Attorneys

Trent Krienke

Trent B. Krienke represents clients in the in the health care and long term care and retirement housing fields. He represents them in all facets of their business, including regulatory and operational issues.  Mr. Krienke also has substantial experience in healthcare transactional matters.

Representative Experience

  • Represented health care providers concerning Medicare overpayment allegations by the Office of Inspector General and Department of Justice
  • Represented a number of hospitals in structuring mergers with larger hospital systems
  • Represented hospital in the sale of all hospital facilities and assets to a non-profit hospital system
  • Represented numerous health care providers in structuring arrangements to comply with state and federal statutes and regulations, including Texas licensure requirements, Medicare conditions of participation, physician self-referral (Stark), anti-kickback, EMTALA and HIPAA
  • Prepared application for 501(c)(3) exemption from federal income tax for health care providers and other Texas non-profit corporations

Qualifications

  • State Bar of Texas (admitted 2007)
  • Member, American Health Lawyers Association
  • Member, Austin Bar Association, Health Law Section
  • Member, Austin Young Lawyers Association
  • Member, Texas Young Lawyers Association

Education

  • Baylor Law School (J.D., 2007)
  • University of Texas (B.S., 2002)
  • Tulane University, International Business Law (Certificate, Summer 2005)

Professional and Community Activities

  • TreeFolks, Inc.; Board of Directors, 2009 – current

Presentations/Publications

  • “Do You Need An Arrangements Database?” Becker's Hospital Review, August 10, 2011
  • “Nurse Practitioners vs. Physicians Assistants - Scope of Practice, Physician Supervision and Prescriptive Authority,” for the Health Law Section of the Austin Bar Association, August of 2010

In the News

  • Davis & Wilkerson Lawyer to Speak at Austin Health Lawyers Association Meeting
  • Health Law Group at Davis & Wilkerson Honored by Chambers and Partners