
- "Affordable Care Act / Employer Mandate Update: Ten Things To Do Now" - Gilpin Givhan Labor & Employment Seminar (March, 2015)
- "The Risks and Benefits of Medical Practice Mergers & Acquisitions" - Warren Averett Healthcare Update (February, 2015)
- Client Alert (February, 2015) - "Affordable Care Act – Employer Mandate Review #8: What will I have to report to the IRS?"
- Client Alert (September, 2014) - "Affordable Care Act – Employer Mandate Review #7: Section 4980H(b): What are the "other" penalties?"
- Client Alert (September, 2014) - "Affordable Care Act – Employer Mandate Review #6: Section 4980H(a): What do I need to know about the "big" penalty?"
- Client Alert (September, 2014) - "Affordable Care Act – Employer Mandate Review #5: What are the "Employer Mandate" penalties?"
- Client Alert (September, 2014) - "Affordable Care Act – Employer Mandate Review #4: Who are my "full-time" employees?"
- Client Alert (September, 2014) - "Affordable Care Act – Employer Mandate Review #3: Am I a "large" employer?"
- Client Alert (September, 2014) - "Affordable Care Act – Employer Mandate Review #2: What are the "aggregation rules," and do they apply to me?"
- Client Alert (September, 2014) - "Affordable Care Act Update – Employer Mandate Review #1: Transition Relief: When will I be subject to the Employer Mandate penalties?"
- Client Alert (August, 2014) - "HIPAA Update - OCR: Next Round of Audits Coming"
- Client Alert (May, 2014) - "HIPAA Update - Five Key Developments in Enforcement / Compliance"
- "The Countdown Begins: Preparing for the Affordable Care Act's Employer Mandate" - Gilpin Givhan Labor & Employment Seminar (April, 2014)
- Client Alert (March, 2014) - "Key Takeaways from ACA "Employer Mandate" Final Rule (Part 2 of 2)"
- Client Alert (February, 2014) - "Key Takeaways from ACA "Employer Mandate" Final Rule (Part 1 of 2)"
- Co-Presenter with Lynlee Wells Palmer, "5 Human Resources Issues to Know in 2014 (No. 1: Affordable Care Act)" - Presented to Birmingham MGMA (January, 2014)
- "Employer Mandate Review" - Presented to Automobile Dealers Association of Alabama, Inc. (December, 2013)
- Co-Author, American Health Lawyers Association Member Briefing: "HIPAA Revisited: An Analysis of the Omnibus Rule and a Practical Compliance Guide" (November, 2013)
- "10 Things You Need To Know About HIPAA Enforcement Under the HITECH Act" - Presented to Alabama Hospital Association; CPSI National Users Conference; Warren Averett Wilson Price Healthcare Symposium; State of Alabama MGMA Winter Conference; Huntsville MGMA, Opelika / East Alabama MGMA, Morgan / Lawrence Co. MGMA, Enterprise MGMA, Mobile MGMA 24th Annual Professional Development Seminar, Etowah Co. MGMA; UAB Resident Fellows; UAB MASA (Medical Students) (2013)
- "Managing the Employer Mandate" - Presented to Automobile Dealers Association of Alabama, Inc. - Montgomery, Dothan, Mobile, Huntsville, Birmingham; Alabama Council of Association Executives (2013)
- Client Alert (July, 2013) - "Affordable Care Act: Employer Mandate Delayed"
- ACHE Face-to-Face Education Panel / Louisiana Hospital Association Annual Meeting – "The Healthcare Executive’s Role in IT Decisions" (July, 2013)
- Client Alert (July, 2013) - "HIPAA To Do List"
- "Six Steps to Avoid or Mitigate OCR Enforcement Risk" - Alabama M.D.: Official MASA Newsletter (July, 2013)
- Client Alert (June, 2013) - "HITECH Update: Business Associate Agreements"
- Client Alert (June, 2013) - "HITECH Update: Notice of Privacy Practices"
- Client Alert (June, 2013) - "HITECH Update: Marketing / Sales of PHI"
- Client Alert (June, 2013) - "HITECH Update: Individual Rights"
- "Preparing for the Employer Mandate" - Gilpin Givhan Labor & Employment Seminar (April, 2013)
- "Six Tips for Negotiating an Employment Agreement" - Alabama M.D.: Official MASA Newsletter (February, 2013)
- Client Alert (January, 2013): "Key Takeaways from the HITECH Final Rule"
- "Health Reform Update: Small Business Tax Credit / Employer Shared Responsibility Payments" - The Council News, Alabama Council of Association Executives (Winter, 2012)
- "It's 2AM: Do You Know Where Your Patients' Information Is?" - American Health Lawyers Association Hospital & Health Systems Newsletter (Fall, 2012)
- "Health Reform GPS: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We're Going" - Presented to Auburn University Hospital & Health Administration Organization (October, 2012)
- Client Alert (October, 2012): "Health Reform Update: 3.8% Medicare Tax on Net Investment Income"
Related Practices
Bar Admissions
- Supreme Court of Alabama
- United States Tax Court
Licensed In
- Alabama