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Mr. Pool represents hospitals and hospital systems as well as physicians throughout Alabama. In addition, he represents a large number of tax exempt entities both inside and outside the health care industry. He is regularly consulted by lawyers across the state regarding a wide range of both health care and tax exempt issues. He is a frequent speaker on health care, corporate compliance, and tax exempt entities topics. Mr. Pool regularly counsels his clients regarding the following: Joint ventures; Fraud and abuse (including the Anti-Kickback Statute); Stark Law; Medical staff bylaws and credentialing matters; Professional services and employment agreements with physicians; Medicare reimbursement issues; Management services arrangements; HIPAA Privacy/Security; Corporate structure and governance issues; State licensure and other regulatory issues; JCAHO; Governmental investigations; Antitrust issues; Executive compensation; Asset purchases and other significant transactions; Tax-exempt organization issues; Hospital and physician group management and organization; Development and maintenance of corporate compliance programs; and Internal and external audits and investigations. | 