Attorneys

Fletcher Brown

Fletcher H. Brown focuses extensively on health law issues in the state of Texas. 

Fletcher has consistently been recognized by Chambers USA as a leader in Texas health law.  In addition to this honor, he has been named a “Super Lawyer” in the Health Law Field by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics magazine for the past six years. 

Representative Experience

  • Represented healthcare providers before their respective licensee boards
  • Represented numerous hospitals in all transactional aspects of their sale or lease to larger hospital systems
  • Represented numerous hospitals and hospital districts in the financing and construction of their new hospital facilities
  • Represented numerous hospitals in the formation of a new hospital district
  • Represented numerous hospitals and hospital districts with bond financing
  • Represented numerous hospitals in their acquisition or lease of various health care facilities
  • Represented healthcare providers in their compliance with the Federal Stark Law
  • Represented healthcare providers in their compliance with Federal Anti-Kickback matters
  • Represented healthcare providers as they navigate Medicare and Medicaid issues
  • Represented healthcare providers in their compliance with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
  • Provides general counsel services, including negotiating and drafting contracts, advising on regulatory matters, medical staff matters, and other operational matters

Qualifications

  • Chair, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Health Law Advisory Commission, 2011
  • State Bar of Texas (admitted 1991)
  • Board Certified, Health Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization
  • United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • Member, American Health Lawyers Association
  • Austin Bar Association (Section: Health Law, Section Board of Directors 2002-2007, Section President 2004-2007)
  • Phi Delta Phi (an international legal fraternity dedicated to promoting a higher standard of professional ethics)

Education

  • Baylor University School of Law (J.D., 1991)
  • Baylor University (B.B.A., 1985)

Professional and Community Activities

  • Currently serves as Chairman, Board of Directors of CommUnity Care, a federally qualified health clinic serving the Travis County area
  • Served on the Board of Directors of the Sims Foundation, a nonprofit entity dedicated to providing mental health care to working musicians in Austin

Select Presentations and Publications

  • Speaker, Northwest Texas Hospital Association (Annual Meeting)
  • Speaker, Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals (Annual)
  • Organizer/Principal Speaker, Texas Healthcare Trustees Spring Forum, Hospital Trustee Orientation and Refresher (Annual)
    Texas Health Care Trustees
  • "Physician Joint Venture Opportunities" (2005)
    Texas Health Law Conference, Houston, Texas
  • Organizer/Principal Speaker, Texas Healthcare Trustee Summer Forum, Public Hospital Trustee Orientation and Refresher
    Texas Health Care Trustees, an affiliate of the Texas Hospital Association
  • Regular contributing author on ethics topics
    Trustee Bulletin, a publication of Texas Health Care Trustees