Douglas B. Swill counsels health systems, hospitals, medical groups and other health care providers in transactional and regulatory matters, including strategic transactions, affiliations, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, sales, joint ventures, and governance matters. He also counsels clients on Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws, the Affordable Care Act, physician and other clinical integration strategies, Medicare and Medicaid audits, overpayment issues, compliance programs, voluntary disclosures, due diligence reviews and complex contract projects.

Doug has worked in the health care industry for almost 30 years, and has been with the firm for 25 years, including as a partner with Gardner, Carton & Douglas, prior to its merger with Drinker Biddle. He is the former chair of the firm’s Health Care Group and a past member of Drinker Biddle’s Management Committee and Allocations Committee.

Prior to joining the firm in 1993, he was an Assistant State’s Attorney in Chicago and practiced in the Office of the State’s Attorney’s Federal Litigation and Hospitals Departments. In that capacity, Doug represented Cook County Hospital in general counsel matters and Cook County officials in federal litigation matters that included oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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