Matthew Murer is the Department Chair for the firm's national health care practice. Matt’s personal practice is devoted to counseling long term care, assisted living and senior housing providers, hospitals, blood banks and clinical laboratories. Matt has worked with hundreds of providers in resolving licensing and certification issues, including providing regulatory support for portfolio transactions, especially those with complex change of ownership issues. He has extensive experience dealing with survey issues including immediate jeopardy and life safety code issues. He also has experience with reimbursement issues and fraud and abuse issues, including OIG/DOJ investigations.

Matt was involved in drafting Illinois’ Assisted Living and Shared Housing Establishment Act, and he was awarded AARP’s Partnership in Excellence award for his work on the legislation. Matt has served on the state’s Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory Committee and the state’s Assisted Living and Shared Housing Quality of Life Committee for over seven years. He speaks regularly on issues that are important to the long-term care and senior housing industries.