Sean Sullivan

• Counsels hospitals, health systems, physician groups, and post-acute care providers on Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and related state fraud and abuse law compliance, including helping health care providers develop compliant partner relationships and payment programs.
• Advises multiple health care providers on telemedicine implementation, including licensure issues, informed consent, scope of practice limitations, and reimbursement.
• Assists physician groups and hospitals in contracting matters, including for clinical trial agreements, preferred provider programs, and employment agreements
• Negotiates, drafts, and advises in implementing electronic health record agreements between providers and vendors.
• Advises health care providers and business associates on patient privacy, data security, and HIPAA compliance, including reviewing policies and procedures for privacy and security, breach notification, and security assessments.
• Developed multistate hospice consent policies and forms for a large national hospice provider.
• Defends high-exposure government investigations of health care providers and other companies in highly regulated industries, both in criminal and civil investigations.
• Develops policies and procedures for multiple health care providers surrounding committees protected by the quality assurance, medical review, and peer review privileges in health care.
• Drafts and enforces arbitration agreements for health care providers to limit liability, expedite dispute resolution, and protect patient and provider privacy.

Sean Sullivan is a senior associate with the Health Care Group. Sean assists health care providers and business associates, including health care technology companies, in avoiding liability by ensuring regulatory compliance in operations; investigating, disclosing, and resolving potential noncompliance; defending government investigations; and providing support to litigation and transactions as necessary.

Before joining Alston & Bird, Sean was a health care attorney at another prominent Atlanta law firm, where he advised national health care providers in regulatory actions, policy review, compliance, reimbursement, and liability prevention, including HIPAA, Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, and CMS rules. He also litigated complex health care matters, including provider disputes, government investigations, and high-exposure long-term care medical malpractice cases. He previously served in the U.S. Army JAG Corps, where he advised commanders on administrative law and regulatory matters, and defended soldiers and officers accused of misconduct in courts martial and administrative hearings, trying more than 40 cases to verdict during his time on active duty.

Sean earned his J.D., cum laude, from Georgia State University College of Law. He holds a B.A. from Emory University, where he double-majored in political science and French language and literature.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Georgia State University (J.D., 2007)
• Emory University (B.A., 2004)

Memberships