John W. Ray, Jr.

FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER

Biography
Education
Professional Organizations
Publications/Speaking Engagements
Representative Engagements
Legal Assistant Information

Mr. Ray is the founder of the firm and a member of its health care group.

Before founding the firm in 1994, Mr. Ray worked in the health care group at Long, Aldridge & Norman, LLP (n/k/a, Dentons).

For the past 26 years, Mr. Ray has represented a broad array of health care providers. These providers include acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, long-term hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, large physician groups, imaging centers, radiation therapy centers, home health agencies and private duty nursing companies.

Mr. Ray has significant experience representing health care providers in proceedings before various state and federal agencies in matters that involve certificates of need, licensure and reimbursement.

Mr. Ray also has significant experience representing hospitals and physicians in disputes regarding medical staff membership and clinical privileges.

Mr. Ray has been involved in numerous cases involving managed care contracts and payor disputes.

Mr. Ray also assists our health care clients resolve day-to-day operational issues, including: governance; medical staff; EMTALA; managed care agreements; provider and employment agreements; and structuring transactions to comply with federal and state laws, including those relating to fraud and abuse, self-referral and HIPAA.

Finally, Mr. Ray assists our health care clients with various corporate matters, including acquisitions and formation of joint ventures.

University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1987; J.D., Cum Laude, 1990).

Winner of Talmadge Competition (1988).

Intrastate Moot Court Team (1989).

Executive Chairman, Moot Court Board (1989-1990).

Order of Barristers (1990).

Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inns of Court (1990).

Health Law Section, State Bar of Georgia; American Health Lawyers Association; Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys; Old Warhorse Lawyer’s Club.

Mr. Ray served on the Board of Directors of Georgia Partnership for Caring Foundation from 1995 to 1999.

He also served on the Board of the National Mental Health Association of Georgia from 1995 to 2000 where he served as Treasurer and President-Elect.

Mr. Ray currently serves on the Board of Directors of WellStar Cobb Hospital Cancer Center, LLC (2014 to present), Piedmont Henry Radiation Oncology Center, LLC (2010 to present), Radiation Oncology Services, Inc. (2000 – present) and Ridgeview Institute, Inc. (1995 to present).

Mr. Ray has served on various committees at Cherokee Town and Country Club, including the finance committee.

Mr. Ray has been rated “AV” (the highest rating) by his peers.

Co-Author/Presenter: 2013 Fundamentals of Health Care Law, “State Health Care Regulations — Reporting Requirements,” State Bar of Georgia, Institute for Continuing Legal Education (“ICLE”).

Co-Author/Presenter: 2012 Fundamentals of Health Care Law, “State Health Care Regulations — Reporting Requirements,” State Bar of Georgia, ICLE.

Co-Author/Presenter: 2011 Advanced Health Care Law, “Recent Changes to Georgia’s NonCompete Law,” State Bar of Georgia, ICLE.

Co-Author/Presenter Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys 2011 Fundamentals of Healthcare Law, “State Health Care Regulation.”

Co-Author/Presenter 2010 Fundamentals of Healthcare Law, “State Health Care Regulation.”

Co-Author/Presenter 1999 Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys Healthcare Law Update, “Medical Staff Issues,”

October 1999; Speaker, Southeast Finance Seminar, “Medicaid Waiver Update,” May 1998.

Author: “Stark II and the Need for Regulatory Sensibility,” Cancer Management, March-April 1996; “Certificate of Need Regulation in Georgia,” Georgia Health Law Developments, May 1995; Co-Author: “Certificate of Need and Other Regulatory Issues Regarding Health Care Facilities and Services in Georgia: A Reconsideration Assessing the Impact of Recent Certificate of Need Legislation on Physicians,” Health Care Law From the Perspective of Physicians and Their Counselors, State Bar of Georgia, June 1991

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding psychiatric hospital expansion in Smyrna, Georgia, Project No. GA 2014-018.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Douglasville, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-001.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Demorest, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-002.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Hapeville, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-005.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Duluth, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-006.

Successfully obtained a CON for a multi-modality imaging center in Macon, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-008.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Gainesville, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-015.

Successfully obtained and defended a CON for a single specialty ambulatory surgery center in Macon, Georgia, Project No. GA 2012-58.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Johns Creek, Georgia, Project No. GA 2010-88.

Successfully obtained and defended a CON granted for replacement of Peach Regional Hospital, In Re: Peach Regional Medical Center, Inc., Project No. GA 2007-008 (2008).

Successfully obtained and defended a CON for long-term hospital in Columbus, Georgia, In Re: Columbus Specialty Hospital, Project No. GA 2007-037 (2007).

Successfully obtained and defended cancer center expansion in Athens, Georgia, In Re: Northeast Georgia Cancer Center, LLC, Project No. GA 2007-125) (2007).

Successfully opposed CON project for cancer center in Hochston, Georgia, In Re: Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc., Project No. GA 2007-084 (2007).

