A highly accomplished and forward-thinking Assistant General Counsel and Attorney with a proven track record of advising executives in the healthcare industry in mergers, acquisitions, revenue cycle management, insurance recoveries, compliance, reorganizations, and regulation (including Medicare and Medicaid). A professional history of multiple client successes in financial recoveries, litigation defenses and strategies for hospital systems, medical providers, and healthcare payors, including strategic business counseling for financially challenged organizations.➤ M&A➣ ­Directed multiple healthcare facility acquisition initiatives, including Attorney General, FTC, approval, and antitrust challenges. ➣ Created the then-largest physician-owned Medicare health plan, with follow-on growth strategies leading to a $600M sale. ➣ Negotiated and guided managed care, risk sharing agreements among hospital systems, primary and multidisciplinary medical groups, and Medicare and commercial payors.➣­ Directed the purchase of 300-bed acute hospital campus, including facility and medical office structures.­➣ Oversaw the sale or acquisition of facilities, including hospitals and medical offices.➣­ Provided the legal counsel and supervised the sale of underperforming medical facilities.➤ Insurance Financial Recovery and Revenue Cycle Enhancement­➣ Headed the healthcare system's initiative to recover $980M in insurance company receivables.­➣ Spearheaded the system's strategies to recover $285M in casualty losses from devastating Californiawildfires (recovering from both the system's casualty insurer and a bankrupt California utility).➤ Services for Hospitals / Health Facilities­­➣ Guided the developed of strategies for joint ventures with physician hospitals and clinical laboratory.­ Integrated health systems (regional hospital system with primary care medical groups).­➣­ Created, licensed, and accredited ambulatory surgery centers.­­➣ Guided multiple hospitals in the governance of the physician and affiliated providers of the medical staff.