Practice Areas

• Compliance Counsel
• Electronic Health Records
• Fraud & Abuse/Stark
• Health Information Technology
• HIPAA, Privacy & Security
• Hospital & Health System Counsel
• Hospital & Physician Transactions

Biography

Mr. Swearingen coordinates the firm's HIPAA practice and provides counsel on matters relating to the creation, use, disclosure, retention and destruction of medical records and other health information. Mr. Swearingen also counsels our clients on a variety of other health care topics including regulatory compliance, joint ventures and collaborations, clinical and patient care issues and certificate of need. He has provided such services to a broad spectrum of clients, including health systems, hospitals, physician practices, diagnostic imaging centers, ambulatory surgical centers and long-term care facilities. Mark has spoken and written nationally and regionally on numerous topics, such as electronic medical records, health information privacy and confidentiality, and antitrust. He is an adjunct professor of a course in Law and Medicine in the Indiana University School of Informatics at IUPUI.

Preparatory Education

• Indiana University, B.A. - 1995

Legal Education

• Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D. - 1998

Admitted to Bar

• Missouri - 1998
• Illinois - 2000
• Indiana - 2005

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Missouri State Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Health Care Compliance Association
• State Bar of Indiana
• American Health Lawyers Association

Experience

• Member - Lexis-Nexis/Matthew Bender Health Care Advisory Board