Daniel Patten

Daniel Patten is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Nashville office whose healthcare practice spans the full arc of the industry, from traditional fraud and abuse counseling for hospitals, health systems and physician practices to the regulatory architecture behind technology-driven healthcare startups.

Clients rely on Mr. Patten for strategic guidance on complex regulatory, transactional, operational, compliance and enforcement matters, turning to him from the outset to develop practical, business-focused strategies that address market realities.

Mr. Patten's foundation is deep regulatory work: federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and state patient privacy requirements, Medicare conditions of participation, and Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rules. He advises healthcare facilities, physician practices, health systems, behavioral health providers and health plans on day-to-day operational and compliance questions, as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures and other transactional matters, representing clients that range from private and public companies to private equity investors and commercial lending groups.

Mr. Patten brings enforcement-side judgment to his transactional and strategic work, helping clients assess business models where regulators and enforcement authorities are headed – not only where they have been. He delivers practical, commercially focused guidance that supports durable innovation, clarifies risk and helps clients move forward with confidence.

Mr. Patten has deep experience with value-based and risk-bearing organizations and regularly advises clients on alternative payment models, shared savings and downside risk arrangements, provider enablement structures, and the managed care requirements governing health plan and provider contracts. He speaks and publishes frequently on value-based care, including payer perspectives, the shift away from fee-for-service and different value-based provider strategies.

Additionally, Mr. Patten works at the front edge of healthcare technology and delivery innovation, counseling digital health companies, artificial intelligence (AI) and clinical decision-support developers, specialty care platforms, healthcare enablement and services businesses, and wellness and longevity ventures. In these engagements, he pairs a working understanding of the technology and business model with the regulatory analysis, including corporate practice of medicine, licensure and telehealth, fee-splitting, reimbursement pathways, and data use and privacy, so founders, operators and investors can move quickly with a clear view of the guardrails.