Robert Aaron Polisky
Law Offices of Robert A. Polisky
A diligent, problem-solving, and results-oriented professional with substantial expertise in healthcare transactional and regulatory law. I have more than 15 years of law firm and in-house experience representing a variety of healthcare providers and companies in complex business transactions and navigating a myriad of different healthcare laws and regulations.
My practice at the Law Offices of Robert A. Polisky focuses on the representation of healthcare providers and companies, including hospitals, medical groups, accountable care organizations, management companies, billing companies, diagnostic imaging centers, cancer treatment centers, surgery centers, laboratories, equipment lessors, health information technology companies, and others associated with the healthcare industry. Areas of expertise include:
Healthcare Transactions
* Structuring, drafting, and negotiating healthcare transactions, including joint ventures and syndications, accountable care arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, loan documents, management agreements, real estate and equipment leases and subleases, professional services agreements, joint development and licensing agreements, and clinical trial agreements
* Formation and governance of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships
* Structuring, drafting, and negotiating employment, independent contractor, and medical director agreements
Healthcare Regulatory
* Advising on a wide range of healthcare compliance and regulatory matters, including physician self-referral (Stark Law and its state law counterparts), fraud and abuse (e.g., federal and state anti-kickback laws and false claims), Medicare enrollment and reimbursement, HIPAA and state privacy laws, corporate practice of medicine, licensure, marketing, and accreditation
* Representing healthcare providers and companies in matters involving Medicare contractors, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and The Joint Commission
* Development and implementation of compliance programs
General Business Law
* Training business development, sales, marketing, and operations personnel in regulatory compliance and minimizing risk
* Developing creative solutions to resolve contractual disputes, maximizing revenue and avoiding costly litigation
* Review of marketing materials
* Strategic business advice concerning healthcare transactions
- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- J.D. | Law
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- Honors: Cum Laude; Rickert Award for Excellence in Legal Publications; Harno Fellow Awards (top 10% per semester); Dean's List; Honors in Legal Writing and Research; Honors in Moot Court
- Activities: Articles Editor, The Elder Law Journal; Research Assistant to Professor Stephen F. Ross; Phi Delta Phi
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- University of California - Santa Barbara
- B.A. | Political Science
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- Honors: High Honors; Order of Omega (based upon leadership and academic achievement); Golden Key Honor Society; Dean's List
- Activities: Alpha Epsilon Pi; University of California Washington, D.C. Program
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- The HIPAA Conundrum in the Era of Mobile Health and Communications (contributor)
- The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
- How the New HIPAA Regulations Affect Billing Companies and Their Subcontractors as Business Associates
- Billing: The Journal of the Healthcare Billing and Management Association
- Complying with Medicare's Ordering/Referring Provider Claim Edits
- Health Law Alert
- First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Less than 500 Patients
- Health Law Alert
- Telehealth in 2016: Opportunities and Challenges, Telehealth in 2016: Opportunities and Challenges, Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- mHealth Startup: Tackling Legal Issues on Many Fronts, Santa Monica, CA
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Telemedicine and Mobile Health Compliance Concerns, 11th Annual Healthcare Law Compliance Symposium, Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- The Impact of the 2013 HIPAA Final Rule on Health IT Companies, Santa Monica, CA
- Health 2.0 Los Angeles
- 2020 Southern California Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Only 5% of attorneys in Southern California are selected as Super Lawyers.
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for legal ability and professional ethics
- American Health Lawyers Association
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- Los Angeles County Bar Association (Healthcare Law Section)
- Executive Committee Member
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- California State Bar # 195280
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- Cancer Support Community-Benjamin Center
- Board Member
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- Alabama State Bar
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- Alabama
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- California
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- Health Care Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Joint Ventures
- Website
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