LEGAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH CARE BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
A Complete Guide to the Law Governing the Business of Health Care 2010 Edition

By Thomas William Baker, Esq.
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. tbaker@bakerdonelson.com
www.bakerdonelson.com

Copyright © 2010 Thomas William Baker.
All Rights Reserved.

Tom Baker, shareholder in Baker Donelson - Atlanta office, is a member of the Firm’s Health Law group.  Mr. Baker has extensive experience representing a wide variety of health care providers and suppliers of goods and services to the health industry, including hospitals, physicians, physician group practices, nursing homes, home health agencies, rehabilitation agencies, hospices, facilities for the developmentally disabled, independent diagnostic testing facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, rehabilitation therapy providers, management companies, durable medical equipment suppliers and assisted living and personal care homes.  He is skilled in matters involving health care mergers and acquisitions, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse, formulation and implementation of Corporate Compliance Plans, integrated health care delivery systems, provider and practitioner networks and accountable care organizations, and managed care agreements.

Mr. Baker has represented and assisted with business planning for corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, limited partnerships, general partnerships and entrepreneurs, including health care providers and practitioners, in transactions including acquisitions and sales of businesses, mergers, joint ventures, trade regulation, non-competition agreements, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, shareholder disputes, non-profit and tax-exempt organizations, and general contract and business matters. Mr. Baker also is experienced in the financing of business ventures, including venture capital, private investment, commercial debt and bond financing. He has served emerging growth companies involved in health care, health care information, bio-medical goods and services and electronic commerce.

Other Publications

Mr. Baker is a prolific speaker and writer, having delivered more than 60 speeches and written more than 30 articles on topics including managing regulatory risk, corporate compliance plans and business ethics, developing survival strategies in a changing health care economy and other health care regulatory topics.

• Co-author – “Integration Strategies for the New Health Care Economy,” American Health Lawyers Weekly (July 2010)
• Author – “Legal Aspects of Health Care Business Transactions,” ten chapter book used for Auburn University MBA course, including the following chapters: Overview of the Health Care Economy and Effect of Statutes and Regulations on Health Care Business Transactions; Understanding Fundamental Contract Law: Contracts 101; Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements; Fundamentals of Business Organizations; Fundamentals of Capital Financing; Fundamentals of Mergers and Acquisitions; Understanding Fundamental Intellectual Property Law; Understanding Fundamental Antitrust Law; Overview of the Law Governing Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices; and Corporate Governance and Fiduciary Duty
• Author – “Integration Strategies for the New Health Care Economy,” Atlanta Hospital News (January 2010)
• Co-author – “Business Planning For Pandemic Flu: How Will Your Company Survive The Pandemic?”  Co-authored with Katherine Forseth, Health Lawyers Weekly, Volume 4, Issue 19 (May 2006)
• Author – “Management of Regulatory Risk In Light of Recent Federal Trade Commission Sanctions Imposed on Messenger Model Networks,” Health Lawyers Weekly (March 2004)
• Author – “Whistleblower Suit Focuses on Therapy,” Briefings on Outpatient Rehab Reimbursement and Regulations (April 2002)
• Author – “The Therapist Who Knew Too Much: Part II,” Briefings on Outpatient Rehab Reimbursement and Regulations (January 2002)
• Author – “The Therapist Who Knew Too Much: Part I,” Briefings on Outpatient Rehab Reimbursement and Regulations (December 2001)

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