Patrick M. Callaghan

Patrick Callaghan is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Century City office.

Areas of Practice 

Patrick advises health care corporations on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other corporate transactions. His clients include nonprofit and for-profit health systems, academic medical centers, community hospitals, and post-acute and sub-acute providers such as home health and hospice providers, therapy providers, behavioral health providers, and senior living facilities.

Patrick also provides regulatory guidance to hospital, health system and physician clients on a wide range of regulatory matters such as physician contracting, Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) compliance, corporate practice of medicine compliance, licensure and accreditation, and Medicare and Medicaid enrollment. In addition, he assists clients with identifying and addressing physician compensation arrangements that potentially implicate the Stark law, including self-disclosure of such arrangements to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Previously, Patrick was an associate in the health care department in the Chicago office of a large corporate law firm. While in law school, he was a member of the Journal of International Law and Business.

Articles

Healthcare Law Blog Posts

• "HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Provide Clarity on Rights of Conscience in Healthcare," January 26, 2023

• "CMS’ Proposed Rule Promoting Value-Based Purchasing for Medicaid-Covered Drugs: The Comments are In!" August 18, 2020

• "Pathways to Success Update: CMS Issues Final Rule on Changes to the ACO Program," January 7, 2019
• "The Blame Game: Senators Clash with the Trump Administration," September 4, 2018 
• "CMS Proposes Massive Changes to ACO Program – Pushing Providers to Accept Downside Risk," August  16, 2018