George Scoville is an Attorney in the Firm’s Nashville office and a member of the Litigation practice group. Mr. Scoville is a seasoned commercial litigator who focuses his practice on complex disputes in the health care industry, particularly high-stakes managed care reimbursement litigation against commercial and government-sponsored health benefit plans. He represents in-network and out-of-network health systems, hospitals and other providers in matters involving interpreting provider agreements, underpayment, audit and recoupment practices, and large portfolios of discrete reimbursement claims.
He is known for developing efficient, business-oriented strategies that position clients for early resolution where appropriate while preserving leverage for litigation and arbitration. Mr. Scoville has helped clients achieve favorable outcomes in a range of complex reimbursement disputes, including helping to develop a strategy used nationwide for defending revenue-cycle consultants in plan-initiated federal RICO and common-law fraud actions arising from favorable awards for providers in the Independent Dispute Resolution process under the No Surprises Act; setting up a multi-hospital health system for the successful mediation of hundreds of underpaid claims in a single proceeding; securing full-value direct resolution of a $50 million reimbursement dispute; and obtaining a seven-figure pre-judgment interest award in a bifurcated arbitration. He has also litigated novel issues by raising constitutional challenges to Medicare recovery audit practices and other matters with industry-wide implications.
In addition to his health care practice, Mr. Scoville represents businesses and individuals in a broad range of complex commercial disputes, including contract actions, business torts, bet-the-company governance disputes, and litigation involving multi-party business break-ups. Before entering private practice, he served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Sheryl H. Lipman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee at Memphis, where he managed a complex docket and supported multiple jury trials in a single one-year term. He began his professional career in Washington, D.C. as a public policy analyst and communications strategist, experience that informs his ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, practical advice for clients and persuasive advocacy in tribunals.