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Practice Areas: Health Care Issues of Hospitals, Life Science

Additional Information:

Douglas B. Swill is a managing partner of the firm and chair of the Health Care Practice Group. His practice is concentrated in the representation of health systems, hospitals and physician groups throughout the United States, in addition to health care-related non-profit professional and trade associations. He counsels clients on a variety of health care regulatory and corporate matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, governance and non-profit issues, Stark, anti-kickback and tax-exemption law analyses, health care reform, Medicare and Medicaid audits, coverage and overpayment issues, compliance program audits, voluntary disclosures, regulatory and due diligence reviews, and contract projects. Doug has represented health systems and hospitals in more than 100 merger, acquisition and affiliation transactions.

Doug's experience includes advising hospitals on physician integration strategies and physician compensation matters, and structuring and documenting transactions to address health care regulatory risks as well as licensure, certification and reimbursement matters.

Prior to joining the firm, he was an assistant state's attorney in Chicago and practiced in the Office of the State's Attorney's Federal Litigation and Hospitals Departments. In that capacity, Doug represented Cook County Hospital in general counsel matters and Cook County officials in federal litigation matters that included oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Doug is consistently recognized by Chambers USA, Leading Lawyers - Illinois and Illinois Super Lawyers and has been named one of the country's "Outstanding Physician Practice Lawyers" by Nightingale's Healthcare News

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Firm Members: David Sudzus William Essig Jeffrey Perconte Carrie DeLange