About K.

K. Kelly White Bryant is a Member of the firm located in the Louisville office where she is Chair of the Health Care Service Group. Kelly’s practice is devoted to health law, focusing on regulatory matters, transactional matters and certificate of need matters. Kelly’s certificate of need experience includes preparation and submission of applications, representation in CON hearings and CON decision appeals for a broad range of provider types, including: ambulance, home health, hospice, acute care beds, psychiatric beds, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, neonatal special care beds, rehab agencies, cardiac catheterization, ambulatory surgery center, limited service clinic, MRI, mobile health service and linear accelerator. Kelly’s health law experience also includes: compliance guidance; fraud and abuse analysis; physician self-referral issues; hospital/physician contracting; representation before the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure and other licensing agencies; and reimbursement issues. Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements Kelly White Bryant Promoted to Chair of Stites & Harbison’s Health Care Service Group, by staff writer, Medical News, July 27, 2023 Kelly White Bryant Promoted to Chair of Stites & Harbison's Health Care Service Group, by staff writer, Attorney at Law Magazine, July 14, 2023 No substantive changes to the 2020-2022 Kentucky State Health Plan, Medical News, September 31, 2020 Healthcare fraud and abuse laws are relaxed during COVID-19, Medical News, April 27, 2020 Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Laws are Relaxed During COVID-19, Stites & Harbison Client Alert, April 13, 2020 Biennial Kentucky Health Law Institute, Planning Committee (2018 and 2020) Information You Need on the COVID-19 Coronavirus, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, March 2020 No-fault insurance in Kentucky, with Sarah Cronan Spurlock, Medical News, July 8, 2019 Introduction to Health Law, Panel member, Health Enterprise Network Healthcare Fellows, University of Louisville Louis D. Brandies School of Law, March 19, 2019, with Sarah Cronan Spurlock Residents in Business, faculty panel, University of Louisville School of Medicine, May 15-17, 2018, with Sarah Cronan Spurlock Employment Contracting Seminar, Kentucky Medical Association, Louisville, Ky., January 27, 2018, with Dustyn B. Jones and Sarah Cronan Spurlock More Than Stites & Harbison Kelly joined Stites & Harbison in September 2007 after participating in the firm's summer associate program. Kelly serves on the Board of Directors for the Louisville Bar Foundation and the Second Presbyterian Weekday School. She is a past President of the Board of Directors for the Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys and a past Chair and past Vice-Chair for the Louisville Bar Association Health Law Section. For nine years, Kelly served on the Board of Directors of the Neighborhood House, a community center in Louisville’s Portland neighborhood. She also was previously on the Board of Directors for the American Heart Association and Medical News. Outside of work, Kelly enjoys spending time with her husband, David, and their little boy, Sam. Community Involvement Kentucky Academy of Hospital Attorneys, Member and Past-President of Board of Directors Second Presbyterian Weekday School, Board of Directors and Executive Committee (2020 – Present) Louisville Bar Foundation, Board of Directors Medical News, Board of Directors Focus Louisville, Fall 2013 Graduate Neighborhood House, Board of Directors (2010 – 2018) American Heart Association, Board of Directors (2010 – 2016)

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Education

• University of Kentucky, J.D., graduated 2007
• Rhodes College, B.A., Political Science and International Studies, graduated 2004

Bar Admissions

• Kentucky, Kentucky

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