Successfully obtained a CON for a single specialty ambulatory surgery center in Morrow, Georgia, Project No. GA 2007-133.

Successful opposition of multi-modality imaging center in Atlanta, Georgia, North Atlanta Scan Associates, Inc. v. Department of Community Health, 277 Ga. App. 583 (2006).

Successfully opposed attempt to consolidate hospital licenses, Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. v. Ga. Dep’t of Human Resources, 282 Ga. App. 302 (2006).

Successfully opposed imaging center in Albany, Georgia, In Re: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc., Project No. GA 048-04 (2004).

Successful opposition of new imaging center in Johns Creek, Georgia, In Re: John Creek Diagnostic Imaging, LLC, Project No. GA 054-04 (2004).

Successfully opposed new radiation therapy center in McDonough, Georgia, In Re: Cancer Treatment Center at Henry County, LLC, Project No. GA 007-03 (2003).

Successfully obtained and defended CON to establish a new multi-modality imaging center in Brunswick, Georgia, In Re: Brunswick Diagnostic Imaging, LLC, Project No. GA 061-03 (2003).

Successfully obtained and defended CON for a new multi-modality imaging center in Albany, Georgia, In Re: Open MRI & Imaging of Albany, Project No. GA 070-03 (2003).

Successfully obtained and defended CON to expand radiation therapy center in Riverdale, Georgia, In Re: Institute for Radiation Therapy, Project No. 003-002 (2002).

Successfully obtained and defended CON for a gamma knife program, In Re: Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, Inc., Project No. GA 023-02 (2002).

Successfully obtained and defended CON to relocate an LTAC hospital from West Paces Medical Center to Crawford Long Hospital, In Re: Select Specialty Hospital – Atlanta, Project No. GA 035-00 (2000).

Successfully opposed CON for an ambulatory surgery program, In Re: Northside Ambulatory Surgery, Project No. GA 033-98 (1998).

Successfully opposed new radiation therapy center, In Re: Southwest Hospital and Medical Center, Project No. GA 054-98 (1998).

Successfully obtained and defended CONs for three cardiac catheterization laboratories, See In Re: Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, Inc., Project No. 034-98 (1998).

Successfully obtained and defended CON to establish an LTAC hospital within Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, In Re: Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, Inc., Project No. GA 004-97 (1997).

Name: Alison Pierce
Title: Paralegal
Phone Number: 404-892-3600 ext. 221

Email: apierce@rayandgregory.com

Biography: Mr. Ray is the founder of the firm and a member of its health care group.

Before founding the firm in 1994, Mr. Ray worked in the health care group at Long, Aldridge & Norman, LLP (n/k/a, Dentons).

For the past 26 years, Mr. Ray has represented a broad array of health care providers. These providers include acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, long-term hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, large physician groups, imaging centers, radiation therapy centers, home health agencies and private duty nursing companies.

Mr. Ray has significant experience representing health care providers in proceedings before various state and federal agencies in matters that involve certificates of need, licensure and reimbursement.

Mr. Ray also has significant experience representing hospitals and physicians in disputes regarding medical staff membership and clinical privileges.

Mr. Ray has been involved in numerous cases involving managed care contracts and payor disputes.

Mr. Ray also assists our health care clients resolve day-to-day operational issues, including: governance; medical staff; EMTALA; managed care agreements; provider and employment agreements; and structuring transactions to comply with federal and state laws, including those relating to fraud and abuse, self-referral and HIPAA.

Finally, Mr. Ray assists our health care clients with various corporate matters, including acquisitions and formation of joint ventures.
Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1987; J.D., Cum Laude, 1990).

Winner of Talmadge Competition (1988).

Intrastate Moot Court Team (1989).

Executive Chairman, Moot Court Board (1989-1990).

Order of Barristers (1990).

Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inns of Court (1990).
Professional Organizations: Health Law Section, State Bar of Georgia; American Health Lawyers Association; Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys; Old Warhorse Lawyer’s Club.

Mr. Ray served on the Board of Directors of Georgia Partnership for Caring Foundation from 1995 to 1999.

He also served on the Board of the National Mental Health Association of Georgia from 1995 to 2000 where he served as Treasurer and President-Elect.

Mr. Ray currently serves on the Board of Directors of WellStar Cobb Hospital Cancer Center, LLC (2014 to present), Piedmont Henry Radiation Oncology Center, LLC (2010 to present), Radiation Oncology Services, Inc. (2000 – present) and Ridgeview Institute, Inc. (1995 to present).

Mr. Ray has served on various committees at Cherokee Town and Country Club, including the finance committee.

Mr. Ray has been rated “AV” (the highest rating) by his peers.
Publications/Speaking Engagements: Co-Author/Presenter: 2013 Fundamentals of Health Care Law, “State Health Care Regulations — Reporting Requirements,” State Bar of Georgia, Institute for Continuing Legal Education (“ICLE”).

