Dwight W. Scott, Jr. is a founding shareholder of Scott Patton PC. Dwight brings a unique blend of administrative and legal experience to the firm, having over twenty years of combined administrative management and legal experience in the healthcare industry. Before private practice, Dwight worked in-house for a large hospital system where he maintained responsibility for various legal and administrative matters. Immediately prior to forming Scott Patton PC, Dwight worked for a large full-service law firm, where he was elected to the Firm’s Management Committee and headed up the Firm’s Health Care practice.

While Dwight serves many diverse practice areas, he focuses his legal efforts in matters affecting healthcare providers and organizations, including peer review, regulatory and administrative compliance, operations, licensure, litigation, risk management, medical malpractice and commercial disputes. He frequently advises clients on federal and state compliance issues, including Stark, Anti-Kickback, EMTALA and HIPAA compliance. Dwight is also a certified mediator. Some of his more recent work includes:

• Arbitration proceedings against large national health insurance carrier regarding improper reimbursements for care to enrolled beneficiaries.
• Investigation, coordination and counsel relating to billing investigation by the Office of Inspector General.
• Investigation, coordination and counsel relating to HIPAA and HITECH investigation regarding theft of documents containing protected health information.
• Investigation, coordination and preparation of response to state and federal agencies relating to an alleged EMTALA violation.
• Investigation, coordination and response to to state agency regarding alleged improper coordination of care to pediatric patients.
• Investigation and coordination of investigation regarding patient care issues involving the FDA, CDC and TDSHS.

Scott Patton PC

The business of Health Care is complex and ever-changing. Today’s health care providers work in a state of perpetual flux, facing diverse regulatory, transactional, and litigation challenges. Knowing the law is simply not enough. A firm understanding of the industry, including the economics at play, is vital to successful navigation of the legal challenges facing today’s health care providers. Scott Patton understands the complexities of the Health Care industry. Using our collective experience and expertise, Scott Patton’s Health Care attorneys, several of whom have served as in-house counsel for large national hospital systems, navigate the challenges that our clients face, serving not simply as attorneys, but as trusted advisors and legal strategists. We believe in building loyal, long-term, client relationships that afford us the institutional knowledge necessary to provide firm clients with the guidance, vision, perspective, and solutions to help meet their professional and business objectives.

We provide comprehensive representation in all areas impacting strategic planning, development, entity formation, contracting, operations, and litigation. Our attorneys educate and advise clients on regulatory and operational challenges, including the intricacies of new health care reform legislation. Scott Patton’s Health Care Team represents health care clients in a variety of compliance matters involving state and federal health care laws, including the physician self-referral law (Stark), Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act (FCA), Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and others.

We routinely advise Firm clients on operational issues impacting today’s health care providers including regulatory audits, disaster planning, staff credentialing, peer review, business operations, licensing, certification, risk management, delivery of care, including the patient’s right to receive and refuse treatment, physician practice guidance, and reimbursement matters. We also represent doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals in matters before state licensing boards. When a professional’s credentials are on the line, we help them negotiate the troubled waters of an investigation. In short, the Firm’s Health Care team offers knowledgeable counsel that reflects a thorough understanding of the laws governing health care activities.