Healthcare Team of Sheppard Mullin

Our Healthcare team is nationally recognized by Chambers, Legal 500, Modern Healthcare, M&A Atlas Awards, Law360, ABA Health Law Section and Los Angeles Business Journal for providing experienced legal counsel to healthcare providers, payors, institutions and almost every form of healthcare related organization. This experience gives us a unique perspective and understanding of the mindset that each side brings to the table. It also enables us to develop effective solutions to fit our clients’ needs and objectives—making the pieces of the puzzle fit together within a complex framework that includes fraud and abuse, antitrust, Medicare/Medicaid/commercial reimbursement, HIPAA, corporate M&A and restructuring and insolvency issues, to name only a few.

We have represented almost every variation of healthcare and industry associated organization, only a sampling of which has included:

• Medical groups, IPAs ("Independent Practice Associations") and integrated delivery systems

• Hospitals (including nonprofit, for profit and academic hospitals)

• Universities and medical centers

• Health Plans ("HMOs") and Preferred Provider Organizations ("PPOs")

• Skilled nursing facilities and assisted living centers

• Medical device manufacturers

• Ambulatory surgery centers

• Medical imaging centers

• Pathology labs

• Medical billing companies

• Medical management companies