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Foley & Lardner LLP

Healthcare: The Elite

USA Guide 2026 : USA - Nationwide


Foley & Lardner LLP

About

Provided by Foley & Lardner LLP

Our team is widely regarded as advisers of choice to the leading players in the U.S. health care sector. Our global health care team is comprised of more than 200 health care, corporate, regulatory, and IP attorneys who advise industry and government leaders on the development of major health care policies and help shape the development of some of the nation’s largest health care systems. We counsel clients across a wide variety of areas, including reimbursement, managed care, privacy law, health care transactions, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, medical staff governance, physician/hospital alignment and integration, regulatory compliance, fraud and abuse, government and commercial payer relationships, electronic health records, IT outsourcing and litigation.

Foley is the preeminent law firm for the health care industry. We represent health care clients in labor and employment matters, collective bargaining, employee benefits, tax-exempt bond work and other tax issues and bankruptcy. We provide on-going compliance advice, including representation in internal investigations and overpayment appeals; and act as privacy and operational counsel in support of the integration of county health and social services. The breadth of our client following is noteworthy, ranging from large, publicly-traded organizations and major for-profit and not-for-profit health care industry players, through to small health care entities and startups looking to expand, merge and diversify.

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Healthcare: The Elite - USA - Nationwide

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Band 3


What the Team is Known For

Foley & Lardner LLP provides extensive experience within the healthcare field across transactional matters as well as associated regulatory, enforcement and government affairs work. The firm's expertise includes M&A, private investment, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement and Stark Law issues. The team represents a large number of healthcare networks as well as other entities such as emergency services organizations and pharmaceutical companies.

Notable practitioners

Boston-based Susan Pravda is head of the firm's healthcare and life sciences sector, alongside San Francisco-based co-chair Judith Waltz.

Work Highlights

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  • Foley & Lardner LLP represented multiple California-based tele-behavioral health companies as they go to market locally and across the country.

Strengths

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  • They distinguish themselves through their ability to anticipate downstream impacts of state and federal policy changes and communicate complex Medicaid and regulatory guidance in a clear and actionable way. This combination of institutional knowledge, responsiveness and practical problem-solving sets them apart within the industry.

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