Timothy M McCrystal

Practice Areas

Tim McCrystal is the co-chair of the health care practice group. Tim has over thirty years of experience advising health care and life sciences companies and investors on complex and innovative matters, from unprecedented and innovative models of care delivery to highly complicated and unique transactions. Tim has negotiated numerous health care affiliations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, hospital-physician relationships, medical practice acquisitions, formation and reorganization of multi-institutional health care systems. Tim has also been advising clients on novel regulatory issues related to the expansion of telehealth and the use of data and artificial intelligence to improve access to care.

Tim has extensive experience in structuring innovative payment models, including vertical integration, value-based health care, digital health and telehealth. He has developed innovative business structures that enabled clients to create integrated networks and delivery systems that capitalize on economies of scale to successfully navigate risk-based contracting and value-based care payment models.

The breadth of Tim’s practice affords him a unique market perspective and the ability to recognize the trends within the industry and advise health care and life sciences clients on shifts within the industry. Recently, he has been guiding clients through the quickly expanding patchwork of emerging state laws and regulations aimed at managing competition, quality, access and cost in the context of health care transactions.

Tim is also recognized as a leading counsel on privacy and cybersecurity. He regularly advises clients on the full array of data privacy, protection and security matters relating to the HIPAA privacy and security rules. Tim has represented clients in highly publicized settlements with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights stemming from alleged data breaches relating to the loss or theft of protected health information.