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Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP

Healthcare: The Elite

USA Guide 2026 : USA - Nationwide


Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP

About

Provided by Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP

Manatt Health reinvented how professional services are delivered, building a fully integrated legal, policy and strategic advisory health care practice. With 160+ professionals dedicated to health care—including attorneys, strategic business consultants, policy experts, digital health specialists, project managers and data analysts—Manatt Health is one of the most trusted advisors to clients seeking to adapt to a changing health care environment. Our diversity drives unique ways of thinking about today’s challenges—and solutions that are highly creative yet firmly rooted in the realities of legal requirements, political dynamics, operational efficiencies and business imperatives. 

Manatt supports a range of health care entities—both disruptors and the disrupted—including hospitals/health systems, payers, state and federal policymakers and agencies, foundations, associations, life sciences companies, and digital health innovators. Our multidisciplinary model has made us the go-to resource across a full spectrum of engagements—from high-value transactions to complex regulatory guidance to next-generation digital strategies to transformative Medicaid redesign to game-changing litigation. 

In addition, we draw on our deep bench of experts to deliver Manatt on Health, our premium information service, providing in-depth insights and analyses focused on the legal, policy and market developments that matter most to health care organizations. 

Clients (5)

  • Blue Shield of California
  • New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
  • Aetna
  • Dignity Health
  • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Industries (5)

  • Charities / Not for Profit
  • Government
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

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Healthcare: The Elite - USA - Nationwide

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP is highly regarded for its sophisticated practice and strong national presence. The firm acts for major clients such as provider systems, payors and trade associations on a range of regulatory, litigation and transactional matters. The team delivers substantial expertise in Medicaid redesign, health reform implementation, and privacy and security matters.

Notable practitioners

William Bernstein leads the firm's health practice from the New York office.

Work Highlights

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  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP served as outside counsel to Nassau University Medical Center during a period of significant organizational disruption.

Strengths

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  • The depth of their expertise into Stark and Anti-Kickback statutes is tremendous. They are the preeminent firm for healthcare regulatory advice.

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