As chair of the firm's Healthcare Department, I have represented hospitals and hospital-physician joint ventures, large radiology and cardiology groups, multi-specialty clinics, medical staffs and managed care organizations including provider-sponsored insurance companies and HMOs. I am frequently asked to advise on mergers and acquisitions, contract formation and negotiation, and regulatory issues. In addition to state healthcare regulation, federal fraud and abuse and Stark analysis, I have… Show more As chair of the firm's Healthcare Department, I have represented hospitals and hospital-physician joint ventures, large radiology and cardiology groups, multi-specialty clinics, medical staffs and managed care organizations including provider-sponsored insurance companies and HMOs. I am frequently asked to advise on mergers and acquisitions, contract formation and negotiation, and regulatory issues. In addition to state healthcare regulation, federal fraud and abuse and Stark analysis, I have focused on the application of antitrust law and ERISA pre-emption to the healthcare field.I regularly update the antitrust section of The Law of Medical Practice in Illinois, Third Edition, for Thompson West Publishing, and I co-authored and update the Mosby Elsevier textbook, Legal Medicine, published in conjunction with the American College of Legal Medicine. I authored "CO-OPs and Accountable Care" published in the American Medical Association's (AMA) January 2011 educational resource ACOs, CO-OPs and Other Options: A "How-To" Manual for Physicians Navigating a Post-Health Reform World. Show less