Gary W. Eiland — Partner at King & Spalding

Mr. Gary W. Eiland is a Partner at King & Spalding, LLP. Mr. Eiland served as a Partner and Lawyer of Vinson & Elkins LLP since 1991. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Eiland has built a practice focused on providing legal services to the health care industry. He is experienced in the special regulatory and organizational problems of health care providers, systems and academic medical centers. He has walked clients through complex fraud and abuse investigations, False Claims Act litigation, internal risk assessments, self-disclosures and successful pursuit of OIG advisory opinions. He has a nationally acclaimed health law practice counseling healthcare clients on compliance programs, maintaining high business standards and avoiding enforcement agency crosshairs. His experience also includes structuring healthcare business transactions and contractual relationships; advising clients concerning Medicare and Medicaid law and regulations; and handling Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, coverage and certification controversies and appeals. As part of his regulatory practice, he has represented clients at all levels of the judicial system, including the United States Supreme Court. He has earned national recognition for his work, including being named as a top health lawyer by The Best Lawyers in America for over 10 years; as an 'Outstanding Fraud and Compliance Lawyer' by Nightingale's Healthcare News; and as a leading healthcare lawyer second to none in the field by Chambers USA. Mr. Eiland is also a recipient of the American Health Lawyers Association's prestigious David J. Greenburg Award for career-long contributions to the Association. His Representative Experience includes, represented various university medical schools in obtaining favorable Office of Inspector General advisory opinions addressing financial arrangements and donation of medical office building, represented various university medical schools and affiliated teaching hospitals regarding Medicare regulatory requirements for graduate medical education (GME) and indirect medical education (IME) payments, represented local governmental hospital district in transfer of hospital assets and operations to healthcare system and negotiation of Indigent Care Agreement between hospital district and healthcare system. His Professional Recognition: Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers in healthcare law, 2005 to 2006, The Best Lawyers in America in healthcare law for over ten years Texas Super Lawyers in healthcare law, Texas Monthly, 2003 to 2006. He was a State Bar of Texas's Chairman, Health Law Section from 1991 to 1992; Charter Member, Health Law Exam Commission, Texas Board of Legal Specialization from 2002 to 2005; Member, College of the State Bar of Texas, American Health Lawyers Association [formerly, American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys]: President from 1996 to 1997; Immediate Past President and Executive Committee member from 1997 to 1998; Director from 1991 to 1997; Recipient of the David J. Greenburg Award for career-long contributions to the Association in 2005, Healthcare Financial Management Association: Member, Compliance Officers Forum Advisory Council from 2000 to 2002; Recipient of HFMA Medal of Honor in 1999; Chapter Liaison Representative, Region 9 from 1994 to 1995; President, Texas Gulf Coast Chapter from 1992 to 1993. His Publications and Presentations: Research Institutions Under Scrutiny- Reimbursement, Compliance Issues and the False Claims Act, Aspen Publishers' Reimbursement Advisor, October 2005, Medicare Parts A, B and C, Fundamentals of Health Law: American Health Lawyers, 3rd ed. 2002 and Compliance for Hospital / Physician Ventures and Arrangements, Health Care Compliance Guide, CCH, 2001. He holds J.D. with honors from University of Texas School of Law in 1976 and B.B.A. in Marketing with honors from University of Texas, B.B.A. in 1973 (Phi Kappa Phi).