BakerHostetler handles a broad range of issues across the healthcare space, including FCA investigations, data breach responses, and M&A. Working out of the Atlanta office, litigator Derek Bauer acts for a varied client base of hospital systems, pharmacies, and physician practices, while Charlene McGinty handles an array of transactional and operational mandates for physicians and physician organizations. Ohio-based Frank Miller is a telemedicine expert who often assists nonprofit managed healthcare providers with transactional issues. In Dallas, Lynn Sessions leads the firm’s healthcare privacy and compliance group, and is noted for her knowledge of website tracking technologies under HIPAA, and Jim Wiehl joined the group in October 2023 from Norton Rose Fulbright, contributing his vast knowledge of Stark Law and Anti-Kickback waivers, and private equity transactions.
Key clients
- Outsourcing Facilities Association
- Harbor Healthcare System, L.P.
- ProMedica Health System
- Kaiser Permanente
- Duke University Health System
- American Hospital Association
- Texas Children's Hospital
- Mayo Clinic
- Cleveland Clinic
Work highlights
- Represented the former CEO of Atlanta Medical Center in a healthcare fraud case which involved allegations that the center was involved in a large-scale kickback scheme involving payments made by the center to Clinica de la Mama, to refer patients to the center and other hospitals owned by the Tenet Healthcare Corp.
- Acted for Harbor Healthcare System and its CEO in a DOJ criminal investigation and a parallel FCA investigation.
- Represented ProMedica Health System in the sale of its agency, multistate home health, and hospice business to Gentiva.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Derek Bauer, Charlene McGinty, Frank Miller, Lynn Sessions, Jim Wiehl