About M. Ramana Rameswaran
With practical in-house experience inside the health care and pharmaceutical industries, Muthuramanan "Ramana" Rameswaran helps clients on a range of regulatory, transactions, investigatory, and compliance matters. Whether advising private equity funds, physician practices, hospitals and health systems on structuring M&A transactions and joint ventures, or combatting fraud and abuse, Ramana is a trusted voice who understands his clients' business concerns. He is a recipient of numerous prestigious awards and honors, including the ABA's On the Rise - Top 40 Young Lawyers, the ABA Health Law Section's Emerging Young Lawyer in Healthcare and the National Minority Forum's 40 under 40 Leaders in Minority Health.
Legal perspective shaped by medical knowledge and in-house experience
Ramana counsels clients on major M&A transactions and joint ventures particularly involving health care private equity transactions. He provides strategic guidance on health care regulatory issues related to state and federal fraud and abuse laws, telehealth, corporate practice of medicine, operational issues, provider reimbursement, clinical trials and more. He also assists with health care policy analysis and advocacy. Ramana has become one of the nation's leading advisors on CARES Act funding for healthcare providers, and has provided guidance to hundreds of such providers over the past two years.
Practice Focus
- Healthcare transactions
- Health care entities and pharmaceutical manufacturers and suppliers
- Federal and state fraud and abuse compliance, including Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law compliance
- Complex co-management, consulting and physician arrangements
- Large-scale supply-chain arrangements, including GPO arrangements
- Health IT and privacy
- Corporate practice of medicine, fee-splitting and licensure
- 340B Drug Discount Program compliance and contracting
Representative Experience
News
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December 16, 2022
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April 28, 2022
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March 10, 2022
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August 31, 2021
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August 19, 2021
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Publications
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May 2, 2022
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October 2011Pro Bono: Ambulances Need Tender Loving Care Too
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September 2011Pro Bono: Fire Rehab Saves Lives and Reduces Your Liability
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2007Atrazine is an Immune Disruptor in Adult Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens)
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2006Acid Exposure is an Immune Disruptor in Adult Rana pipiens
Quick Reads
Presentations and Events
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April 27-30, 2022Panelist | Beginners Guide to Analyzing Novel Healthcare Regulatory Issues
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February 27 - March 1, 2022Presenter | Pivoting to Adapt to a Rapidly Changing Regulatory Environment
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October 3–5, 2021Presenter | Think Tank: Returning to Normal: Addressing Compliance After COVID-19 Changes and Funding
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June 23, 2021Speaker
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May 4-6, 2021Presenter | HHS's Provider Relief Funds: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and the Consequences of Being Wrong
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January 7, 2021Presenter
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April 9, 2020Speaker | Boots on the Ground – Practical Approaches to Integrating Community and Facility COVID-19 Response
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June 2018American Health Lawyers AssociationModerator | Easier Said Than Done: Challenges of Implementing Outside Counsel Advice on the Inside
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September 2017American Bar AssociationModerator | Career Choice Series: Health Law
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