Rebekah N. Plowman is a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough’s Atlanta office who practices in the areas of healthcare and life sciences litigation and government investigations.
Ms. Plowman focuses her litigation practice on healthcare matters affecting all types of providers, including government investigations, False Claims Act and Qui Tam actions, clinical research misconduct contract disputes as well as certification and licensure appeals before federal and state administrative tribunals. Ms. Plowman’s practice also focuses on health care regulatory issues, including fraud and abuse analysis for health care systems, ancillary providers and physician practices, clinical research for hospitals and academic medical centers, issues affecting long-term care providers, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement and certification, and regulatory compliance.
Ms. Plowman’s clients include hospitals and health systems, hospice and long-term care providers, device manufacturers, private investors and other institutions that invest in or support the health care industry. Ms. Plowman was selected by the editors of Nightingale’s Healthcare News as one of the “Outstanding Fraud and Compliance Lawyers” of 2008 and is also listed in the Health Care Law Section of Chambers USA Guide. Ms. Plowman currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. Prior to law school, Ms. Plowman was a registered nurse in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Indiana University Medical Center.
Admitted to practice in Georgia and Indiana. Ms. Plowman is also admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts for the Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Georgia.
Her published court decisions include U.S. ex rel. Yeager v. MedQuest Associates, Inc., et al., 2007 WL 3205285 (M.D. Ala., October 31, 2007) where she succeeded in obtaining summary judgment for defendants in a False Claim Act Qui Tam action. She also published U.S. ex rel. Parato v. Unadilla Health Care Center, Inc. et al. 2010 WL146877 (M.D. Ga., January 11, 2010) where she succeeded in obtaining partial dismissal of a False Claim Qui Tam action.
Ms. Plowman earned a Juris Doctor from Indiana University, cum laude, in 1991 and a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University, cum laude, in 1987.
