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Eric J. Weatherford

Partner

Dallas
office: 214.999.6104
fax: 214.999.6170

Overview Experience Thought Leadership Outside the Office Community Leadership

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Overview

Eric focuses his practice on clients doing business in the healthcare industry.

His clients include hospital systems, physicians, behavioral health centers, pharmacies, and other healthcare providers. Representation of these clients includes advising them with respect to reimbursement, transactional, compliance and regulatory matters.

Before joining the firm, Eric was a Partner at Brown McCarroll.

Industries

Healthcare

Life Sciences

Services

Healthcare M&A, Joint Ventures and Other Transactions

Healthcare Operations

Healthcare Providers

Healthcare Regulatory & Compliance Counseling

Medicaid Reimbursement Strategies

Recognition

Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Healthcare Law, 2007-2009, 2011

Education

J.D., Baylor Law School
B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Admissions

Texas
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Bar Association, Health Law Section
American Health Lawyers Association
Dallas Bar Association, Health Law Section, Chair, 2011; Vice Chair, 2010; Treasurer, 2009; Secretary, 2008
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
State Bar of Texas, Health Law Section

Experience

Assisted hospitals with respect to Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement issues.
Represented healthcare entities, including hospitals, physicians and other providers in connection with complex business transactions.
Advised healthcare providers in connection with state and federal legislative and regulatory initiatives related to the healthcare industry and their potential ramifications.
Developed and implemented policies and procedures to ensure that healthcare providers complied with state and federal requirements related to Medicaid, Medicare, charity-care reporting, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its administrative simplification regulations, discounting, fraud and abuse, and other state and federal statutes and regulations.
Drafted and negotiated on behalf of hospitals, doctors and other providers managed-care contracts and other types of payment arrangements.
Represented providers in litigation to enforce payment obligations under managed-care contracts and other types of payment arrangements.
Represented healthcare providers in government investigations and ensued administrative and civil actions, defense of whistle blower actions, internal investigations, claims audits, business operations reviews, and establishing and maintaining compliance programs and processes.
Drafted and interpreted medical staff bylaws.
Advised nonprofit charitable organizations in regard to corporate and compliance issues related to the maintenance of their tax-exempt status.

Community Leadership

American Parkinson Disease Association, Northeast Texas Chapter, Board of Directors, 2003-2006
Highland Park Presbyterian Day School, 2011-present
Museum of Nature & Science, Corporate Council, 2011