Baker Donelson's Health Law Department is one of the largest and top-ranked health law practices in the nation, representing leading hospitals, health systems, medical companies, and providers. The Department handles a wide range of corporate, regulatory, litigation and transactional matters for clients in the complex and highly regulated health care industry. It is experienced in issues related to operations, reimbursement, compliance, privacy and security, clinical research, and more. The Department aims to help clients navigate the many challenges in health care through skilled legal counsel and knowledge of the field.

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Health Law
Health care, one of the largest sectors of the U.S. economy, continues to
evolve at a revolutionary pace and is subject to intense governmental and
societal accountability. Baker Donelson's Health Law Department is widely
recognized as a premier national practice:
Ranked by Modern Healthcare
(February 2008) as one of the
ten largest health law firms in Richard G. Cowart
the U.S.;
Ranked by The Best Lawyers in
America® (2011) as third in the
nation in the area of Health
Care Law;
Named by Health Lawyer News
(June 2009) as one of the
top ten health law practices in
the nation;
Selected by Chambers USA:
America's Leading Business
Lawyers (2011 and 2010) as
one of the nation's leading
health law practices;
Named by Nightingale's
Healthcare News (May 2006)
as one of the nation's largest
health care practices;
Ranked in the top 5% of the
leading health care attorneys in
the United States by The Legal
Media Group Guide (2006).
The Baker Donelson Health Law Department recognizes the confluence of complexity and intensity of oversight involved in
health care representation. It is ranked as one of the largest health law practices in the nation, representing leading hospitals
and health systems, academic medical centers, medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, physician
organizations and specialty care providers.
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Government regulation of health care at the federal, state and local levels continues to accelerate in scope and complexity.
Costly litigation and exposure to liability threatens to engulf many institutions and companies. Our attorneys provide the multi-
disciplinary experience and legal judgment that participants in the health care sector find necessary in order to thrive in the
midst of this chaos. While transaction work is the core of many firms' health care practices, Baker Donelson invests in the
developing capabilities covering the spectrum of health care operations, including accreditation/licensure,
reimbursement/payment, compliance, HIPAA, EMTALA, clinical research, physician organizations, medical staff, long-term
care, disease management, joint ventures, ehealth and other services unique to the health care ecosystem.
Attorneys in the Baker Donelson Health Law Department deliver a wide array of corporate, regulatory and financial services
grounded in an institutional knowledge of the health care industry. The Department also provides a full spectrum of litigation
services in commercial and contract matters, antitrust disputes, regulatory and governmental issues, and defense of tort cases
for a myriad of health care providers. The breadth of Baker Donelson's health care experience and the diversity of its client
base enables the Health Law Department to respond appropriately to client problems, pursue opportunities and resolve
disputes in ways that efficiently accomplish client objectives.
Representative Clients
 Abbott Laboratories
 Accredo Health
 Adventist Health System
 Baptist Memorial Health Care
 Catholic Healthcare Partners
 Christus Health
 Community Health Systems
 DeKalb Medical Center
 Erlanger Health System
 Forrest General Hospital
 Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
 Healthcare Realty Trust
 HealthSouth Corporation
 King Pharmaceuticals
 Medical Properties Trust
 Medtronic
 Meharry Medical Center
 Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
 Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare
 Mississippi Baptist Health System
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 Novant Health
 Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center
 PSS World Medical
 Quorum Health Resources
 Signature Hospital Corporation
 Singing River Hospital Systems
 St. Jude Children's Hospital
 St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System
 The Little Clinic
 TLC Vision Corporation
 University Health Systems
 Vanguard Health Systems
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