Firm: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Location: Charlotte - NC
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One Wells Fargo Center
301 S. College Street, Suite 2150
Charlotte, NC 28202
- Tel : 704 749 8999
- Fax : 704 749 8990
- Email : Jennifer.Hutchens@BCLPLAW.com
Jennifer Hutchens is the global leader of the Health Care Practice. She represents health care providers, ancillary service providers, licensed agencies, non-profits, management services organizations and other industry-based clients of all sizes. In the midst of this complex and highly technical regulatory landscape, clients rely on Jennifer to help achieve their strategic, operational and compliance goals.
Jennifer builds and maintains long-term relationships with clients and is a trusted partner and adviser. She has a strong passion for the health care industry and particularly excels in advising clients as they implement novel, first-of-their-kind solutions and transactions. She regularly advises clients on topics of health innovation, including artificial intelligence (AI), telehealth and concierge medicine.
Jennifer has deep experience interpreting federal and state health care guidance, including the Anti-Kickback and Stark laws, corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting prohibitions, surprise/balance billing laws and price transparency rules.
Jennifer’s transactional practice is focused on joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and other affiliation and collaboration transactions, as well as health care contracting matters (professional services, managed and value-based care, and other contracts).
Civic Involvement & Honors
- Best Lawyers of America – Healthcare Law, 2015 -2024
- Charlotte Healthcare Law Lawyer of the Year, 2018
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers – Healthcare, 2018-2023
- Mecklenburg County Bar Young Lawyers Division – Young Lawyer of the Year, 2011
- North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Healthcare Power List, 2023
- North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Star – Healthcare, 2013-2021
- Career Choices in the Law (Charlotte Mecklenburg Middle Schools) – Mentor , 2023
- Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation – Scholar & Alumna, 1999-present
- Duke Alumni Admissions Program – Admissions Interviewer, 2007-present
Professional Affiliations
American Health Law Association
- Development and Advancement Council, 2020-2022
- Nominating Committee, 2019-2020
- Fundamentals in Health Law Conference Planning Committee, 2017-2023
- Governance Advisory Council, 2017-2019
- Young Professionals Delegate to Board, 2016-2017
- Young Professionals Council, Chair, 2014-2016, Vice-Chair, 2013-2014
- Hospital and Health Systems Practice Group Leadership Development Program, 2012-2021
- Best Practices Health Law Curriculum Steering Committee, 2014
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow, 2021
North Carolina Bar Association
- Health Law Section Council, Chair, 2017-2018
- Vice Chair, 2016-2017
- Secretary, 2015-2016
- Treasurer, 2014-2015
- Member, 2009-2012 and 2013-2016
North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys, Education Committee, 2013-2016
American College of Healthcare Executives, Member
Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation, Member
Greater Charlotte Healthcare Executives, Member
American Bar Foundation Fellow
Education
Duke University-School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, summa cum laude, 2007
Duke University, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, 2003
Admissions
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North Carolina, 2007
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Companies – including 35% of the Fortune 500 – rely on us to protect their interests and make their business ambitions become business realities. We help clients overcome the complexity and challenges caused by competition, disputes, regulation, globalization and market disruption.
BLCP’s global Healthcare team is a leader in providing legal services to the healthcare industry. We use our experience in the healthcare industry to help you to:
- achieve strategic goals;
- provide practical, business-focused guidance on regulatory compliance and operational issues;
- developing and executing complex transactions; and
- representing you in commercial litigation.
As healthcare continues to be transformed by technological advances and an ever-changing regulatory environment, we know you trust us to advise you on cutting-edge, transformational matters including telemedicine, health IT, transparency, and alternative payment methodologies.
We represent a large spectrum of global industry participants from medical device companies, hospitals and health systems to private equity and other investors.
Our cross-discipline approach combines capabilities in compliance, privacy and data security, transactions, real estate government investigations, litigation, corporate, finance, tax, intellectual property and regulatory areas. As a result, we have a thorough understanding, not only of the legal and business issues, but also of the policies and principles that underlie and influence the healthcare sector, ensuring that you receive the best possible support and guidance.