W. Kyle Simonton
MEMBER
Bio
W. Kyle Simonton joined the firm as an associate in 2007 and became a partner in 2013. He focuses his practice in the area of health care operations law. Kyle represents hospitals and health systems throughout the United States, advising various medical staffs and hospital leaders on operational issues including peer review, credentialing, practitioner discipline and corrective action, practitioner wellness issues, avoiding and addressing behaviors that undermine a culture of safety, fair hearing procedures, maintaining peer review immunity and confidentiality, National Practitioner Data Bank and State Agency reporting, HIPAA compliance, EMTALA compliance and plans of correction, CMS and Accreditation Body compliance, board and medical staff bylaws, Anti-Kickback Statute/Stark compliance and various contractual issues. He routinely presents educational seminars for hospital boards and medical staffs as well as hospital and legal associations. Kyle is currently a member of the American Bar Association, Health Law Section; the Tennessee Bar Association, Health Law Section; the Williamson County Bar Association; the American Health Lawyers Association; the American College of Legal Medicine; and the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is a 2007 graduate of Southern Illinois University School of Law where he was a member of the National Scholars Honor Society and was a student contributor and editor for the Journal of Legal Medicine and Legal Medicine Perspectives. In addition, he received the American College of Legal Medicine’s Letourneau Award for outstanding original commentary in legal medicine.
Profile
Areas of Practice
Health Care Law
Admissions
Tennessee Bar, 2007
Education
Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, IL, 2007, J.D.
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 2003, B.A.
Classes/Seminars Taught
Dr. Death: Lessons for the Unwary Hospital Leader, Nashville Council of Health Care Attorneys, 2022
Physician Discipline Through the Hospital Medical Staff and Licensure Board Processes, Tennessee Bar Association Health Law Forum, 2021
The “New Normal”: Hospital Medical Staff Issues in a Post-Pandemic World, Nashville Council of Health Care Attorneys, 2021
Hospital Credentialing and Peer Review During a Pandemic: Challenges and Practical Solutions, Nashville Council of Health Care Attorneys, 2020
Health Care Facility Credentialing, Peer Review and Corrective Action, Alabama Association of Medical Staff Services Annual Meeting, 2019
Evolving Medical Staff Issues, Tennessee Bar Association Health Law Forum, 2019
Tightening the Screws - Recent Developments in National Practitioner Data Bank Reporting, Nashville Council of Health Care Attorneys, 2019
We’re Not in Kansas Anymore - The Evolving Hospital Medical Staff, Nashville Council of Health Care Attorneys, 2018
Roles and Responsibilities of the Governing Board: Addressing Board Member Issues and Disruptive Medical Staff Members, Quorum Learning Institute, 2018
Navigating the Medical Staff Hearing Process, Tennessee Bar Association Health Law
Forum, 2014Medical Staff Bylaws: Not Just a Place Marker on Your Shelf, Pennsylvania Association
of Medical Staff Services, 2014The New Frontier of Peer Review in Non-Hospital Settings, Nashville Council of Health Care Attorneys, 2013
The Hospital, the Board, and the Medical Staff: Who is the Client When Advising on
Medical Staff Issues, American Health Lawyers Association, 2010Operational Ethics: Advising on Medical Staff Issues, Nashville Council of Health Care
Attorneys, 2010
Published Works
The War on Specialty Hospital Competition: The August 2006 Expiration of the Moratorium on Specialty Hospitals has Accelerated the Already Heated Debate, American College of Legal Medicine 47th Annual Conference on Legal Medicine Syllabus, 2007
Problems with the Accommodations Granted to the Disabled during the Administration of the MCAT: Individual State Interests Versus National Uniformity, 27 J. Legal Med. 305, 2006
Daubert and the Standard of Care, Legal Medicine Perspectives, American College of Legal Medicine, May 2006
Substance Abuse as Mental Illness, Legal Medicine Perspectives, American College of Legal Medicine, March 2006
MEMBERSHIPS, HONORS
Recipient, American College of Legal Medicine’s Letourneau Award for outstanding original commentary in legal medicine.
Williamson County Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association, Health Law Section
American Bar Association, Section on Health Law
American Health Lawyers Association
American College of Legal Medicine
American College of Healthcare Executives