Jones Day‘s team is well-equipped to advise healthcare systems on Chapter 11 cases, labor issues within the health sector, and collaboration disputes. Practice co-lead Alexis Gilroy works out of the Washington office, and is noted for her strong focus on virtual health issues, often assisting clients with virtual clinical trials and product development across the digital health and life sciences spaces. In Chicago, co-head Heather O’Shea stands out due to her vast experience in fraud and abuse investigations and enforcement matters, and Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement disputes, with a large proportion of her caseload consisting of voluntary disclosures and internal investigations. Claire Castles is based in Los Angeles, and is adept at assisting with public health threat response strategies, and regulatory waivers from CMS, while James Dutro advises academic medical centers, health systems, and digital health clients on hospital and health system affiliations, and managed care arrangements in San Francisco. Dallas’ Kurt Copper is well-versed in qui tam actions and payor-provider disputes, often representing hospital systems and clinical laboratories.
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Key clients
- Adventist Health
- American Hospital Association
- Astellas Pharma Inc.
- Atlantic Health System
- California Hospital Association
- Community Medical Centers
- Cook Children's Health Care System (CCHC)
- Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH
- Dayton Children's Hospital
- The Henry Ford Health System
Work highlights
- Advised Adventist Health on the acquisition of assets from Beverly Community Hospital Association and Montebello Community Health Services, Inc. in their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Central District of California and related regulatory issues.
- Representing a Prime Healthcare owned hospital in a lawsuit filed against Medical Mutual of Ohio. The hospital alleges that it provided health care services to over 2,000 patients and Medical Mutual of Ohio failed to pay for those services in accordance with the contract it had with the hospital.
- Representing American Hospital Association, Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources and United Regional Health Care System. The district court granted their summary judgment motion seeking vacatur of the new rule created in an HHS guidance document, which addressed the application of HIPAA to covered entities’ public-facing webpages using online technologies that collect the IPA addresses of devices visiting the pages.
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Alexis Gilroy
Practice head
Alexis Gilroy; Heather O'Shea
Other key lawyers
Claire Castles; James Poth; James Dutro; Kurt Copper; Elise Culliton; Rachel Page