David Ivers

David Ivers, a native of Rison, Arkansas, graduated from Arkansas State University in 1984 with a 4.0 GPA and received the R.E. Lee Wilson Award as the top graduating senior that year. After beginning a career in Journalism, he graduated with honors from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in 1991. He served on the Law Journal while at UALR and has published several articles on health-related topics. He has been a lawyer with Mitchell, Blackstock, Ivers & Sneddon, PLLC in Little Rock since 1992.

Mr. Ivers represents physicians, mental health clinics, psychiatric hospitals, assisted living, developmental disability organizations, and other health care providers. Mr. Ivers’ primary area of practice is health law, with particular emphasis on Medicaid, Medicare, Health Care Reform, Stark, Antikickback, the False Claims Act, qui tam, antitrust, physician credentialing, ERISA, and HIPAA. He has represented providers in the Arkansas “Any Willing Provider” litigation, drafting of the Medicaid Fairness Act of 2005, the Arkansas Health Care Consumer Act of 1997, the AMS v. Reynolds Medicaid “equal access” litigation, the Arkansas “prompt pay” law, Medicare and Medicaid audits, Medicare and Medicaid fraud investigations, and many other legal issues. He frequently lectures and writes on health law topics.

Mr. Ivers is past chair of the Health Law Section of the Arkansas Bar Association, and a member of the American Bar Association, American Health Lawyers Association, and other professional organizations. He is named in the health law section of The Best Lawyers in America.

Contact David:
501-378-7870
divers@mitchellblackstock.com

Areas of Practice

• Health Law
• Employment Law

In the News

• Health Care Reform 101
• The Boston Globe
• Arkansas Democrat Gazette
• Arkansas Business
• Health Lawyers Weekly
• Press Releases