AHLA Corporate Practice of Medicine: A Fifty State Survey (Non-Members)

Andrew G. Jack is an Associate at Jones Day in Columbus, Ohio. He focuses his practice on the representation of clients in the health care industry in connection with regulatory and transactional matters, including developing hospital- physician alignment strategies; guiding clients through strategic transactions, including hospital mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures; working with health care providers to develop clinically integrated provider networks and accountable care organizations; structuring integrated delivery system transactions; and counseling clients on health care fraud and abuse issues.

Additionally, Drew works with clients in the life sciences industry in connection with multijurisdictional clinical trials and research collaborations. Drew currently serves as a Vice Chair with the Transactions Affinity Group for the AHLA's Business Law and Governance Practice Group.

Glenn P. Prives is an attorney with McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's national Health Care Practice Group. He represents a range of health care clients, including hospitals and health systems (nonprofit and for-profit), academic medical centers, physician groups, ambulatory surgery centers, home health agencies, ancillary service providers, laboratories, medical technology companies, telemedicine companies, medical billing companies, dental groups, skilled nursing facilities, behavioral health centers, health care management companies, and investment funds and private equity firms specializing in health care. He has experience in the areas of hospital-physician alignment, mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, alliances, strategic transactions, joint ventures, recruitment matters, numerous types of contractual agreements, health care information technology, integrated delivery systems (population health), and clinical integration matters. He also has counseled clients on a variety of health care regulatory matters, including Stark, Anti- Kickback, state self-referral laws, fraud and abuse, HIPAA, health care reform, Medicare and Medicaid issues, coverage and overpayment issues, compliance, regulatory and due diligence reviews, licensure and certification issues, the corporate practice of medicine, and fee-splitting laws.

Jed A. Roher is a shareholder with Godfrey & Kahn SC, located in Madison, Wisconsin. Jed helps traditional and emerging participants in the health care industry understand, evaluate, and implement transactions in a complex regulatory environment. In particular, Jed guides large-scale projects including hospital acquisitions, affiliations, member substitutions, joint ventures, and venture investments, and provides outside general counsel to stand-alone/independent and private-equity backed dentists and other providers, health technology companies, and emerging companies and their investors, assisting with equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, formation, technology development, product commercialization, exit strategies, and ongoing corporate matters.

Jed is a proud member of the American Health Lawyers Association, and the Chair of the Transactions Affinity Group of the Business Law and Governance Practice Group.

Joel C. Rush is a Partner in McDermott Will & Emery LLP. He has a national practice that focuses on transactional and health care regulatory matters affecting health care companies, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic affiliations, and joint ventures. Joel serves principally as counsel to private equity funds, public and private companies, physician practices, hospitals, and strategic investors in connection with a wide range of transactional, regulatory and corporate structure and governance matters. Joel is able to leverage his transactional background and deep health regulatory experience to provide seamless legal counsel regarding the complex strategic and operational issues facing health care providers and investors.

Kelsey Anderson is an attorney with Godfrey & Kahn SC, located in Madison, Wisconsin. Kelsey practices in the Corporate Law and Health Care Practice Group and represents hospitals and health systems, physician groups, health care associations and cooperatives, clinical laboratories, and other health care providers and suppliers. Kelsey's practice focuses primarily on assisting clients with health care regulatory issues, such as Medicare and Medicaid compliance, enrollment and payment issues, Physician Self-Referral (Stark), Anti-Kickback Statute, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance, telehealth, and state licensing matters.

Kelsey has been a member of the American Health Lawyers Association since 2017, and presently serves on the Board of the State Bar of Wisconsin Health Law Section.

Carole M. Becker is an Associate at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Carole's practice focuses on regulatory and transactional health care matters. She conducts due diligence to support traditional and non-traditional health care clients as they grow and innovate within the sector. She also assists clients with respect to state licensure issues, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, and other federal and state legal, regulatory, and business issues affecting health care providers.

During law school, Carole served as a legal extern at a large hospital system and was the Executive Managing Editor of the University of Florida's Journal of Law and Public Policy. Prior to entering law school, she served as the Regional Manager of Operations for a Florida based not-for-profit health care clinic.

Scott Bennett is a Partner at Coppersmith Brockelman PLC in Phoenix, Arizona. Scott assists health care clients with data privacy and security, as well as compliance with the Stark Law, Anti- Kickback Statute, and other fraud and abuse laws. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Scott is also chair of AHLA’s Digital Health Affinity Group, which is part of the Health Information Technology Practice Group.

Elise Dunitz Brennan is a Partner in Conner and Winters. She has practiced health care law for over 30 years. Her practice concentrates on the general representation of health care systems, including hospitals, pharmaceutical and device companies, and long-term care facilities. She specializes in operational and regulatory support, compliance planning, mergers and acquisitions, HIPAA, billing issues, Medicare, Anti-Kickback and Stark, EMTALA, managed care, physician recruitment, physician medical staff issues, licensure, Certificate of Need and Change of Ownership, peer review hearings, fraud and abuse, risk management, and new service development. Recently, her practice has included health care provider integration initiatives such as ACOs, service line collaborations and non-clinical joint ventures, and health care provider and payer contracting issues.

Elise also serves as an Arbitrator on the Commercial and Healthcare Panel of the American Arbitration Association and as an Arbitrator, Mediator, and Trainer for the American Health Lawyers Association. Chambers USA, the leading evaluator of attorneys, referred to her as "an outstanding healthcare lawyer with a strong suit in the representation of institutions and transactions." She is the first Oklahoma attorney elected as a Fellow of the American Health Lawyers Association.

Matthew M. Brohm is a Partner in Arnall Golden Gregory LLP.  His legal practice focuses on corporate transactions in the health care industry. He has advised on hundreds of health care transactions involving private equity firms, health systems, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home health agencies, behavioral health companies, physician practice management platforms, laboratories, pharmacies, and a wide variety of other providers. He has extensive experience leading complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, divestitures, joint ventures, affiliations, co-management arrangements, and investments at all stages of the company's life cycle. He also regularly structures unique joint ventures and transactions requiring complex structures to address the changing health care regulatory and commercial landscapes.

Stacey L. Callaghan is an Associate with Akerman LLP. She concentrates her practice on transactional and business issues affecting health care providers. Stacey assists health systems, hospitals, physician organizations, and private equity clients in corporate governance and transactions, fraud and abuse issues, and functional and regulatory considerations related to telehealth, as well as privacy matters and HIPAA compliance. She also counsels clients on business disputes, with an emphasis on contract law and covenants not to compete.