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Bruce Arnold
Bruce G. Arnold
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  • Milwaukee, WI
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Bruce G. Arnold

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Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education
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Bruce counsels clients in all aspects of the healthcare industry, including hospital-physician strategic alignment, payor agreements (from both the provider and payor perspectives), healthcare joint ventures, multispecialty clinics, individual or small-group physician practices, and ambulatory surgery centers.

He also has extensive experience in all aspects of insolvency proceedings, including restructurings involving hospitals, continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes and domestic health insurers.

Among his accomplishments, Bruce has:

  • Provided guidance in creating one of Wisconsin's first accountable care organizations (ACOs).
  • Assisted in the creation and implementation of Wisconsin's first regional health information organization (RHIO), the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange.
  • Guided the Archdiocese of Milwaukee through a multiyear restructuring process involving questions of first impression under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Before joining Husch Blackwell, Bruce was a shareholder at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., where he served nearly 21 years as a member of the firm's Management Committee and later its Board of Directors.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • National Diocesan Attorneys Association
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • ALFA International Health Care Practice Group, former member, Program Chair, 2001-2003, Practice Group Chair, 2003-2016
  • State Bar of Wisconsin, Health Law and Bankruptcy Sections
  • American Bar Association, Business and Health Law Sections
  • Seventh Circuit Bar Association
  • Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association, Director, 2002-2005, Co-Chair, Bankruptcy Section, 2006-2014
  • Milwaukee Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Health Law Sections, Program Chair, Bankruptcy Section, 1985-1986, Bankruptcy Section Chair, 1986-1987

Awards and Recognitions

  • Judge Dale E. Ihlenfeldt Bankruptcy Award, 2010
  • Wisconsin Law Journal Leader in the Law Award, 2010
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Health Care Law and Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2005-2018
  • Milwaukee Magazine, 75 Best Lawyers in Milwaukee, 1994, 2004
  • Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Health Care, 2005-2017
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent

Civic Involvement

  • Marquette University High School, past Chair, Board of Directors
  • Georgetown University Alumni Club of Wisconsin
  • Milwaukee Bar Foundation, Director, 2011-2017
  • Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Former Chair, Board of Directors
  • St. Thomas More Lawyers Society of Wisconsin, Past President
  • National Institute for Medical Informatics, the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange, Former Chair of the Board
  • Seton Catholic Schools, Vice Chair, Board of Directors
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Chair, 2018 Good Samaritan Campaign

News & Insights

  • Update on Clergy Housing Allowance
  • Clergy Housing Allowance Declared Unconstitutional…Again
  • Trump Administration Narrows ACA Contraceptive Mandate
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Experience

  • Structured financing transactions for a startup telemedicine technology solutions company. Project included developing a private placement memorandum, negotiating with potential investors and arranging sophisticated stock incentives for key employees.
  • Created clinical co-management arrangements including, most recently, orthopedic surgery and spine surgery service lines.
  • Offered guidance on the creation, development and sale of ambulatory surgery centers.
  • Advised physicians, hospitals and managed care organizations in developing, implementing and enforcing credentialing protocols, including service as special counsel to the medical staffs of several hospitals in creating consolidated medical staff bylaws under the Medicare disproportionate share hospital rules.
  • Created a multiemployer “church plan” among several hundred employers.
  • Advised on the creation, acquisition and sale of Wisconsin domestic health insurers, including through change of control agreements, the purchase of assets and ceding transactions.
  • Represented hospitals, multispecialty physician groups and independent practice associations on antitrust compliance issues, including the development of compliance plans.
  • Counseled several multispecialty groups on the development of physician compensation formulas that comply with the federal statutes, including Professional Services Agreements and compensation models applying survey data to a least-squares regression line formula.
  • Advised on compliance issues, including the creation of compliance plans uniquely tailored to emergency medicine, neurosurgery, ambulance services, medical billing companies and ambulatory surgery centers.
  • Counseled physicians throughout the United States in deciding whether to sell their practices and, when they chose to do so, advised them on how to achieve favorable employment agreements and appropriate corporate governance protections.
  • Successfully represented many clients, including debtors and official creditors’ committees, in large bankruptcy cases, including the healthcare industry.

News & Insights

December 15, 2017 Alert Update on Clergy Housing Allowance
November 10, 2017 News Releases 40 Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to 2017 Mid-South and Wisconsin Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 12, 2017 Alert Clergy Housing Allowance Declared Unconstitutional…Again
October 11, 2017 Alert Trump Administration Narrows ACA Contraceptive Mandate
August 15, 2017 In The News Husch Blackwell Places 156 Lawyers in 2018 Best Lawyers in America
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May 15, 2017 Article 2017 Edition of Done Deals Describes Client Successes
Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation Financial Services & Capital Markets Real Estate, Development & Construction Food & Agribusiness Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education
May 9, 2017 Blog From Slow Repeal to No Repeal to “Amended” Repeal External Link
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education
April 17, 2017 Blog Slow Repeal of the ACA: Efforts to Reduce Prescription Drug Prices External Link
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education
March 31, 2017 Blog Slow Repeal of the ACA Just Got Slower… External Link
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education
March 9, 2017 Blog Slow Repeal of the ACA – Proposed Replacement Legislation Released External Link
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  • Industry Focus
    • Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education
  • Practice Areas
    • Ancillary Service Providers
    • Healthcare Compliance Counseling and Defense
    • Healthcare Insolvency & Bankruptcy
    • Healthcare Transactions
    • Healthcare Provider Alignment and Integration
    • Hospitals & Health Systems
    • Nonprofit Organizations & Religious Institutions
    • Insolvency & Commercial Bankruptcy
    • Physicians & Other Professionals
  • Admissions
    • Wisconsin
    • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
    • U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
    • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
    • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • Education
    • J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1981, cum laude
    • B.S.B.A., Georgetown University, 1978, summa cum laude
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