Practice Areas & Industries: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Industry Fluency.
Comprehensive Knowledge.
Nationally Ranked.

Health care, one of the largest sectors of the U.S. economy, continues to evolve at a revolutionary pace and is subject to intense governmental and societal accountability. Baker Donelson's Health Law Department is widely recognized as a premier national practice:

• Ranked by Modern Healthcare (February 2008) as one of the 10 largest health law firms in the U.S.;
• Ranked by The Best Lawyers in America (2008) as fourth in the nation in the area of Health Care Law;
• Named by Health Lawyers News (June 2007) as one of the top five health law practices in the nation;
• Selected by Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers (2004 and 2005) as one of the nation's leading health law practices;
• Named by Nightingale's Healthcare News (May 2006) as one of the nation's largest health care law practices.
• Ranked in the top 5% of the leading health care attorneys in the United States by The Legal Media Group Guide (2006).

The Baker Donelson Health Law Department recognizes the confluence of complexity and intensity of oversight involved in health care representation. It is ranked as one of the largest health law practice in the nation, representing leading hospitals and health systems, academic medical centers, medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, physician organizations and specialty care providers.

Government regulation of health care at the federal, state and local levels continues to accelerate in scope and complexity. Costly litigation and exposure to liability threatens to engulf many institutions and companies. Our attorneys provide the multi-disciplinary experience and legal judgment that participants in the health care sector find necessary in order to thrive in the midst of this chaos. While transaction work is the core of many firms' health care practices, Baker Donelson has invested as well in the development of capabilities covering the spectrum of health care operations that includes accreditation/licensure, reimbursement/payment, compliance, HIPAA, EMTALA, clinical research, physician organizations, medical staff, long-term care, disease management, joint ventures, ehealth and other services unique to the health care ecosystem.

Attorneys in the Baker Donelson Health Law Department deliver a wide array of corporate, regulatory and financial services grounded in an institutional knowledge of the health care industry. The Department also provides a full spectrum of litigation services in commercial and contract matters, antitrust disputes, regulatory and governmental issues, and defense of tort cases for a myriad of health care providers. The breadth of Baker Donelson's health care experience and the diversity of its client base enable the Health Law Department to respond appropriately to client problems, pursue opportunities and resolve disputes in ways that efficiently accomplish client objectives.

Representative Clients

• Abbott Laboratories
• Adventist Health System
• Baptist Memorial Health Care
• Community Health Systems
• Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
• Healthcare Realty Trust
• HealthSouth Corporation
• King Pharmaceuticals
• Medical Properties Trust
• Medtronic
• Novant Health
• PSS World Medical
• Quorum Health Resources
• Signature Hospital Corporation
• St. Luke's Episcopal Health System
• The Little Clinic
• TLC Vision Corporation
• University Health Systems
• Vanguard Health Systems