Lyn Savoie is an associate attorney in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2003 and practices in the Health Law Group. Lyn provides business and regulatory advice to a variety of health care providers, including acute care hospitals, physician group practices, home health agencies and diagnostic imaging facilities.

Representative Experience

• Represented clients in the health care industry on a wide range of regulatory and business matters, including the impact of federal and Louisiana laws on joint venture arrangements.
• Drafted various transactional documents on behalf of health care clients, including professional service agreements, management agreements, and medical director agreements.
• Assisted physician groups and other providers with the applicability of HIPAA and state privacy laws to their businesses.

Education

Lyn is a 2003 cum laude graduate of Tulane University Law School, where she was associate editor of Tulane Law Review. She also served as executive secretary, Vice President (1L) and President (3L) of the Student Bar Association and was a member of Phi Delta Phi and Omicron Delta Kappa. Lyn served as the 2003 Tulane University Commencement Soloist and student speaker at the 2003 Tulane Law School Diploma Ceremony. She is listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Lyn earned her undergraduate degree in 1997 in communications from Southern Methodist University, where she graduated cum laude.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana

Memberships

• Baton Rouge (Volunteer Committee), Louisiana and American (Health Law Section and Young Lawyers Division Health Law Committee) Bar Associations
• Louisiana Society for Hospital Attorneys
• American Health Lawyers Association

Community Service

• Cancer Services Capital Chef's Showcase Committee (Business Support Co-Chair)
  
• Capital Area United Way Strengthening Lives Committee.
• Co-founder, A Place that Warms the Heart, Shreveport, Louisiana
• Bereavement Facilitator, The Warm Place Child Bereavement Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
• Counselor, Muscular Dystrophy Association Rainbow Camp.
• Grant Writing and PR Advisor, Amigos Unidos Domestic Violence Shelter, Taos, New Mexico.
• Delta Delta Delta, Collegiate-Alumnae Relations Director.

Articles, Publications and Presentations

Healthcare Notes, April 2004
Health Law Notes, Winter 2006
Health Law Notes, February 2007

Authorships

• IMPACT Lawbrief, OIG Issues 2005 Work Plan, Louisiana Hospital Association, November 2004.
• IMPACT Lawbrief, CMS Final Rule Changes the Classification Criteria for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Louisiana Hospital Association, May 2004.