About Cheryl Camin Murray

Bringing dual advanced degrees in law and public health to her practice, Cheryl Murray steers health care clients through the daunting regulatory and compliance challenges they face. She finds practical solutions for systems, facilities, companies and individuals throughout the health care industry, including hospitals, physician groups, technology vendors, management companies, long-term care companies and private equity firms as well as financial institutions. Clients turn to Cheryl for contractual, compliance and transactional issues, as she structures their complex arrangements in a manner that fits their particular corporate goals and operations in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.

Clarity in a puzzling world

In the rapidly changing world of health care, the law doesn't always keep up, leading to gray or puzzling areas. Cheryl cuts through that confusion with highly responsive and sensible solutions that allow clients to move toward their goals. The clarity and decisiveness of her counsel benefits clients facing high-pressure situations like the aftermath of a HIPAA security breach.

Cheryl helps clients with many of the day-to-day legal issues and questions that develop in the medical world, including licensing, contractual and liability matters. In particular, she helps clients with their compliance with an array of statutes and regulations, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, HIPAA and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, as well as state laws. Plus she does it all with a smile and sense of humor, while taking very seriously their representation.

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"Cheryl Camin Murray provides valuable advice to clients on compliance with HIPAA, fraud and abuse laws, as well as other regulatory matters. Sources appreciate her 'responsiveness, subject matter expertise and timely deliverables.'"

Chambers USA 2019
(Texas, Healthcare) survey response

Practice Focus

  • Advise on federal and state health care laws and regulations
  • Structure and negotiate health care transactions including mergers and acquisitions
  • Strategize and formulate affiliation agreements and clinically integrated networks
  • Train on fraud and abuse, licensure and HIPAA privacy and security matters
  • Handle HIPAA and state privacy breaches as well as compliance documentation
  • Respond to professional licensure concerns and complaints
  • Handle facility licensure applications and change of ownership filings

Representative Experience

  • Represent hospitals; ambulatory surgery centers; physicians and physician groups; chiropractors; pharmacies; co-payment assistance companies; employers; technology vendors; alliances; wellness companies; home health companies; assisted living and nursing facilities; pharmaceutical companies; and various other health care entities, businesses and financial institutions on business transactions. Also advise on regulatory, contractual, legislative and administrative law issues.
  • Represent hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, and other health care providers in joint venture transactions, affiliation arrangements and clinically integrated networks.
  • Prepare privacy and security policies and procedures for health care facilities and other providers as well as business entities.

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Education
  • University of Houston Law Center, JD, cum laude
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, MPH
  • Texas A&M University, BA
Bar Admissions
  • Texas
Community Involvements
  • Dallas Bar Association, first Vice President; Media Relations Committee, past Chair; Transition to Law Practice Committee, past Chair and Mentor; Law in the Community and Schools Committee, past Co-Chair; Texas Rule of Law Committee, past Co-Chair; Public Forum Committee, Co-Founder and past Co-Chair; Foundation, Fellow
  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Foundation Founding Fellow, past Chair; past Secretary, Treasurer and Director; Mentor; Freedom Run, Co-Founder
  • Texas Young Lawyers Association, past President-Elect candidate, Vice President and Director
  • State Bar of Texas, Texas Bar Foundation, past Fellows Nominating Committee Co-Chair
  • American Bar Association, World Project, past Rule of Law Conference Steering Committee member, Health Law Section
  • American Health Law Association, Practice Groups (Business Law and Governance, Hospitals & Hospital Systems, Fraud and Abuse)
  • Dallas Regional Chamber, Leadership Class Alumna
  • Cure Glaucoma Foundation, Director
  • Dallas Friday Group, past Chair
  • National Kidney Foundation, serving Texas, past Director and Kidney Walk Chair
  • North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, past Director
  • Southwest Transplant Alliance, Board Chair
Recognitions
  • American Bar Association
    National Outstanding Young Lawyer Award Finalist, 2009
  • Chambers USA
    Healthcare, 2017–2020
  • D Magazine
    Best Lawyers in Dallas, 2012–2018, 2020
  • Dallas Association Young Lawyers
    Outstanding Director of the Year, 2005
    Rising Star, 2002
  • Dallas Bar Association
    Presidential Citation, 2006, 2020
  • Super Lawyers
    Texas, 2004, 2014–2017, 2019–2021
    Top 50 Women, Texas Health Care, 2020
  • Super Lawyers Rising Stars
    Texas, 2004
  • Texas C-Bar
    Community Builder Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service, 2004
  • Texas Young Lawyers Association
    President's Award of Merit, 2005
  • Working Mother
    Mother of the Year, 2020