Matthew M Curley

Practice Areas

Matt Curley is co-chair of the Bass, Berry & Sims Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Task Force and represents clients in connection with internal and governmental investigations and related civil and criminal proceedings, particularly involving matters of fraud and abuse within the healthcare industry. Matt has considerable experience in litigating matters under the False Claims Act (FCA) and in representing clients in actions and investigations brought by government regulators, including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and various state agencies. Matt’s clients include a wide array of healthcare providers, including hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, skilled nursing facilities, hospice providers, and home health providers, among others.

Matt’s perspective is informed by his prior experience as an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, where he served as Civil Chief and coordinated the Office’s civil enforcement efforts in representing the United States and its agencies in healthcare fraud and abuse actions arising under the FCA.

He is also an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he teaches Healthcare Fraud and Abuse. Matt is a contributor and editor of the firm’s annual Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Review and the firm’s Inside the False Claims Act Blog and has served as a member of Law 360’s Health Editorial Advisory Board.

Career

Joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 1999; previously served as Assistant U.S. Attorney and Civil Chief, U.S. Attorney’s Office – M.D. Tennessee.

Matt currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, where he teaches Healthcare Fraud and Abuse.

Matt was a law clerk for the Hon. Royce Lamberth, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Hon. Michael Kanne, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Professional Memberships

American Health Law Association (AHLA)

American Bar Association

Personal

JD, Vanderbilt Law School (1997) - Order of the Coif

BA, State University of New York Albany (1994) - Phi Beta Kappa

Awards