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Stephen K. Phillips, Partner

Practice Areas

Mr. Phillips chairs the Firm's Health Care Technology Practice Group and counsels health care providers, life science and technology companies and investors regarding the regulatory issues that arise on the supply side of health care. Prior to joining the Firm, he was the general counsel and compliance program chair for Neoforma, a public health care supply chain management outsourcer, and the chief operating officer and general counsel for eCliniq, an early stage heart care company. Before joining eCliniq, he practiced corporate and health care law at several leading law firms, the most recent of which was Latham & Watkins. Mr. Phillips counsels clients regarding a wide range of regulatory and business matters, including those involving fraud and abuse, coverage and reimbursement, privacy, managed care, corporate governance, securities law, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, compliance, and employment issues. He specializes in health information technology, data licensing and medical software. He has participated in numerous corporate and commercial transactions, licensing, financings and the creation and the creation of compliance programs.

Representative Matters

$200 million merger of Neoforma, Inc. and Global Health Exchange, LLC
$5.6 million Series A venture capital financing for eCliniq Corp.
$600 million Outsourcing Agreement among Neoforma, VHA, Inc., University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), HPPI and Novation LLC
Divestiture of Shop, a Neoforma division
Divestiture of Attainia, a Neoforma subsidiary
Prospective acquisitions of competitive b2b healthcare exchange, pharmaceutical software company and healthcare billing and compliance company
Strategic partnerships with Novation, VHA, UHC, HPPI and Cardinal Health
Divestiture of eCliniq genetics business into new company (I4Gene, B.V.)
Asset sale of eCliniq to Aerotel Medical, Ltd.
Private M&A and business transactions for Adventist Health System/West
Securities issuances underwritten by NationsBanc and Morgan Stanley
Private real estate acquisitions by Grubb & Ellis

Publications/Lectures

Author, California Health Law News, "The Future is Now - Legal Issues at the Advent of Electronic Health Records and E-Prescribing Adoption," (forthcoming Spring 2007)

Co-Author, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Health Law Perspectives, What to Know Before Negotiating Your Next Software Purchase (forthcoming April 2007)

Author, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Health Law Perspectives, "Supply Chain Focus: Implementing an Electronic Ordering Strategy" (January 2007)

California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, “State of the Art Pharmaceuticals: Where Nobel Laureates, Madison Avenue, and Dr. Kildare Meet” (November 2004)

Practising Law Institute, Health Care M&A 2000, "E-Health Care" (May 2000)

American Bar Association (ABA), eHealth Law 2000, "Non-profit Systems: Hidden Tax Exempt, Anti-Kickback and Stark Pitfalls for Structuring Your Internet Strategies and Affiliations" (October 2000)

ABA, 2000 Medicare Annual Update, "Transactional & Business Health Care: Reimbursement, Fraud and Abuse Issues in eHealth" (October 2000)

ABA, "1999 Health Law Update" (May 1999)

BDC Advisors, "New Developments in Provider Risk Sharing" (November 1998)

NHLA Managed Care Conference, "Fundamentals of Managed Care" (December 1997)

Satellite Dialysis Centers, Inc., "The Legal Landscape for Disease State Management Organizations" (June 1995)

Co-author, Provider Risk Sharing and Provider Sponsored Organizations (AHLA 1998)

Co-author, Health Law Practice Guide, "Integrated Delivery Systems" (AHLA 1997)

Co-author, "Fraud and Abuse By and Against HMOs and Other Managed Care Organizations" (Millin's Litigation Reports: Managed Care 1997)

Author, Bender's Health Care Law Monthly, "Confidentiality and Privacy Issues in Telemedicine" (November 1996)

Author, California Health Law News, "Information Systems and Physician Profiling in Managed Care" (Fall 1995)

Author, Journal of Health and Hospital Law, "Obligations of State Medicaid Programs to Pay Medicare Cost-Sharing Amounts for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries" (June 1994)

 

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