- General counsel for The Emory Clinic, Inc., the physician practice plan for the Emory University School of Medicine, from 1994-2000.
- Interim chief counsel for the Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University, including the Yerkes Primate Center at Emory University, and chief counsel for the subsidiary entities of Emory Healthcare, Inc. from 2000-2001.
- Outside general counsel for the board of directors of The Georgia Hospital Association from 2007-2010.
- Established a comprehensive compliance program for a university medical facility in Tennessee.
- Established a comprehensive compliance program for a provider of dialysis services with locations throughout the United States.
- Established health care compliance training programs for medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and health care providers operating both single site and nationwide locations.
- Assisted numerous health care providers and suppliers with successfully conducting internal compliance investigations and responding to government investigations.
Senior Counsel,
- Phone: 404.881.7278
- Email: donna.bergeson@alston.com
Health care providers and suppliers rely on Donna to provide regulatory compliance counsel, governance advice, and litigation assistance during government and internal investigations. She uses her knowledge of health care coding and provider operations to arrive at practical and efficient resolutions of disputes, but will also aggressively litigate when common ground cannot be found.