Health Medical

RICHARD A. HINDEN, JD

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Highland Park, Illinois 60035

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SENIOR COUNSEL . HEALTH CARE . REGULATORY . PROFIT CENTER

Accomplished, results-oriented attorney with over 30 years of extensive

legal, business and operational experience. Extensive experience in

transactions, commercial contracting, regulatory compliance and clinical

research and development. Creative, collaborative leadership style, team

player with a strategically focused, cross-disciplinary commitment to

individual and team success. Excellent organizational and problem-solving

skills with recognized ability to generate, impart and apply innovative

ideas and processes. Strong writing, speaking, analytical and

organizational abilities, substantial experience providing training and

educational presentations to legal and business teams. Passion for

developing and mentoring colleagues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

HEALTH LAW SOLUTIONS LLC, Highland Park, Illinois

2009 to Present

Legal and business consulting practice counseling and representing

hospitals, physicians and a variety of other healthcare providers, driving

legal solutions to their business challenges.

Principal

NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Arlington Heights, Illinois

2007 to 2009

500-bed hospital, 4 immediate care centers, physician managed care

organization, over 1,000-physician medical staff, all offering a full range

of high-quality, medically advanced inpatient and outpatient services

Vice President & General Counsel

Responsible for all compliance, corporate and legal matters for hospital,

its parent and 7 health care corporate affiliates . Member of Board

committees for Audit and Compliance . Subject matter expert in healthcare

compliance, including Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse, Stark, state

anti-kickback law, False Claims Act, HIPAA, EMTALA and IRS . Direct

internal investigations regarding compliance on regulatory and operational

matters . Counsel internal clients on legislative and regulatory issues,

monitor relevant laws and regulations and develop and oversee systems,

programs and processes to respond to changes in law and regulations,

maintaining compliance while meeting business objectives . Counseled on R&D

matters

. Managed client's response to regulatory and governmental investigations

by Medicare, OIG, JC, state and county agencies, supervising outside

counsel in the preparation of documents to governmental agencies

. Developed commercial contracting parameters and templates for agreements,

eliminating over $250,000 annual law firm payments, facilitating

management's rapid, successful negotiation and closure of transactions

with minimal legal involvement

. Spearheaded proactive review and revision of all physician and provider

agreements in preparation for bond due diligence and to remediate non-

compliant agreements to conform to changes in legal climate

. Advised Board of Director committees for Compliance, Audit and

Compensation

. Developed policies and procedures to improve corporate compliance-record

retention, contract review, billing and collections

. Handled numerous internal disputes resulting in no entity liability

ASSURED DIAGNOSTICS, LLC / VERIDIANHEALTH, LLC

2003 to 2007

Common Ownership:

Assured Diagnostics, LLC, Kenosha, Wisconsin 2005 to 2007

Start-up entity providing diagnostic testing in physicians' offices

Co-Founder, Executive Vice President & General Counsel

VeridianHealth, LLC, Deerfield, Illinois 2003 to

2005

Nation's largest neurodiagnostic testing company with revenues over

$100 million

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

Provide legal and compliance counsel to Board, management and staff on all

areas of corporate and healthcare law and regulation . Involved in

clinical, corporate and billing operations

. Conducted and supervised outside counsel in major compliance litigation,

resulting in successful settlements in simultaneous Federal, State and

private fraud litigation by State Attorney General and the nation's

largest insurance system

. Proactively created and established contracts with 48 medical

corporations nationwide within 5 months to ensure continued Federal and

State legal and regulatory compliance

TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INC., Lake Forest, Illinois

2002 to 2003

Counsel-Responsibility for research and development and broad range of

commercial / regulatory transactional and compliance matters for this $4

billion pharmaceutical company. Drafted and negotiated clinical trial

agreements, licensing, pricing, marketing, materials transfer and software

and joint venture agreements.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

2001 to 2002

Associate University Counsel-Chief legal advisor to Vice Chancellor of

Health Affairs and University's health care business unit . Responsible for

all transactions, contracts and compliance matters for $700 million Health

Sciences division of the University, including 507-bed Medical Center, 6

professional schools, 750-physician group . Legal department expert for

compliance counsel regarding HIPAA, EMTALA, Stark, fraud and abuse, False

Claims Act, reimbursement and state-operated hospital issues.

. Negotiated $35,000,000 financing, collaborated in business structure,

handled legal work for construction of 100,000 square foot Medical

College clinical and research facility

. Safeguarded over $3,000,000 annually through complex inter-governmental

arrangement to retain federal grant support for inner city health clinic

SPEAR RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, Chicago, Illinois

2000 to 2001

Principal-Custom research, strategic consulting and business development

firm specializing in the health care, financial service and logistics

industries. Clients included a number of the area's largest banks, health

care trade associations and managed care companies.

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF IOWA (renamed Wellmark, Inc.), Oak Brook,

Illinois 1995 to 2000

One of the Midwest's largest health insurers, with 1,600,000 enrollees

generating $1.9 billion in annual revenues

Dual Role:

Wellmark HealthNetwork, Inc.

Vice President & Counsel

Responsible for all legal and regulatory matters for this Wellmark

subsidiary, one of Midwest's largest PPOs, serving 350,000+ insureds

through 800 hospitals and 32,000 providers

Wellmark, Inc.

Counsel-New Markets Development

Manage all legal services outside Iowa for parent corporation

. Helped drive revenue increase of $20 million over 3

years by advising on design and execution of 5-year

plan, expanding services and enhancing public

recognition of managed care company entering new 4-state

market

. Managed contracting of entire 800-hospital, 32,000-

physician network, completed in under 90 days, increased

revenue $600,000 annually

. Teamed in development and licensing of sophisticated,

state-of-the-art CD-ROM and Internet-access products,

streamlining operations and responding to market demand

. Negotiated commercial contracts for, and guided

implementation of $750,000 computer refitting and

upgrade.

. Counseled staff on complex compliance issues for

content, filing and approval of insurance documents

ALTHEIMER & GRAY, Chicago, Illinois

1985 to 1995

300-attorney international law firm; Health Care Department advised

hospitals, physicians, managed care and insurance companies on strategic

planning, M&A, hospital and medical practice acquisitions, joint ventures,

risk management, antitrust, lobbying and regulatory matters, oversaw staff

of paralegals and law clerks.

Partner-Head of Health Care Department

. Designed and executed turnaround strategy for

$10,000,000 physician corporation facing liquidation

. Conceptualized and negotiated commercial contracts to

create unique joint venture structure, forming the

largest managed care entity in 3-county service area

. Developed and launched new insurance product for client

netting $500,000 revenues in first year

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SIEGAN, BARBAKOFF, GOMBERG, GORDON & ELDEN, Chicago, Illinois

Health practice merged into Altheimer & Gray in 1985 (see above)

Associate-Health Care Practice, 1985

Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Staff Counsel-1980 to 1985

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, George Washington University National Law Center, Washington,

DC

Bachelor of Arts, with honors, State University of New York (SUNY) at

Binghamton

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Advisory Board, Emergency Department Law, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.

(BNA)

Editorial Board, Managed Care Law Outlook

Editorial Advisory Board, Professional Healthcare Marketing

Editorial Associate, Institute for Health Policy Analysis, Georgetown

University Law and Medical Centers

Admitted to Illinois Bar

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