Duane Morris LLP‘s broad offering is known for its vast experience in contentious healthcare work, including reimbursement disputes, in addition to its handling of patient safety plans and corporate transactions within the healthcare space. The ’practical and knowledgeable’ Erin Duffy heads the team from Philadelphia, often assisting clients with the regulatory aspects of HIPAA, and fraud and abuse mandates, while ‘seasoned healthcare litigator’ Sean Zabaneh handles both state and federal level administrative proceedings and government investigations, with a strong focus on IP and competition litigation. Chicago-based Neville Bilimoria represents a diverse client list of health systems, hospitals, and assisted living facilities with corporate transactional mandates, in addition to licensing issues. Jonathan Swichar is a key contact for pharmacies and pharmacy associations seeking advice on disputes with pharmacy benefit managers involving reimbursement issues and network terminations. Praised by clients for his ’excellent deal mediation skills’, Kirk Domescik works out of the Atlanta office and regularly advises on multi-state acquisitions within the long-term care space.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Sean Zabaneh is a seasoned healthcare litigator, clients really value his counsel.’
- ‘Strong healthcare knowledge, great healthcare litigation team.’
Key clients
- The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
- American Association for Cancer Research
Work highlights
Advising American Association for Cancer Research on Project GENIE, which is a publicly accessible cancer registry of real-world genomic data assembled through data sharing between leading international cancer centers. The firm also advises on the AACR’s research sponsor and research services agreements, conflicts of interests analyses, research journal publication issues, and other major research projects.
Practice head
Erin Duffy
Other key lawyers
Sean Zabaneh; Neville Billimoria; Jonathan Swichar; Kirk Domescik
