Healthcare
USA Guide 2024 : Illinois
Band 3
Contact number
+1 312 819 1900About
Provided by Polsinelli PC
Recognized as a leader in health care law, Polsinelli is ranked nationally by Chambers USA and is currently named “Law Firm of the Year” in Health Care by U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Law Firms”. From the strength of its national platform and subject-matter expertise, the firm is positioned to advise on the full range of health care regulatory and business issues confronting health care providers nationally and globally. The national team serves clients throughout the health care industry.
• Strategic mergers and acquisitions
• Counseling on key regulatory issues (e.g., Stark, Anti-Kickback Statute, licensure and certification)
• HIPAA and confidentiality compliance counseling
• All aspects of reimbursement
• Responding to audits (e.g., Medicaid, OIG, DOJ, ZPIC, and RAC)
• Operational issues relating to patient care
• Professional board hearings and other state proceedings
• Physician relationships, including employment, medical director, and professional service agreements
• Strategic assistance with medical staff structures, bylaws, policies, and procedures
• Recruitment strategies for physicians and health care providers
• Corporate governance (for profit and nonprofit)
• Clinical Research
• Counseling on tax compliance
• Benefits issues (including all aspects of ERISA compliance)
• Financing
• Certificate of Need projects
• Response to investigations, including litigation at all levels
• Labor and employment law matters
Chambers Review
Polsinelli PC is a robust group that regularly acts for providers on multistate transactions. The firm offers full-service capabilities that enable it to serve as outside counsel for major systems on matters such as regulatory compliance, physician alignment and healthcare IT issues. The team also demonstrates capabilities in fraud and abuse cases.
Work Highlights
- Polsinelli served as lead counsel for Kootenai Health on its conversion from a government healthcare provider to a non-governmental provider.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm has very well-informed and experienced attorneys."
"The lawyers at Polsinelli are extraordinarily talented, knowledgeable and practical. They are creative problem solvers and understand how to provide value to the client."
"They are very communicative, responsive and attentive to their clients."
"The firm has very well-informed and experienced attorneys."
"The lawyers at Polsinelli are extraordinarily talented, knowledgeable and practical. They are creative problem solvers and understand how to provide value to the client."
"They are very communicative, responsive and attentive to their clients."
Notable Practitioners
Kara Friedman handles regulatory matters on behalf of large providers based within Illinois and those with a national presence. She is well known for her work on Certificate of Need applications.
Linas Grikis offers a strong transactional skill set. He is adept at acting in M&A activity, corporate structuring and associated regulatory concerns.
"Linas is always professional, helpful, pragmatic and willing to dive in and do the work. He really gets things done."
"He is a great attorney who can translate the complicated and scary technical advice into practical terms."
"Linas is very creative in problem solving and pragmatic with solutions."
Lisa Katz regularly assists financial institutions and healthcare clients with the negotiation and structuring of acquisitions and joint ventures.
"Lisa is a good lawyer who is practical and straightforward."
Neal Shah has impressive experience counseling clients through complex regulatory and transactional issues. He also has in-depth knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid services.
"His client service and subject knowledge is exceptional."
"He is great and has a good level of experience."
Ranked Lawyers at
Polsinelli PC
Illinois