Holland & Knight‘s broad practice encompasses regulatory compliance, fraud and abuse, and Medicare-related work. Nashville-based co-head Brent Hill advises healthcare providers on joint ventures with hospital systems, while Miami-based co-head Maria Currier focuses on fraud and abuse claims and joint ventures. Jennifer Weaver, who is based in Nashville, focuses on government investigations, False Claims Act cases, and Medicare audits. Chicago-based John Saran assists provider platforms with their daily operations and growth strategy. The Houston team hired Christina McNamara, Juliet McBride and Michelle Huntsman from King & Spalding, while Becca Waltuch joined the Boston office from McDermott Will & Schulte.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Key clients
- HCA Healthcare
- Lifepoint Health
- Acadia Healthcare
- Surgery Partners
- United Surgical Partners International (USPI)
- Panoramic Health
- Palomar Health
- Cedars Sinai
- AleraCare
- ElevateENT
- Inception Fertility
- Sanford Health
Work highlights
Represented HCA Healthcare in various matters, including its sale of Regional Medical Center to the County of Santa Clara, California; its acquisition of multiple women’s and children’s services practices located in Texas and New Hampshire from certain affiliates of Envision Healthcare; and its acquisition of ambulatory surgery centers in Colorado and Florida.
Representing Palomar Health, California’s largest Healthcare District, in its negotiations with UC San Diego Health, to form a Joint Powers Authority (JPA).
Represented Surgery Partners (NASDAQ: SGRY) in several transactions, including its acquisitions of Cleveland Eye and Laser Surgery Center and Northern Ohio Surgery Center and the formation of its joint venture with Baylor Scott & White Health.
Practice head
Brent Hill; Jeffrey Mittleman; Maria Currier
Other key lawyers
Jennifer Weaver; John Saran; Christina McNamara; Juliet McBride; Michelle Huntsman; Becca Waltuch