Sean understands the need for creative thinking and practical solutions for healthcare providers.
As a healthcare attorney, Sean advises providers, such as health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers, and physician groups, in regulatory and compliance matters and business transactions. His regulatory practice focuses on minimizing risk under fraud and abuse laws, including Stark and Anti-Kickback, and advising providers in operational and licensing issues, corporate governance, compliance programs, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, and payment and coverage issues. Sean represents hospitals, physician groups, home health agencies, behavioral health facilities, and others facing state and federal enforcement actions, including investigations, audits, administrative litigation, and qui tam and False Claims Act lawsuits. Working with providers across the industry, Sean understands operational challenges and appreciates business objectives when navigating clients through voluntary disclosures and the development, management, and implementation of effective compliance programs.
Sean offers clients a practical approach to risk assessment, relying on his previous experience as a litigator and appellate advocate, where he defended healthcare providers against complex claims in state and federal courts. This litigation background also arms Sean with foresight and understanding of unintended consequences in conducting transactions. His transactional practice includes representing providers and companies in acquisitions and affiliations, as well as advising health systems, hospitals, and physician groups in integration strategies and the formation and operation of joint ventures and arrangements, such as co-management agreements.