Matters
- Served as strategic counsel to a multi-hospital system in its assessment and selection of an affiliation partner
- Served as strategic counsel to a health system in its affiliation with a major academic medical center
- Served as legal counsel to a health system in a governance redesign initiative after its affiliation with another health system
- Served as transaction counsel to a health system in its acquisition of a large multi-specialty clinic
- Served as strategic counsel to a multi-hospital system in its exploration of the development of joint-venture hospitals with a multi-specialty clinic
- Represented the lender in a $50 million revolving line of credit secured by a pool of real property located across the United States.
- Served as special counsel to a health system in the revision and modernization of medical staff by-laws
- Routinely assists hospitals in the conduct of physician disciplinary proceedings and fair hearings
- Served as special counsel to a large, multi-hospital system in a medical staff consolidation initiative to establish consistent medical staff by-laws and procedures
- Served as general counsel to a health system with respect to the construction of a $100 million replacement hospital and supervised the filing of the application for certificate of need with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board
- Served as strategic counsel to a hospital in obtaining a favorable property tax exemption ruling from the Illinois Department of Revenue in the immediate aftermath of the Provena decisions
- Routinely counsels health care providers and health insurance clients in handling credentialing matters, medical and legal bioethics issues, compliance and billing issues, managed care contracting strategies, FDA issues and patient confidentiality matters, as well as issues involving fraud and abuse, antitrust, tax exemption, and Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement
