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Edgar "Jed" C. Morrison, Jr., JDPartner, JACKSON WALKER, LLPPrior to moving to San Antonio, Jed Morrison was Republican Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee and was later counsel to the Health Care Financing Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services, in Washington, D.C.Mr. Morrison specializes in the regulatory and transactional aspects of health care law. He has extensive background in Medicare and Medicaid regulatory and reimbursement issues, antitrust, fraud and abuse, physician referral legislation (including recruitment contracts and joint ventures), and managed care issues. In 2000-2001, Mr. Morrison served as Special Outside Counsel to the Texas Attorney General for managed care matters. His clients include physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, medical equipment suppliers, pharmacies, and other health care providers. Mr. Morrison is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the San Antonio Bar Association, the Healthcare Financial Management Association, and is a past director and Chairman of the Health Law Council for the State Bar of Texas. He is a member of the Health Law Exam Commission for the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Morrison is ranked as a top Health Care attorney in the prestigious Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business directory. He is noted in the guide as "a prominent name for reimbursement issues; other areas of his practice include antitrust, Medicare and Medicaid regulatory issues and healthcare transactional law." [Chambers USA 2009.] Mr. Morrison is also listed in the 2006-2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America under Health Care Law. He was named a "Texas Super Lawyer" in the 2007-2009 issues of Texas Monthly magazine as well as a San Antonio "Best Lawyer" by Scene in S.A. in 2008 and 2009. |
