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Winston & Strawn LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP‘s varied offering handles the full spectrum of issues relating to healthcare fraud and money-laundering allegations, investments into providers, and Certificate of Need approvals. Life sciences regulatory expert Reed Stephens leads the practice, and often handles fraud and abuse mandates and risk management issues. Lawrence Block, Elizabeth Leavy and Lawrence Sher joined the practice as a team from Reed Smith LLP in May 2023, contributing their broad expertise in government contracts. Of counsel Brendan Donahue joined from an in-house position in May 2023, bringing his specialism in M&A, while Guy Collier retired in February 2023.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team is really responsive and represents our organization well. They have taken the time to understand who we are as a client so that their representation is consistent with our values and mission.’
‘Amandeep Sidhu has been an excellent partner.’
Key clients
- Ascension
- Big Health
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- Cambia Health, Inc.
- Cityblock Health
- Delta Dental Insurers
- Genesis Healthcare
- Highmark Health Inc.
- NorthShore University HealthSystem
- RWJBarnabas Health
- Steward Health Care System
- United Network for Organ Sharing
- UnityPoint Health
- Universal Health Services
- Veradigm
Work highlights
- Assisted Catholic Medical Center with navigating an antitrust review at both the federal and state level in connection with its recently announced combination with HCA.
- Represented Amerigroup District of Columbia, Inc. in a series of bid protest victories against CareFirst and defeated multiple motions for temporary restraining orders over a period of 15 months.
- Represented UnityPoint Health with respect to the employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of its spin-off of three hospitals and 76 clinics and other sites of care to Carle Health.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Reed Stephens