Chris has practiced with Kutak Rock for more than 30 years. 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, with emphasis on structuring to meet IRS and Stark Law requirements
• Cost-containment agreements, taking into account Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, gainsharing Civil Monetary Penalties, and IRS limitations
• Clinical co-management agreements, with an emphasis on structuring metrics in a compliant and practical manner
• “Under arrangements” agreements
• Healthcare real estate matters, including:
  
  • Structuring compliant physician office leases
  • Structuring physician timeshare arrangements under the Stark Law timeshare exception
  • Structuring real estate arrangements with physician ownership in the lessee in compliance with the Stark Law rules regarding percentage and per unit leases
• Provider-based status considerations
• Academic medical center requirements
• Compliance matters, including self-disclosure considerations
• Anti-Kickback Statute compliance
• Discount safe harbor 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