Chris has practiced with Kutak Rock for more than 30years. He has extensive experience in healthcare law, with particular emphasis on healthcare regulatory issues and hospital/physician transactions and arrangements. He assists clients with respect to a wide variety of matters, including the following:

• Physician contracting, including hospital-based physician contracts, other specialty service agreements, and physician recruitment agreements
• Structuring of physician employment arrangements, including hospital-affiliated practices and group practices, and physician compensation models
• Practice acquisitions
• Cost-containment agreements
• Clinical co-management agreements
• “Under arrangements” agreements
• Physician office leases, including time-share leases
• Provider-based status considerations
• Academic medical center requirements
• Compliance matters, including self-disclosure considerations
• Anti-kickback statute compliance
• Stark Law compliance
• Tax-exempt status matters, including exemption applications, regulatory advice, unrelated business income tax considerations, and private use restrictions relating to tax-exempt bond financing
• State law healthcare regulatory matters