HCLA is Happy to Introduce James C. Pyles, Our New Partner on Capitol Hill
Principal, Powers, Pyle, Sutter and Verville, PC
The HCLA Board of Directors decided this past week to make an important investment of your membership dollars in hiring Jim Pyles to represent our interests and guide us related to events both on Capitol Hill and in our nation’s growing health care challenges. Jim is a co-founder of Powers, Pyle, Sutter and Verville and has more than thirty-five years of experience in litigation, counseling, and lobbying in the field of health law. Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Pyles served for six years in the Office of the General Counsel for the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, where he received the department’s Distinguished Service Award for successfully handling complex Medicare litigation. Jim has presented at a number of HCLA sponsored events and his expertise is home health care is second to none.
Mr. Pyles has experience in nearly all areas of the firm’s practice, but he is nationally known for his expertise with respect to the legal issues related to health information technology and health information privacy, chronic care coordination, home health, hospice, and ambulatory care services. He is also a registered lobbyist for several health care associations and participates intensively in health reform at the federal and state levels. He has crafted major pieces of health care legislation in many areas covered by the Medicare Act.
Mr. Pyles’ expertise encompasses the legislative and regulatory aspects of government and private health insurance coverage and reimbursement; the legal aspects of acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, and networks; and the law pertaining to fraud and abuse. He writes and lectures frequently on health reform issues and appears periodically on national television as a health care commentator.
Mr. Pyles serves as counsel to several national mental health and state home care associations and is a member of the Board of Directors of a national physician house call association. Expect to hear from Jim on a regular basis in HCLA news.
