Healthcare
USA Guide 2024 : Illinois
Band 4
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Provided by Nixon Peabody LLP
As health care access, delivery and reimbursement experience massive transformation, our business-focused health lawyers partner with clients to secure a competitive advantage and clear the path to future success.
The health care industry is in a state of constant reinvention and transformation. These changes, spurred in part by health reform, create an extremely complex landscape that presents as many opportunities as it does challenges.
Our cross-disciplinary team tracks the trends that impact delivery, cost, access and quality of health care. We use our working industry knowledge and insight to help clients manage and implement the changes to their businesses that help them thrive in this rapidly evolving industry.
We bring our firmwide collective knowledge to create success with clients who are shaping the future of health care.
As an unrivaled leader in an industry facing unparalleled challenges, we specialize in health care delivery, corporate organization, government programs, emerging payment programs, managed care models and a vast array of other cutting edge issues.
Chambers Review
Nixon Peabody has a strong team that offers broad transactional and litigation capabilities, as well as significant regulatory expertise. Regularly advises on areas such as acquisitions, tax exemption issues and Medicaid coverage matters. Clients include healthcare systems, long-term care facilities and banks. The firm is able to draw resources from a nationwide network of offices.
Work Highlights
- Nixon Peabody assisted The Carle Foundation Obligated Group in connection with debt matters relating to its acquisition of three acute care hospitals in central Illinois.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"It's an excellent team of lawyers who are responsive and helpful."
"It's an excellent team of lawyers who are responsive and helpful."
Notable Practitioners
Thomas Fahey is a leading healthcare practitioner with a broad practice spanning both transactional and regulatory issues. He has a strong track record representing nonprofit hospitals and health systems as well as educational organizations.
"He is very well known and really well thought of as a healthcare lawyer."
April Schweitzer supports clients on a broad range of regulatory and governance issues. She has particular experience acting for federally qualified health centers.
"April is a top-notch healthcare attorney and a dream to work with. She is organized, helpful and extremely knowledgeable."
Julie Seymour frequently advises financial institutions and healthcare providers, including hospitals, on innovative transactions involving tax-exempt bonds.
Valerie Montague advises her healthcare sector clients on a range of regulatory matters, offering particular expertise in HIPAA compliance.
"She is very responsive and her overall knowledge makes things efficient."
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