King & Spalding LLP augments an impressive reputation in the healthcare and life sciences space with a broad spectrum of policy advice, legislative reform advocacy, and federal and state grant support for a range of industries. A distinct congressional investigations team also guides individuals and corporations through the complex process of responding to inquiries on pressing and high-profile issues. Thomas Spulak chairs the practice, leveraging extensive experience in tax, healthcare, energy, defense, aerospace and appropriations policy. J.C. Boggs, who co-leads the firm’s state attorneys general practice, is active in assisting financial services and tech firms navigate the political and regulatory sphere. David Farber‘s focus on healthcare includes a notable focus on Medicare and Medicaid issues faced by life sciences companies, hospitals, and pharmacies, while Steven Kupka supports both large healthcare companies and energy providers. Daniel Donovan, Sally Yates, and Theodore Hester are the primary contacts for congressional investigations.
Testimonials
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‘Professional, responsive, and deeply knowledgeable team. Input from former market and government leaders is invaluable.’
‘Steve Kupka is a passionate, hard driving, consummate professional. His reputation and deep long-term relationships within the US government and private industry have been invaluable to our work.’
Key clients
- Adventist HealthCare
- Becton Dickinson
- Flagler Health
- Honduras Próspera
- Makana Therapeutics
- Padron Cigars
- Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA)
- Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency & Financial Advisory Authority
- Seaboard Corporation
- Silicon Power Corporation
- SiCamore Semiconductor Corporation
- USA Swimming
Work highlights
- Assisted Adventist Healthcare with securing extra funding for a new hospital at Howard University in Fiscal Budget 2024.
- Successfully assisted the MARC Coalition with pushing the White House by identifying a technical defect in the proposed new enforcement regime of the Medicare program CMS, necessitating the Final Rule being withdrawn with CMS needing to perform a new economic analysis.
- Acted for Flagler Health in advocating for the introduction of H.R. 4859, the Patient Accessibility and Access to Community Healthcare Act, to ensure for 10 years the sole community hospital status of any hospitals that participated in the program as of the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Thomas Spulak