Co-Author/Presenter: 2012 Fundamentals of Health Care Law, “State Health Care Regulations — Reporting Requirements,” State Bar of Georgia, ICLE.

Co-Author/Presenter: 2011 Advanced Health Care Law, “Recent Changes to Georgia’s NonCompete Law,” State Bar of Georgia, ICLE.

Co-Author/Presenter Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys 2011 Fundamentals of Healthcare Law, “State Health Care Regulation.”

Co-Author/Presenter 2010 Fundamentals of Healthcare Law, “State Health Care Regulation.”

Co-Author/Presenter 1999 Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys Healthcare Law Update, “Medical Staff Issues,”

October 1999; Speaker, Southeast Finance Seminar, “Medicaid Waiver Update,” May 1998.

Author: “Stark II and the Need for Regulatory Sensibility,” Cancer Management, March-April 1996; “Certificate of Need Regulation in Georgia,” Georgia Health Law Developments, May 1995; Co-Author: “Certificate of Need and Other Regulatory Issues Regarding Health Care Facilities and Services in Georgia: A Reconsideration Assessing the Impact of Recent Certificate of Need Legislation on Physicians,” Health Care Law From the Perspective of Physicians and Their Counselors, State Bar of Georgia, June 1991
Representative Engagements: Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding psychiatric hospital expansion in Smyrna, Georgia, Project No. GA 2014-018.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Douglasville, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-001.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Demorest, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-002.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Hapeville, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-005.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Duluth, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-006.

Successfully obtained a CON for a multi-modality imaging center in Macon, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-008.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Gainesville, Georgia, Project No. GA 2013-015.

Successfully obtained and defended a CON for a single specialty ambulatory surgery center in Macon, Georgia, Project No. GA 2012-58.

Successfully obtained a CON for a freestanding imaging center in Johns Creek, Georgia, Project No. GA 2010-88.

Successfully obtained and defended a CON granted for replacement of Peach Regional Hospital, In Re: Peach Regional Medical Center, Inc., Project No. GA 2007-008 (2008).

Successfully obtained and defended a CON for long-term hospital in Columbus, Georgia, In Re: Columbus Specialty Hospital, Project No. GA 2007-037 (2007).

Successfully obtained and defended cancer center expansion in Athens, Georgia, In Re: Northeast Georgia Cancer Center, LLC, Project No. GA 2007-125) (2007).

Successfully opposed CON project for cancer center in Hochston, Georgia, In Re: Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc., Project No. GA 2007-084 (2007).

Successfully obtained a CON for a single specialty ambulatory surgery center in Morrow, Georgia, Project No. GA 2007-133.

Successful opposition of multi-modality imaging center in Atlanta, Georgia, North Atlanta Scan Associates, Inc. v. Department of Community Health, 277 Ga. App. 583 (2006).

Successfully opposed attempt to consolidate hospital licenses, Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. v. Ga. Dep’t of Human Resources, 282 Ga. App. 302 (2006).

Successfully opposed imaging center in Albany, Georgia, In Re: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc., Project No. GA 048-04 (2004).

Successful opposition of new imaging center in Johns Creek, Georgia, In Re: John Creek Diagnostic Imaging, LLC, Project No. GA 054-04 (2004).

Successfully opposed new radiation therapy center in McDonough, Georgia, In Re: Cancer Treatment Center at Henry County, LLC, Project No. GA 007-03 (2003).

Successfully obtained and defended CON to establish a new multi-modality imaging center in Brunswick, Georgia, In Re: Brunswick Diagnostic Imaging, LLC, Project No. GA 061-03 (2003).

Successfully obtained and defended CON for a new multi-modality imaging center in Albany, Georgia, In Re: Open MRI & Imaging of Albany, Project No. GA 070-03 (2003).

Successfully obtained and defended CON to expand radiation therapy center in Riverdale, Georgia, In Re: Institute for Radiation Therapy, Project No. 003-002 (2002).

Successfully obtained and defended CON for a gamma knife program, In Re: Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, Inc., Project No. GA 023-02 (2002).

Successfully obtained and defended CON to relocate an LTAC hospital from West Paces Medical Center to Crawford Long Hospital, In Re: Select Specialty Hospital – Atlanta, Project No. GA 035-00 (2000).

Successfully opposed CON for an ambulatory surgery program, In Re: Northside Ambulatory Surgery, Project No. GA 033-98 (1998).

Successfully opposed new radiation therapy center, In Re: Southwest Hospital and Medical Center, Project No. GA 054-98 (1998).

Successfully obtained and defended CONs for three cardiac catheterization laboratories, See In Re: Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, Inc., Project No. 034-98 (1998).

Successfully obtained and defended CON to establish an LTAC hospital within Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, In Re: Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, Inc., Project No. GA 004-97 (1997).
Legal Assistant Information: Name: Alison Pierce
Title: Paralegal
Phone Number: 404-892-3600 ext. 221

Email: apierce@rayandgregory.com