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Healthcare: Highly Regarded | USA

USA - Nationwide

Healthcare covers a wide range of work, including transactional, advisory, and contentious matters. Transactional work is primarily the sale and purchase, of some or all of a health system or health insurance company. Law firms advise on antitrust issues and assorted regulatory matters for clients such as hospitals, health systems and insurance companies. Litigation includes matters like qui tam (whistleblower) suits and the defence of parties involved in federal investigations. Advisory and regulatory compliance matters include Medicare Part D, the subsidizing of drugs through the federally-run Medicare program. Also covers Stark Law, which governs referrals of physicians accepting Medicare and Medicaid funds, and the False Claims Act (FCA). This chapter also features advice on pharmaceutical and medical products regulatory issues covering the drugs and devices approved by the FDA.

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Band 1

  1. ArentFox Schiff LLP
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    ArentFox Schiff LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked

    ArentFox Schiff LLP is identified as a key player in the long-term care space, advising on regulatory matters and transactions impacting healthcare providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Its broad practice includes expertise across a range of fraud and abuse matters, as well as drug pricing and peer review issues. The firm regularly acts on mandates across state boundaries.

  2. Arnold & Porter
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    Arnold & Porter
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked

    Arnold & Porter has a highly respected healthcare practice with significant expertise advising clients on a broad range of matters, including investigations, civil litigation, regulatory issues and transactions. It acts on behalf of clients such as healthcare professionals, health systems and suppliers. The firm has notable strength in privacy-related mandates.

  3. BakerHostetler LLP
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    BakerHostetler LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked

    BakerHostetler LLP has a broad-based practice with strength across contentious matters, regulatory compliance and transactions. The firm is particularly adept at advising providers on large scale alignments and delivery model development. It is also noted for its privacy expertise.

  4. Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
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    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has an experienced team noted for its expertise in structuring wide-ranging transactions, including affiliations and restructuring. The group is also adept at advising on regulatory compliance matters as well as FCA litigation, and offers particular strength in antitrust issues. It boasts a broad roster of clients includes hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers and behavioral health entities.

  5. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked
    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP offers strong representation of healthcare clients in an array of matters spanning the industry, including both transactional and contentious. The firm is well equipped to handle complex mergers and acquisitions as well as advise on regulatory compliance such as HIPAA and data privacy. The team's litigation strengths include FCA investigations.
  6. DLA Piper LLP (US)
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    DLA Piper LLP (US)
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked

    DLA Piper LLP offers a deep and knowledgeable roster of attorneys with experience across transactional, regulatory and contentious matters. It represents a broad range of clients, including physicians, hospitals and insurance companies, and has notable strength in complex digital health matters.

  7. Fox Rothschild
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    Fox Rothschild
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked

    Fox Rothschild LLP has a respected healthcare practice with a considerable nationwide footprint. It offers significant corporate and regulatory expertise, advising on matters such as M&A, joint ventures and licensing. The firm is also noted for its experience in HIPAA and broader privacy matters, as well as its handling of civil and criminal disputes.

  8. Goodwin Procter LLP
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    Goodwin Procter LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked
    Goodwin has a strong group representing a range of clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors. The team adeptly handles transactional matters including complex acquisitions, and offers complementary expertise in litigation. The firm is also well placed to advise on regulatory issues facing the pharmaceutical industry.
  9. Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked

    Greenberg Traurig has a versatile team offering regulatory and transactional support. The team's expertise includes handling acquisitions for private equity groups and other investors, advising on digital health concerns and acting on multistate licensing matters.

  10. Husch Blackwell LLP
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    Husch Blackwell LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked

    Husch Blackwell LLP fields significant experience in disputes such as litigation arising from Medicare fraud. It is also noted for its expertise in transactions such as M&A, as well as advising on regulatory concerns arising from HIPAA and telemedicine issues.

  11. Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
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    Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked

    Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has a well-regarded healthcare team increasingly recognized for its nationwide capabilities. It has significant experience in handling transactions, complemented by longstanding regulatory expertise. The firm is also noted for its strength in disputes such as qui tam actions, drawing on wider trial skills as well as the ability to tackle large scale investigations.

  12. Norton Rose Fulbright
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    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 1 Years Ranked

    Norton Rose Fulbright has a longstanding healthcare practice that draws on additional capabilities in life sciences matters. The firm has notable transactional strength complemented by significant regulatory and litigation expertise. The team is recognized for its work with academic medical centers across the USA, and routinely represents providers, hospitals and medical device manufacturers.

  13. Proskauer Rose LLP
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    Proskauer Rose LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked

    Proskauer Rose LLP is recognized for its impressively broad practice, which includes a strong focus on regulatory matters arising from national healthcare reform. It also acts on transactions including lending finance and M&A work. The firm is sought out by private equity investors, technology companies and religiously affiliated hospitals for a variety of matters, including ERISA litigation.

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Band 2

  1. Akin
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    Akin
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 2 | 4 Years Ranked

    Akin is renowned for its strong regulatory compliance practice, including standout work in False Claims Act cases. It regularly acts on behalf of industry-leading healthcare providers on precedent-setting litigation involving matters such as Medicare coverage. The firm also has extensive expertise in enforcement and policy decisions concerning FDA-regulated companies.

  2. Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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    Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 2 | 6 Years Ranked

    Arnall Golden Gregory LLP provides notable experience within the healthcare field across transactional matters, complemented by regulatory expertise. the firm also houses significant strength in handling fraud and abuse cases. It is particularly adept at representing nursing homes and assisted living communities on a nationwide basis.

  3. Benesch
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    Benesch
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Benesch has a strong nationwide team offering significant healthcare expertise. The team is highly capable across a range of regulatory matters with significant strength in CON approvals. The firm possesses additional strength in transactions, regularly handling complex acquisitions.
  4. Garfunkel Wild P.C.
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    Garfunkel Wild P.C.
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked

    Garfunkel Wild is a healthcare boutique with a national footprint. The team draws praise for its compliance and regulatory work alongside its transactional expertise. The firm's client base includes hospitals, nursing homes, medical technology bodies and other healthcare providers.

  5. Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PSC
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    Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PSC
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 2 | 6 Years Ranked

    Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PSC is a dedicated healthcare firm offering significant expertise in transactional, regulatory and contentious matters. The team acts for providers on a nationwide scale, handling matters such as financings, qui tam actions and strategic affiliations.

  6. K&L Gates
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    K&L Gates
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 2 | 6 Years Ranked

    K&L Gates provides extensive experience advising across healthcare regulatory and operational issues, as well as transactions and disputes. It represents a broad range of clients across the country, including academic medical centers, hospitals and health systems.

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    O'Melveny & Myers LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 2 | 1 Years Ranked

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP draws praise for its handling of a variety of investigations and healthcare related disputes. It frequently acts for clients in False Claims Act disputes and has additional experience representing managed care organizations against Medicare-related allegations.

  8. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
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    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 2 | 6 Years Ranked

    Skadden has a respected practice with significant experience advising clients on large scale transactions and litigation. The firm represents a broad range of clients, including providers, health plans and pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

  9. Barnes & Thornburg LLP
    Healthcare: Highly Regarded
    2026 | Band 2