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  Profile:
  Mr. Gardner focuses his practice on regulatory guidance and administrative litigation
  for health care providers. He provides counsel to nursing homes, assisted living facilities,
  hospitals, behavioral treatment facilities, and individual practitioners in the areas of regulatory
  compliance, reimbursement, privacy, civil monetary penalties, licensure, certificate of need,
  contracting, and fraud and abuse.

Practice Areas:

Health Care and Life Sciences

Professional Activities:

American Health Lawyers Association
American Bar Association, Health Law Section
Georgia Bar Association, Health Law & Administrative Law Sections
Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys

Admitted to Practice:

State of Georgia
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia

Education:

Emory University School of Law, J.D., 2000, with honors, Order of the Coif, Randolph
W. Thrower Symposium Editor Emory Law Journal
University of Memphis, M.S., 1996
Belhaven College, B.A., 1993

Publications:

The Road to Compliance: Where are you? Long-Term Care and the HIPAA Privacy Rule,
Continuing Care, March/April 2003, at 17.
Pain and Suffering - Inadequate Pain Management as Elder Abuse, Continuing Care,
July/August 2002, at 22.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Navigating the Legal Constraints on the Involuntary
Discharge of Nursing Home Residents, Contemporary Long Term Care, August 2002, at 22.
Tearing Down the Walls - The New Freedom Initiative provides funding to encourage
community living for people with disabilities, Continuing Care, May/Jun 2002, at 24.
Mind Over Matter?: The Historical Search for Meaningful Parity Between Mental and
Physical Health Care Coverage, 49 Emory L.J. 675 (2000).