The breadth of Ropes & Gray’s Health Care Practice coupled with the individual lawyers’
unparalleled depth of expertise explains why 11 of our Health Care Group partners were recognized in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA’s “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.” Chambers USA also ranked our health care practices in Boston, New York, California and Washington, as well as our “Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory” practice in Washington.

Ropes & Gray’s Health Care Practice provides a comprehensive range of services:

Regulatory & Compliance

• Federal Health Care Regulatory Issues (FDA, Stark, Antikickback, HIPAA, IRB)
• Research
• Fraud & Abuse
• Privacy
• Medicare & Medicaid Reimbursement
• Antitrust
• Licensure
• Public Health Oversight
• Intermediate Sanctions
• Government Enforcement

Strategic Counseling

• Governance & Fiduciary Standards
• Managed Care Contracting
• System Network & Design
• Public Policy Initiatives
• Government Relations
• Strategic Positioning
• Organizational Structure
• Physician Integration

Transactional & Capital Finance

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Disaffiliations & Separations
• Joint Ventures & Partnerships
• Tax Exempt Bond Financing
• Affiliations, Research Collaborations, & Licensing Agreements
• Revenue Development
• Complex Commercial Agreements

• Advised the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development in connection with the establishment and organization of a specialty teaching hospital to be located in Doha, Qatar. The facility, a state-of-the-art, all-digital medical and research complex, will serve as the principal teaching hospital for Weill Cornell Medical College’s branch campus in Doha. Weill Cornell established its branch campus in Doha as part of an agreement with the Qatar Foundation. Our work for the Qatar Foundation involves advice on organizational structure; corporate governance matters; institutional policies concerning clinical care; medical staff relations; human subjects research and research compliance and intellectual property ownership and commercialization; complex vendor relationships; and the teaching affiliation agreement being negotiated with Weill Cornell Medical College. We also advise the Qatar Foundation on its relationship with Cornell University and with several of the other universities that have established or are considering establishing branches campuses in Qatar. 
• Advised clients of the firm regarding the impact of the landmark Massachusetts health care bill signed by former Governor Romney that is designed to expand access to health care for Massachusetts residents, increase the affordability of insurance products, and enhance the accountability of the state's health care system.
• We advise major pharmaceutical manufacturers on compliance with federal and state anti-kickback statutes, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America “Code on Interactions with Health Care Professionals,” state laws on pharmaceutical marketing such as the California Drug Marketing Law, and the companies' own policies. For one client, we have been asked to conduct a legal review of virtually every educational grant request submitted to its largest divisions. In addition, we have detailed several attorneys to serve as in-house counsel for up to six months to assist our clients in reviewing materials and policies to ensure regulatory and fraud and abuse compliance.
• Represent numerous clients in response to government investigations of client operations, Medicare and other health care program billing procedures, reimbursement for clinical and scientific research, business practices and contractual relationships with physicians and other referral sources.
• Assisted Stanford Hospital and Clinics, part of Stanford University, in the organization and establishment of a joint venture with Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, California, known as the Stanford Emanuel Radiation Oncology Center (SEROC). SEROC provides radiation therapy services to the communities served by Emanuel Medical Center and provides physician staffing through faculty members from the Stanford Department of Radiation Oncology. 
• Assisted health care clients regarding preparation for the response to natural disasters, including the development of policies, procedures and agreements to ensure the continuity of health care services and the security of health care information in the event of disaster.
• Advised the leading professional society representing physicians who treat cancer (roughly 20,000 members), on legislative, health care policy, and reimbursement matters. In that capacity, we assist the professional society in formulating and advocating policy positions. Our lawyers represent the professional society before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other federal agencies. In addition, we serve as the professional society's outside corporate counsel, handling a range of contract, trademark, licensing, real estate and other matters. A former Ropes & Gray partner currently serves as the professional society's in-house general counsel.
• Represented Welsh Carson with respect to the merger of MemberHealth, Inc. into Universal American Financial Corporation. This transaction involved multiple mergers to combine the Part D business of MemberHealth with the Part D business of Universal. Besides the complexity of the corporate transaction, there were numerous regulatory issues involving extensive negotiations with CMS involving novation agreements and waiver issues. Multiple state licensure issues were successfully resolved as well.