Kelly Zimmerer is a member of the Firm's Health Care Service team and concentrates her practice in the areas of health care and related litigation.

Professional Experience

• University of California, Irvine - Research Assistant, 2023-2024
• Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP - Summer Associate, 2022-2023
• Kentucky Court of Appeals - Internship, 2021

Education

J.D., University of Louisville, valedictorian, 2024

• 13 CALI Awards
• University of Louisville Law Review, Senior Articles Editor

M.A., University of Louisville, 2018 (English)

B.A., Johns Hopkins University, general honors, 2014 (Biology and English)

• Phi Beta Kappa

• Represents health care clients in certificate of need hearings and court appeals.
• Represents rural health clinics in Medicaid rate appeals.
• Represents health care clients in insurance underpayment litigation.  
• Drafts and reviews health care employment agreements and other health care transactional contracts.
• Assists health care clients in resolving compliance issues with accreditation organizations.
• Advises clients on regulatory compliance with the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the False Claims Act, and other fraud and abuse laws.
• Advises clients on HIPAA.
• Advises health care clients on state licensing issues.
• Advises health care clients on regulatory compliance related to the adoption and use of artificial intelligence tools.

News

• Mark A. Rothstein et al., International scope of biomedical research ethics review. Science 385,145-147(2024). doi:10.1126/science.adp6277.
• “The Times They Are a Changin': Recent Developments in Today's Legal Landscape,” Wyatt’s Annual In-House Counsel Seminar, June 2025.
• Kelly Carty Zimmerer, Note: Health Fraud from FDA Approval to CMS Payments: Why Fraud-on-the-FDA Should be a Viable Form of Liability under the False Claims Act, 62 U. Louisville L. Rev. 713 (2024).