Brett A. Elliott
Washington
Karr Tuttle Campbell
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300
Seattle, WA 98104
United States
Tel: 206-224-8136
Email:
belliott@karrtuttle.com
Web:
www.karrtuttle.com
Brett Elliott is a shareholder in the Seattle, Washington office of Karr Tuttle Campbell, a leading Pacific Northwest full-service law firm.
Brett’s practice focuses on healthcare regulatory compliance to ensure healthcare providers comply with federal and state regulatory requirements and have policies, practices, and programs in place to maintain compliance. She regularly advises clients on a variety of healthcare matters, including compliance with fraud and abuse, physician self-referral, privacy and security, corporate practice of medicine, and other laws and regulations governing the provision of health care services. She also assists clients with various transactional matters, including provider contracts, payor contracts, services agreements, and assessing healthcare regulatory risks in mergers and acquisitions. Brett holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) credential from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
Brett also advises healthcare providers and other clients in employment matters, including employment and separation agreements, non-competition/non-solicit/ confidentiality agreements, arbitration agreements, wage and hour, and leave benefits, and represents employers in employment disputes, including discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination.
Prior to joining KTC, Brett was a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. In that capacity, she led several healthcare investigations and litigated cases under the False Claims Act. These matters involved alleged violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and Medicare and Medicaid regulations governing hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, behavioral healthcare facilities, home health care, and other healthcare providers.
Education:
- J.D., with honors, The George Washington University Law School
- B.A., College of Charleston
Admissions:
- Washington State Bar
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
The complex, heavily regulated and continually changing healthcare industry presents many unique challenges. Karr Tuttle Campbell provides the legal resources critical to the operational and growth needs of healthcare clients, which include individual providers, medical groups, laboratories, behavioral health facilities, long-term care facilities, pharmacies, and insurers. KTC’s experienced attorneys focus on ensuring healthcare providers comply with state and federal regulatory requirements and have policies, practices and programs in place to maintain compliance.
The firm’s areas of concentration in healthcare include:
- Audits and Investigations
- Behavioral Health
- Corporate Practice of Medicine
- Compliance Programs
- Consumer privacy
- EMTALA
- Fraud and Abuse
- HIPAA, Privacy and Security
- Laboratory
- Licensing, Certification & Accreditation
- Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement & Overpayment
- Provider and Payer Contracting
- SAMHSA and 42 CFR Part 2
- State health privacy
- Telemedicine
KTC is not only experienced in handling a broad array of regulatory compliance and licensing matters, but as a full-service law firm they also offer counsel on the range of business problems and opportunities facing healthcare clients, including corporate structuring, debt and equity financing, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, and employment matters. Beyond transactional and regulatory expertise, the firm’s attorneys have experience representing clients across a wide range of healthcare litigation matters, including fraud investigations and defense, contract disputes, and government administrative proceedings.
KTC is based in Seattle, Washington with a second office in Portland, Oregon. Well into their second century of service, the firm remains committed to the traditions of providing excellent legal services, innovative approaches, meeting the challenges of a global marketplace, “greener” work practices, and supporting their community.