Robert D. Sevell is a retired partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where he was a member of the firm’s Health Care Industry Team and co-chair of the Health Information Technology Work Group. Robert has advised nonprofit and proprietary hospitals and health systems, medical groups and other providers on a wide range of health care regulatory and corporate compliance issues, including fraud and abuse; physician self-referral (Stark law); and inurement issues. He has also counseled health providers on developing, implementing and maintaining compliance programs, as well as assisted clients in investigating all manner of compliance concerns, including those precipitated by whistleblower actions and government investigations. Robert has also handled a variety of business, transactional and finance matters, including joint ventures; mergers and acquisitions; contractual relationships of various kinds; as well as tax-exempt financings as both borrowers and underwriter’s counsel.