Kim Roeder is a partner in King & Spalding’s Healthcare Practice Group. Her practice focuses on representation of healthcare providers, including hospital systems, academic medical centers, physician practice groups and suppliers. Ms. Roeder has advised public and private healthcare providers in complex transactions involving acquisitions, dispositions, affiliations and joint ventures. She has assisted healthcare facilities, physicians and government contractors in implementing compliance programs, as well as conducting compliance assessments and internal investigations. Ms. Roeder has also represented healthcare providers in responding to Department of Justice and Office of Inspector General investigations and qui tam actions. She also has extensive experience in addressing Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, tax-exemption matters, and issues arising under certificate of need laws, licensure and accreditation standards, HIPAA and state privacy laws, and patient care laws.

Ms. Roeder speaks frequently at professional and trade group programs, including programs sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association, the Health Care Compliance Association, the Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys. Recent presentations and publications have addressed compliance with referral laws, hospital - physician arrangements, internal investigations and defense of False Claims Act proceedings, and Medicare/Medicaid program integrity contractors. She has also assisted as a guest lecturer for specialized topics in healthcare law at Georgetown University School of Law and Georgia State University School of Law.

Ms. Roeder is a former President of the Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, and is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the Health Care Compliance Association, and the State Bar of Georgia Health Law Section. She holds a top ranking among Georgia Health Care lawyers in the Chambers USA Client Guide, has been recognized for several years as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Law and as a Georgia Super Lawyer, and was named an Outstanding Healthcare Fraud and Compliance Lawyer in Nightingale’s Healthcare News.

• Top ranking among Georgia Health Care lawyers in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Chambers USA Client Guide
  
  
• Selected for over ten years for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Law
  
  
• Named Outstanding Healthcare Fraud and Compliance Lawyer, Nightingale’s Healthcare News (May 2008)
  
  
• Selected as a Georgia Super Lawyer for several years

• American Health Lawyers Association
  
  
• Health Care Compliance Association
  
  
• American Bar Association, Health Law Section, Business and Corporate Section
  
  
• Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, Former President
  
  
• State Bar of Georgia, Health Law Section, Corporate Law Section
  
  
• Healthcare Financial Management Association

• 18th Annual King & Spalding Health Law and Policy Forum: “Hot Topics” In Healthcare Fraud Enforcement - Administrative. Interview with Sara Kay Wheeler, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel magazine, April 2009.
  
  
• Co-Author, "Establishing Physician Protocols," Counsel to Counsel Magazine, October 2007
  
  
• Co-Author, American Bar Association, Health Care Fraud 2006, "Defending the Stark/Kickback False Claims Act Case: Practical Considerations"
  
  
• Author, Georgia Hospitals Today, Legal Concerns column (periodic newsletter of the Georgia Hospital Association)
  
  
• Author, "Managed Care," Georgia Hospital Law Manual (Georgia Academy of Health Care Attorneys)
  
  
• Author, "The 1996 Antitrust Policy Statements: Balancing Flexibility and Certainty," Georgia Law Review, Winter 1997

• American Health Lawyers Association, 2009 Annual Meeting: Compliance Issues in Physician Employment Arrangements
  
  
• 2009 King & Spalding Health Law and Policy Forum: Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Update
  
  
• Health Care Compliance Association, 2009 Southeastern Regional Meeting: Medicare Contractor Preparedness
  
  
• American Health Lawyers Association, 2008 Teleconference: Compliance Issues in Physician Recruitment Arrangements
  
  
• Association of Health Care Internal Auditors, 2008 Conference: RACs and Program Integrity Contractors
  
  
• American Rehabilitation Providers Association, 6th Annual Medical Rehabilitation Educational Conference (2008): Medical Director Contracts
  
  
• 2008 King & Spalding Health Law and Policy Forum: Treatment for Sale: Rethinking Provider - Vendor Relationships
  
  
• Health Care Compliance Association, 2008 Southeastern Regional Meeting: Stark Law Update
  
  
• Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, 2007 Annual Meeting: Joint Ventures
  
  
• Health Care Compliance Association, 2006 Southeastern Regional Meeting: Joint Ventures and Compliance
  
  
• Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, 2006 Annual Meeting: Fraud and Abuse Update
  
  
• Georgia Hospital Association, 2006 Annual Summer Meeting: Legal Update - Fraud and Abuse Developments
  
  
• Georgetown University School of Law, 2006 - 2007, Guest Lecturer for Professor Michael Sanders: Tax Issues in Joint Ventures
  
  
• Georgia State University School of Law, 2002-2009, Guest Lecturer for Professor Randall Hughes, Health Policy Seminar
  
  
• Georgia Hospital Association, 2006 Telnet Presentations: Medicaid Fraud Enforcement