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Jonathan D. Fleece Healthcare and Business Attorney

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Jonathan Fleece is a leading health care attorney and advisor, who practices throughout the country, with a focus in Florida. He has extensive experience providing counsel to closely-held companies, medical and dental practices, billing services companies, hospice providers, home health agencies, behavioral health providers, research companies, and various other ancillary health care businesses.

Jonathan is Board Certified in Health Law by The Florida Bar. He regularly manages health care transactions, such as sales, purchases, and other types of integration. He is also an expert in Health Care Reform Laws and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). His consulting services include advising health care professionals and companies how to strategically plan for success during the sweeping changes that are coming in health care over the next decade. Jonathan engages with clients to optimize their performance in the areas of operations, legal compliance, and reimbursements.

In addition to private practice, he also served as Associate General Counsel to a large medical center with a massive physician group practice and hospital. He is also an acclaimed co-author of The New Health Age: The Future of Health Care in America. He speaks regularly to national audiences about his book and other relevant health care topics.

Contact:
jfleece@blalockwalters.com

Office: (941) 748-0100

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Education:

  • Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., cum laude; and Certificate in Health Law Studies (1997))
  • Emory University (B.A., 1990)

Bar Memberships:

  • Florida Bar
  • Missouri Bar
  • Illinois Bar
  • American Bar Association
  • Manatee County Bar Association
  • Sarasota County Bar Association

Community Involvement and Awards:

  • 2011 Biz (941) People To Watch Award
  • Manatee Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Council (Member Trustee and Past-Chair)
  • Manatee Health Care Alliance (Chair)
  • Manatee Chamber of Commerce Health Care Committee (Chair)
  • Tidewell Hospice, Inc. (Member, Board of Directors)
  • We Care Manatee, Inc. (Former Member, Board of Directors)
  • Ear Research Foundation (Former Member, Board of Directors)
  • Tampa Bay Partnership CEO Direct Program (Graduate)
Professional Activities:

  • Advisor to the Sarasota, Manatee, and Hernando County Medical Societies
  • The Florida Bar Health Law Board Certification Committee
  • American Health Lawyers Association

Cases and/or Experience:

  • Forming entities and drafting and negotiating a variety of legal documents, including, partnership, shareholder and operating agreements, employment agreements and buy-sell agreements
  • Structuring and effectuating the sale and purchase of businesses, assets or divisions and joint ventures
  • Representing companies and individuals in debt and equity financing.
  • Representing health care entities, including surgery centers, diagnostic facilities, oncology centers and catheterization laboratories
  • Auditing and analyzing arrangements to ensure that clients assume minimum risk under fraud and abuse, fee-splitting statutes, Stark II, related anti-referral laws and Medicare and Medicaid rules and regulations
  • Resolving various business disputes between partners and/or unrelated third parties
  • Frequently advises clients on licensure and disciplinary actions, professional liability/risk management issues, and medical records/patient confidentiality issues.
  • Frequently provides advice regarding wealth preservation for high net worth individuals
  • Providing counsel to medical practices regarding compliant programs which increase profits and compensation

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