Matthew Roberts

Experience

Matthew leads the Regulatory Section at Maynard Nexsen, as well as the Health Care Practice Group. He has assisted providers in virtually every aspect of the health care business. Matthew is also very involved with clients operating in the life sciences industry, advising them on issues related to governance, strategic planning, compliance, corporate and transaction matters.

Typically, his health care engagements are focused on:

- Healthcare affiliations and joint ventures

- Physician/hospital relationships

- Managed care issues

- Stark/Anti-Kickback laws

- General compliance matters

- Health care contracts

- Board governance

Matthew has set up single service agreements, developed integrated physician networks and established other collaborative arrangements between health care providers, including PHOs, IPAs, ACOs, and CINs. He also has experience advising provider clients on value-based care issues.

Collaborating with clients to create and implement strategic plans, Matthew has extensive experience advising clients on affiliations, joint ventures, and purchase and sale of businesses. He also advises health care provider, and life sciences Boards on matters including executive compensation, conflict of interest policies and Board involvement in compliance and quality-related issues.

Matthew also works with health care and life sciences clients on ways to minimize their exposure compliance risk caused by the myriad of regulatory requirements found in the health care industry and to create a "culture of compliance" implemented on a system-wide basis.

He routinely works with providers to assist them in resolving payment and billing disputes with various types of payors. This includes negotiating managed care agreements and dealing with disputes with payors.