Experience Chris is Board Certified in Health Law by The Florida Bar. He is Of Counsel to GrayRobinson and practices in the Health Care department of the Orlando office. Chris previously served as in-house counsel at a major multi-state health care system, and has practiced in Health Law in the private law firm environment as well. His practice includes healthcare-related litigation, state and federal fraud and abuse matters, provider licensing and disciplinary issues, provider operations, regulatory analysis and compliance, and transactions involving health care providers. He has assisted numerous health care providers, including hospitals and hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, large and small group practices, ambulatory surgery centers, and individual practitioners in a wide variety of matters. Chris has reviewed numerous transactions between health care providers, including joint ventures, professional services agreements, medical directorships, recruiting agreements and space leases for compliance with federal Stark, Anti-Kickback and other fraud and abuse laws. While in-house, Chris was part of the team that successfully defended a health care system against the nationwide spate of federal class action suits against not-for-profit hospitals for allegedly providing insufficient charity care to uninsured individuals. The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed with prejudice from federal court. Background Chris M. Morrison was born in Tampa, Florida and grew up in Orlando. He graduated magna cum laude from Stetson University in 1996 with a B.A. in Political Science. He then earned his J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1999, and became a member of the Florida Bar that same year. Professional: · The Florida Bar
- Board Certified in Health Law
- Administrative Law Section
- Health Law Section
- Young Lawyers Division · American Health Lawyers Association · Florida Academy of Healthcare Attorneys Publications: · "The Stark Law Self-disclosure Protocol: Apply with Care," FHIweekly, Volume II, Issue No. 05, February 2011. · "The Stark Law: What's at Stake for Healthcare Marketers." Healthcare Insight. Rachel Stewart, Vol. 6 No. 2, June 2010. · "Summary of Fraud and Abuse Statutes & Regulations of Florida." American Health Lawyers Association. September 2007. · "Medical Malpractice: A Cause of Action and Its Consequences." Physician Practice Management: Essential Operational and Financial Knowledge. Ed. Lawrence L. Wolper, FACMPE. Jones and Bartlett, 2005. pp. 603-624. · "Court Finds Florida's Physician's Revenue Sharing Arrangement To Be Illegal." Florida Medical Business, Vol. 16 No. 7, April 2003. Lectures: · The Florida Bar Health Law Certification Exam Review Course: Institutional Operations. April 1, 2006. · USF College of Public Health Risk Manager Licensing Course: EMTALA. · Florida Hospital Education for Physicians on End of Life Care. (CME Course). Advance Directives and Health Care Decisionmakers: Patient Autonomy and Health Care. October 19, 2000. · Presentation to the Medical Staff of Parrish Medical Center. HIPAA/Patient Confidentiality. July 26, 2007. · Florida Hospital Association. Stark III: The Final Frontier...Except for the MFPS '08 Revisions...Oh, and SCHIP/CHAMP, Too. September 27, 2007. · Florida Hospital Association. Stark Update: What's New in Phase III and the 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. February 20, 2008. · Florida Society of Healthcare PR & Marketing. Stark III versus The Marketing Department. February 16, 2009. Reported cases: · Colonnade Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Agency for Health Care Admin., 847 So. 2d 540 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). (Board Certified Health Law Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) |