Areas Of Practice

BB&B is skilled and capable of providing an array of legal, litigation and legislative services to clients. The firm’s members have a breadth of legal experience to serve most clients’ needs, but the firm’s health care experience is extensive. (Click on any link to learn more about the firm’s legal experience.)

Health Care

Litigation

Legislation and Public Policy

Contracting and Procurement

Mediation Services

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Health Care– The firm's members have experience representing all types of health care providers and entities in such matters as:

Medical liability defense
Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse
Internal investigations
Anti-kickback and Stark Law
Corporate Compliance Programs
Risk Management and Patient Safety
Responding to Government Investigations and Inquiries
Controlled Substance Diversion
Long Term Care
Abuse and Neglect Investigations
The Sarbanes Oxley Act
Board of Directors and Health Care Executive training
HIPAA privacy and security
Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement
Medicare and Medicaid terminations and appeals
EMTALA
False Claims Act and billing investigations
Certificates of Need (CON)
Research, clinical trials and Institutional Review Board (IRB) matters
Physician recruitment
Licensure/Certification issues involving physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants
Kentucky provider licensing
Regulatory matters
Medical staff relationships
Emergency preparedness
Health policy development

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Litigation– The firm's members have litigation experience in civil court and administrative tribunals, involving:

Medical liability
Arson and fraud investigations
The Federal False Claims Act
Administrative hearings before federal and state government agencies, including the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Product liability
Premises liability
Engineering and architectural liability
Plaintiff’s personal injury

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Legislative and Public Policy– Each member of BB&B has held integral positions in the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

The members of BB&B have been privy to the innermost workings of government policy-making, particularly health policy. BB&B members have drafted, negotiated and analyzed hundreds of the statutes and regulations currently defining health policy in Kentucky.

In addition, they logged dozens of hours testifying in front of various legislative committees, earning a reputation for diligent preparation and subject matter knowledge. Accordingly, the members of BB&B not only know health law, they helped write it.

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Government Procurement and Contracting– The firm’s members have either drafted or litigated some of the largest procurements and contracts ever implemented in the state of Kentucky, including:

Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS)
Medicaid Pharmacy Benefits Administration (PBA)
Kentucky’s Medicaid Administrative Agent (KMAA)
Kentucky’s State Employee Health Insurance

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Mediation Services– Jeff Barnett is a trained, certified mediator qualified to mediate all types of civil matters. The Kentucky Court of Justice recognizes and includes him on its approved roster of mediators.

During both his private practice and tenure at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, he successfully facilitated the resolution of numerous disputes involving health care and regulatory matters. Furthermore, he is a frequent lecturer at continuing education seminars for health care and legal professionals regarding mediation and other alternative dispute resolution issues.