Randal L Schultz

Career

Randal Schultz excels at crafting innovative legal solutions to complex problems, which is matched by his ability to communicate the solutions in clear, understandable terms. A seasoned health care lawyer, clients value his pragmatism, his ability to anticipate and mitigate financial and legal risks, and his dedication to their success. One corporate M&A client said, “Randal Schultz is at the very vanguard of evolving health care law and finance. We recommend him with our strongest endorsement.” When asked what he does for clients, Randal said, “My job is to get our health care clients in the business of medicine so they can enjoy the delivery of medical services.”

Randal Schultz stands at the forefront of legal innovation in health care. With a distinguished career dedicated to supporting businesses within this highly regulated industry, Randal brings a wealth of knowledge and strategic acumen to the table. Combining a robust financial background as a certified public accountant with an intricate understanding of legal frameworks, Randal provides unique insights into the complexities of health care law and finance. This lends to a profound understanding of the complex landscape where health care and corporate finance intersect, enabling him to guide clients through the myriad of federal regulations and challenges that define this space.

There are many types of matters for which Randal provides legal counsel. They include :

Affiliations, joint ventures, and collaborations

Corporate structuring

Compensation and retirement planning

Employee benefits plans / ERISA

Facility and provider licensing

Federal health care billing compliance

Governance

Health care financing and delivery models

Insurance program design and development

Mergers and acquisitions

Provider, vendor, and managed care contracting

Regulatory and compliance counseling

Tax

At the heart of Randal’s practice is a deep commitment to powering each client’s corporate finance engine. He also focuses on aligning legal strategies to meet client business goals, ensuring compliance, securing the client’s competitive advantage, and helping them to deliver operational excellence. Randal serves as a strategic partner to all sizes of entities from health care startups to established companies. He has worked with:

Ambulatory surgical centers

Hospitals (physician and non-physician owned)

Imaging centers

Laboratories

Pharmacies

Physician groups

Specialty care centers

With more than 30 years of experience, Randal’s practice is more than problem-solving; it aims to bolster health care businesses, allowing them to focus on patient care while he helps to manage the legal and corporate complexities. His proactive engagement with clients, coupled with his foresight into industry trends, keeps them ahead of regulatory changes and competitive in their field. Randal remains a critical ally for health care organizations, delivering unparalleled legal counsel that empowers them to maximize operational efficiency and financial performance.

In addition to being an attorney, Randal has his CPA certificate and was an adjunct professor at Rockhurst University, teaching Corporate Law in its MBA program. He gives speeches locally and nationally on health care regulatory issues, employee benefits, compensation and insurance issues and has been quoted and/or featured in articles discussing health care and insurance-related issues in The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Business Journal, MD News and The Wall Street Journal and Medical Economics Magazine. Additionally, Randal was the featured health care attorney for a nationally syndicated radio program on the economics of medicine, as well as for local talk radio.

Practice Areas

Corporate & Business

Tax

Closely Held & Family Businesses

Emerging Companies & Entrepreneurs

Health Care Regulatory & Compliance Counseling

Health Care Transactions

Experience

Innovating health care delivery models in Denver to devise programs where practitioners bundle cost-effective care solutions that adjust market prices and significantly improve patient care quality through integrated services.

Forming multiple large-scale clinically integrated health care provider organizations and working with ACO shared savings delivery models.

Providing consultation on various states’ insurance regulations and federal Stark law and antikickback regulations involving hundreds of health care transactions for regional and national clients.

Providing legal counsel to community hospitals and a large group purchasing organization for a national Children's Hospital network.

Helping develop the US Stop Loss Health Insurance policy for Lloyds of London covering self-insured employers.

Designing and implementing insurance programs for national and local employers, insurers, and reinsurers, including working with self-insured and fully insured employee benefits and property and casualty programs, insurance brokerage agreements, excess and reinsurance structures, offshore captive insurance companies, and the relationship between the programs, the insurers, and the regulators.