Mrs. Kenny W. Keith

Kenny’s practice is devoted to regulatory compliance and risk management issues affecting health care facilities and providers. Prior to joining the firm, Kenny represented numerous healthcare clients in both litigation and regulatory matters, including clients in the long-term care and the senior housing industry. Before she became a lawyer in 2003, Kenny was a Registered Nurse and worked with rehabilitation facilities in Birmingham and taught in the School of Nursing at UAB. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing with a clinical focus on hospital epidemiology and infection control. Because of her background in both nursing and law, Kenny is uniquely prepared to help health care clients with survey issues, plans of correction, quality assurance, and informal dispute resolution. She is experienced in appeals involving the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as well as appeals to various state agencies such as the Alabama State Medicaid Agency.

Professional Recognition

Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Law and Health Care Litigation

AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale Hubbell

Member of Sigma Theta Tau, National Nursing Honor Society

Member of the Alabama Nursing Home Defense Lawyers Association

Member of the American Health Care Association

Highlights

HEALTHCARE:

• Involved in licensing issues, appearing before the Alabama Board of Nursing, the Alabama Board of Pharmacy, and the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners.

• Preparing and reviewing policies and procedures for health care providers.

• Assisting health care providers with issues involving HIPAA and EMTLA and reimbursement.

• Addressing compliance and risk management issues.

• Assisting health care providers with complex medical ethics issues involving advance directives and end of life decision making.

LONG-TERM CARE & OTHER HEALTHCARE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE:

• Assisting long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, hospitals and various other health care providers with preparation for surveys by the Alabama Department of Public Health including compliance audits and mock surveys.

• Assisting long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, hospitals and various other health care providers during the survey process.

• Assisting long-term care, assisted living facilities, hospitals and various other health care providers with responding to survey issues and concerns post survey including developing plans of correction, monitoring plans, informal dispute resolution, and licensure revocation proceedings.

• Represent long-term care facilities before the Departmental Appeals Board of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Presentations and Publications

Kenny is a highly sought after speaker for various health care groups throughout the state, including the Alabama Nursing Home Association, the Alabama Assisted Living Association, and for various regional educational programs for health care providers.

News & Insights

• 35 Starnes Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2026

• Starnes Davis Florie Welcomes Kenny Keith & Brandon Jackson to the Firm