Jim Boswell is a litigation partner practicing in King & Spalding’s Healthcare Practice Group. He has extensive experience in handling a full range of commercial litigation matters. Mr. Boswell has also handled jury trials, administrative hearings, arbitrations and appellate arguments involving specialized healthcare issues on behalf of healthcare industry clients. He received his law degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1991. Mr. Boswell joined the firm in 1992 after clerking on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He became a partner of the firm in 1999.
Mr. Boswell is Chair of the Healthcare Liability and Litigation Practice Group of the American Health Lawyers Association. In 2008, Nightingale’s Healthcare News recognized him as one of twelve “Outstanding Healthcare Litigators” nationally. Mr. Boswell also serves as Chair of the Health Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia.
Mr. Boswell has also represented healthcare entities in administrative matters, False Claims Act lawsuits, civil litigation proceedings, and government investigations. These clients include hospitals and health systems, HMOs and other managed care entities, a PBM, a hospital management company, a nursing home chain, a diagnostic imaging center chain, a PHO and a medical device manufacturer.
Speeches and Presentations
- Managed Care Litigation, American Health Lawyers Association Payors, Plans and Managed Care Law Institute, December 2011;
- Legal and Practical Issues in Moving to New Payment Models, Health Care Leaders Summit,
October 2011;
- Health Law Managed Care Update, South Carolina Hospital Association, Society of Managed Care, October 2011;
- 2011 Managed Care Update, King & Spalding Roundtable, August 2011;
- Managed Care Litigation: Recent Developments and Future Trends for Payors and Providers, American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, June 2011;
- Exploring Non-Par Litigation and Usual, Customary and Reasonable in Light of Ingenix, American Conference Institute’s Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation, May 2011;
- Fundamentals of ERISA Preemption, American Health Lawyers Webinar, January 2011;
- Managed Care Litigation Strategies After Healthcare Reform, Webinar, Strafford Publications, January 2011;
- Managed Care Update: Contracting, Litigation and Antitrust Developments, King & Spalding Roundtable, December 2010;
- Payor-Provider Litigation--Advanced Topics and Recent Developments, American Health Lawyers Association Payors, Plans and Managed Care Law Institute, November 2010;
- Managed Care Litigation: Emerging Trends in Provider-Plan Disputes, Audio conference, Strafford Publications, March 2010;
- Hospital-Medical Staff Relations: Recent Developments, King & Spalding Roundtable, January 2010;
- ERISA from the Provider’s Perspective, Tennessee Hospital Association Insurance Task Force, November 2009;
- National Healthcare Reform Legislation: What It Says, and How It Will Change the Healthcare Industry, King & Spalding Roundtable, July 2009;
- The Patient Safety Rules: What the New Federal Protections Will Mean for Providers, King & Spalding Health Law and Policy Forum, February 2009;
- Advanced Payment Disputes/Litigation/Non-Participating Providers - Payor and Provider Perspectives, American Health Lawyers Association, October 2008;
- A Day in Court: Critical Implications for Conducting Clinical Trials, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society, July 2008;
- Developments in Georgia Health Law, Georgia HFMA Summer Institute, July 2007;
- Disclosure of Medical Errors: Legal, Ethical, Risk Management, and Physician Perspectives, Moderator, American Health Lawyers Association Teleconference, August 2007;
- Incident at Airport X: Exploring the Law of Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 2007;
- Provider Issues in Managed Care Negotiations and Terminations, King & Spalding Roundtable, November 2006;
- Physicians’ and Payors’ Perspectives on Current Managed Care Litigation, American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, June 2006;
- Managed Care Class Actions: What the Settlements Mandate for Provider Contracts, King & Spalding Health Law and Policy Forum, March 2006;
- Tax Exemption/Legislative & Enforcement Review, 2006 Health Care Law Update & Annual Meeting, Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys;
- Update on Nonprofit Hospital Class Action Litigation, Georgia HFMA Fall Institute, November 2005 and King & Spalding Health Law and Policy Forum, March 2005.
Publications
- Words Will Never Hurt Me: The Risks in Treating a Linguistically Diverse Population, Health Lawyers News, October 2007 (with Joanne E. Joiner and Kate Miller.);
- The 2006 Health Law and Policy Forum: Current Legal Issues -- Part I (interview of Richard L. Shackelford, James W. Boswell and Laura E. Loeb), The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, April 2006;
- An Overview of Current PBM Litigation, American Health Lawyers Association Healthcare Liability & Litigation Newsletter, Winter 2006 (with Martha S. Henley).
- Preemption and Commerce Clause Issues, ABA Business Torts and Unfair Competition Handbook (2d ed.), Jan. 2006 (with Charles L. Stern, Jr. and Emily J. Culpepper)
Affiliations and Community Service
Mr. Boswell currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Young Audiences, a Division of Woodruff Arts Center. Mr. Boswell served as President of the Board of Directors of Georgia Legal Services Program from 2004 to 2010. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Legal Services Foundation. He served as a member of the board of trustees of The Paideia School from 2005 to 2011. He is a member of the Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys and the American Health Lawyers Association.
