Jim is an experienced lawyer who advises hospitals, clinics, health systems, businesses, doctors, dentists and other health care professionals on a wide range of legal issues key to their success, including mergers and acquisitions, employment, health care, compliance, employee benefits, tax, and strategic planning.
Jim specializes in the representation of businesses and professionals in the health care industry, including hospitals, clinics, health systems, ambulatory surgical centers, doctors and other health care professionals. Jim regularly advises clients regarding Medicare fraud and abuse, Stark anti-referral regulations, antitrust, tax, and employment law. He has extensive experience regarding ACO contracts and managed care, and in structuring joint ventures and other forms of affiliations, including mergers, asset deals, employment and professional service agreements.
An important part of Jim’s health care practice is his representation of dental groups and dental professionals, including general practice dentists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, periodontists, orthodontists, and endodontists. He has extensive experience representing buyers and sellers in practice sales, buy-ins and buy-outs of practice owners, and on the laws that impact dental practices.
One of Jim’s particular areas of expertise is in employee benefits and compensation planning. He frequently advises businesses regarding their 401(k) and other retirement plans; health saving accounts; flexible benefit plans; and health, life and disability insurance. He also represents executives and businesses regarding employment agreements, buy-sell agreements, deferred compensation, phantom stock and severance plans.
