Jordan Kearney

Jordan Kearney thrives in difficult situations. She represents hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, counties, and other healthcare providers in high-stakes litigation, investigations, and regulatory matters. She is frequently brought in when there is no clear precedent, no easy answer, and significant consequences at stake. Jordan is known for helping clients navigate uncertainty, manage complex stakeholder relationships, and work through problems when there is no obvious roadmap.

Jordan has represented healthcare providers in False Claims Act litigation and investigations across the country, including matters involving parallel civil and criminal enforcement activity. Her clients include some of the country’s leading hospitals and academic medical centers, counties, behavioral health providers, FQHCs, hospices, skilled nursing facilities, and other healthcare organizations. Jordan has extensive experience helping providers navigate allegations of regulatory noncompliance, kickbacks, overpayments, billing improprieties, and quality-of-care concerns, from the earliest stages of an investigation through litigation and resolution.

In addition to her litigation practice, Jordan regularly advises clients on internal investigations, overpayment issues, and compliance with the 60-Day Rule. She helps providers assess potential overpayments, navigate repayment and disclosure obligations, and manage related regulatory risk. Jordan represents providers challenging results of Medicare audits (e.g., UPIC, TPE, or PPEO audits). She regularly defends providers facing payment suspensions or enrollment revocations.

Jordan has extensive experience representing counties and public agencies in matters affecting the delivery of critical public services. She frequently advises public agencies facing operational disruptions, regulatory scrutiny, and politically sensitive disputes and litigation. She is particularly drawn to cases where the outcome affects not just the client, but also the patients and communities that depend on the services at issue. A substantial portion of her practice involves defending county emergency medical services systems and advising counties regarding the Emergency Medical Services Act, but her public-sector experience also includes disability-rights matters, workforce disputes, and procurement challenges.

Representative Experience

• City of Oxnard v. Cnty. of Ventura, 71 Cal. App. 5th 1010, 1013, (2021), as modified on denial of reh’g (Dec. 14, 2021), review denied (Mar. 9, 2022). Successfully represented county in defeating effort by city to establish its own emergency ambulance service and leave the countywide system. Litigation involved important issues under the California Emergency Medical Services Act.
• Integra Med Analytics LLC v. Providence Health & Servs., 854 F. App’x 840, 841 (9th Cir. 2021). Successfully obtained dismissal of significant False Claims Act litigation for a large nonprofit hospital system. Court rejects novel theory that statistical analysis can be the principal basis for an FCA claim.