Tom concentrates on health care issues involving Medicare payment, coverage and compliance. He has extensive experience in these areas as applied to academic medical centers, community hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, physicians, home health agencies, laboratories, independent diagnostic testing facilities, dialysis facilities and other health care providers. Tom counsels clients in these matters and regularly litigates on their behalf.

From 1980-1998, Tom served as Senior Attorney in the Office of the General Counsel, Health Care Financing Division (later renamed the CMS Division), Department of Health and Human Services, handling major controversies involving reimbursement and coverage under the Medicare program. Prior to that, Tom spent several years in private practice, where he focused on civil and white collar criminal litigation, including the representation of a "Watergate" figure.

Tom is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) and is the past chair of AHLA's Medicare and Medicare Payment Institute. Tom is also a member of the reimbursement advisory board of Commerce Clearing House.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Supreme Court of Virginia

United States Courts of Appeal for the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits

United States Supreme Court

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1972

Law Fellow

Journal of Law & Policy in International Business, Editor

University of Tennessee, B.S., 1969

American Bar Association

American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)

Member, Board of Directors, 2003-present

AHLA Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues, Co-chair, 1998-2003

CCH Advisory Board, Member

District of Columbia Bar Association

Section on Health Law

Chair, 1999-2000

Listed in Expert Guides to the Leading Lawyers — Best of the Best USA 2007, healthcare category

Listed in Maryland Super Lawyers for Health Care, 2007

Frequent speaker at AHLA, ABA and HFMA conferences on Medicare payment and compliance issues

Office of the General Counsel, Health Care Financing Division, Department of Health and Human Services, Attorney

Law Clerk to the Honorable Alexander Harvey, II, United States District Court for the District of Maryland