David Head is a partner with Waller Lansden in the firm's corporate practice. He focuses primarily on securities, joint ventures, venture capital, partnership/LLC law, mergers and acquisitions and general business law in the healthcare industry where he represents companies operating on local, regional, national and international levels.
Mr. Head represents hospital companies in strategic acquisitions and divestitures of healthcare facilities, as well as in joint ventures with other providers of healthcare services, including physicians and physician groups. Mr. Head also has advised public and privately held companies in a variety of industries in connection with finance, reorganization, and partnership/LLC law issues ranging from governance rights to fiduciary duties, securities offerings, mergers, and asset and stock acquisitions.
Mr. Head recently represented an international pharmaceutical firm in two separate acquisitions of publicly traded U.S. pharmaceutical companies. He also provided counsel to a publicly traded European biotechnology company in its merger with a private biotech firm based in California. He represented one of the nation's leading revenue cycle management companies in its private equity recapitalization and also provided counsel to a private hospital company in its $315 million acquisition of nine hospitals from a publicly traded hospital system and its subsequent issuance of $500 million in high yield debt.
Additionally, Mr. Head has represented the nation's largest provider of outpatient surgery, diagnostic and rehabilitation services in numerous transactions, including the development, syndication, acquisition and divestiture of surgery and imaging facilities.
Professional Activities
· Member, Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations
· Member, ABA Health Law Section
· Member, American Health Lawyers Association
· Co-Author, "Caveat Emptor-Will Change Ever Be Materially Adverse Enough to Be a 'MAC'?", AHLA Connections, September 2009
· Member, Leadership Health Care
· Former Member, Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners Committee on Physician Assistants
Civic and Other Activities
· Member, Board of Directors for Christian Schools, Inc. dba Goodpasture Christian School
· Deacon, Hendersonville Church of Christ
· Former Member, Board of Directors for the Sumner County Family YMCA
· Former Member, President's Board of Goodpasture Christian School
· Former Member, Board of Directors of Manor Management, Inc.
· Former Member, Board of Directors of Indian Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc.
Articles
10/26/2011, A Closer Look at the Final ACO Rule
10/20/2011, ACO Final Rules Released
5/19/2011, Survey Shows Healthcare Providers Preparing for ACO Era as Government Announces New Incentives for Participation in Accountable Care Organizations
4/6/2011, Additional Information About Accountable Care Organizations
4/1/2011, Federal Government Addresses Accountable Care Organizations and Requests Comments
1/6/2011, Final Rule: Changes to Whole Hospital and Rural Provider Exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral Prohibition and Related Changes to Provider Agreement Regulations
7/12/2010, CMS Confirms Prohibition on Increased Physician Ownership of Hospitals After March 23, 2010
9/16/2009, David Head and Chris Phillips, "Caveat Emptor - Will Change Ever Be Materially Adverse Enough to Be a "MAC"?" AHLA Connections September 2009
7/12/2007, Certain Risk - Uncertain Reward: New OIG Opinion on Sales of Interests in ASCs