Stephen Cowherd Email & Phone Number

Westport, Ct

Stephen M. Cowherd is a Chambers-ranked (Band One) health care attorney who serves as chair of Pullman & Comley's Health Care practice. He has more than 25 years of experience representing clients in transactions and administrative law matters before state and federal agencies. Steve regularly advises health care providers on compliance with fraud and abuse laws, Medicare and Medicaid enrollment and reimbursement rules, corporate practice of medicine and patient rights issues, HIPAA, licensure and certificate of need proceedings. His corporate law experience includes representing hospitals, physician groups and private-equity backed clients in mergers and acquisitions, formation of management service organizations and captive entities, joint ventures and divestitures.Steve draws on advocacy and communication skills from his unique background to provide clients with clear, practical advice in the heavily-regulated health care industry. He spent the first seven years of his legal career at an Am Law 50 firm where he represented Fortune 500 clients in complex commercial litigation, regulatory compliance and internal investigation matters. His litigation experience includes: jury and bench trials in New York and Connecticut federal and state courts for health care, insurance, manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies; appellate arguments before the New York State Court of Appeals and Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; and numerous arbitrations and mediations.Prior to attending law school, Steve worked for a large New York City and Washington, D.C. based media and government relations company, representing clients spanning the health care industry from Bristol-Myers Squibb to U.S. Healthcare. As a result, he also has significant experience in working with boards and senior management in developing corporate and crisis communication strategies directed at key stakeholders.

55 Walls Drive, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824

Attorney specializing in health care and administrative law with extensive background representing clients before regulatory agencies.Adviser to hospitals, physicians and health care suppliers on compliance with fraud and abuse laws, Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, participation and reimbursement rules, HIPAA and other patient rights requirements, medical staff bylaw, corrective action and peer review proceedings as well as insurance, licensing and certificate of need statutes and regulations.Transactional experience includes hospital and medical practice mergers and acquisitions, hospital-physician joint ventures, accountable care organization (ACO) and medical foundation formation, health system reorganizations as well as development, purchases and sales of ambulatory surgery, imaging and other specialized treatment centers.Counsel to numerous clients in proceedings under the CMS, OIG and Connecticut DSS self-disclosure protocols; and multiple representations of health care entities and physicians in MAC, ZPIC and Medicaid audits as well as related U.S. Attorney, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and State Attorney General investigations.Former trial attorney versed in all phases of complex commercial litigation. Experience includes: jury and bench trials in New York and Connecticut federal and state courts for health care, insurance, media, manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies; appellate arguments before the New York State Court of Appeals, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit as well as AAA, AHLA, and NASD arbitrations.