Lauren Jacques is the managing partner of Bradley's Nashville office. Lauren focuses her practice on healthcare transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures, and the regulatory and operational issues that affect healthcare providers. Lauren routinely represents both publicly traded and privately held companies, including national hospital and surgery center companies. She has experience handling a wide variety of transactions across the country, including transactions involving hospitals, home health agencies, hospices, cancer centers, physician practices and cardiac catheterization and office-based laboratories. Lauren has a particular breadth and depth of experience handling transactions in the ambulatory surgery center and outpatient provider space.
In addition to transactional work, Lauren routinely counsels clients regarding healthcare regulatory and operational issues. She assists on matters related to compliance with federal and state anti-kickback and self-referral laws, corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting laws, and issues with licensing, certificate of need and provider enrollment. Lauren also has experience in representing clients in matters involving clinical research matters. Her ability to handle both transactional and regulatory issues makes her a unique and valuable advisor for any client operating in the healthcare space.
Lauren is also active in professional organizations and her community. She served on the planning committee for the Nashville Council of Health Care Attorneys for six years and is an active author and speaker for the American Health Law Association. Lauren previously served on the board of The New Beginnings Center, a Tennessee non-profit dedicated to improving the health, strength and wellness of women. In 2017, Lauren received the firm’s Cameron J. Miller Award for Excellence and Community Service. Lauren received both her undergraduate and law degrees from Vanderbilt University.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch Corporate Law, 2021-2024 Health Care Law, 2021-2024 Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2021-2024 Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," Healthcare, 2016-2023 Listed in Nashville Post, "In Charge - Legal," 2022 - 2024 Listed in Nashville Business Journal, "Women of Influence," 2023 Cameron J. Miller Award for Excellence & Community Service, 2017 "Nashville's Top 30 Under 30" Honoree, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Middle Tennessee Chapter, 2015 Acquisition of Imaging Center and Sleep Lab - McKenzie, TN Represented a national hospital company in connection with the acquisition of a freestanding imaging center and sleep lab previously owned and the conversion of the same to an outpatient department of a hospital. Acquisition of Surgery Center - Basking Ridge, NJ Represented a national surgery center company in connection with the acquisition of a 55% ownership interest in an ambulatory surgery center located in Basking Ridge, NJ. Acquisition of Surgery Center - Davenport, IA Represented a national surgery center company in connection with (i) the formation of a joint venture with a local health system, and (ii) the acquisition of a 55% ownership interest in an ambulatory surgery center located in Davenport, IA. Acquisition of Surgery Center - Lake Mary, FL Represented a national surgery center company in connection with the acquisition of a 60% ownership interest in an ambulatory surgery center located in Lake Mary, FL. Acquisition of Surgery Center - Maitland, FL Represented a national surgery center company in connection with the acquisition of a 50% ownership interest in an ambulatory surgery center located in Maitland, FL. Acquisition of Surgery Center - Orlando, FL Represented a national surgery center company in connection with the acquisition of a 49.5% ownership interest in an ambulatory surgery center located in Orlando, FL. Acquisition of Surgery Center - Sparta, NJ Represented a national surgery center company in connection with the acquisition of a 55% ownership interest an ambulatory surgery center located in Sparta, NJ. Acquisition of Surgery Center - Stroudsburg, PA Represented a national surgery center company in connection with the acquisition of a 28% interest in an ambulatory surgery center located in Stroudsburg, PA. Acquisition of Surgery Center - Watchung, NJ Represented a national surgery center company in connection with (i) the formation of a joint venture with a local health system, and (ii) the acquisition by a 55% membership interest in a ambulatory surgery center located in Watchung, NJ. Acquisition of Surgical Center - Brick, NJ Represented a national surgery center company in connection with (i) the formation of a joint venture with a local hospital, and (ii) the acquisition by a 55% ownership interest in an ambulatory surgery center located in Brick, NJ. Acquisition of Surgical Hospital - Ruston, LA Represented a national hospital company in connection with the acquisition of a surgical hospital in Ruston, LA. Acquisition of Surgical Hospital - Washington, PA Represented a national surgery center company in connection with the acquisition of a 51% membership interest in a surgical hospital located in Washington, PA. Conducted internal investigation of hospital coding company Conducted internal investigation and liability exposure analysis for coding compliance issue at contract hospital coding company.
