Overview
Jennifer Benedict is a skilled healthcare attorney with significant experience representing a variety of healthcare providers, including hospice providers, hospitals, and ambulatory surgery centers. She has extensive experience in healthcare M&A transactions and all phases of Medicare provider enrollment from initial enrollment to CHOWs to revalidations. Jennifer regularly advises providers on contractual arrangements as well as fraud and abuse issues.
- Represents healthcare providers in connection with affiliations, mergers, and acquisitions
- Guides healthcare facilities with regard to state licensure, accreditation, and Medicare and Medicaid enrollment
- Advises healthcare providers regarding compliance matters, including the Stark Law, Anti-kickback Statute and HIPAA
- Completes Medicare enrollment 855 applications on behalf of hospitals and other healthcare providers in connection with initial enrollments, acquisitions, mergers, changes of information, and revalidations
- Counsels hospitals in connection with developing policies and medical staff bylaws and rules and regulations
- Drafts and negotiates asset purchase agreements, leases, educational affiliation agreements, physician employment, and other healthcare-related agreements
Services
Practice Areas
Industries
Experience
Representative Matters
- Assisted Catholic healthcare system in its acquisition of a hospital and related operations from for-profit national healthcare system
- Represented Catholic healthcare system in affiliation and hospital joint venture with academic health system
- Represented hospital in acquisition of medical group
- Assisted in the acquisition of multiple MRI centers by physician group
- Assisted in acquisition of PACE Program by health system
- Assisted in acquisition of laboratory by private equity investor
- Represented cancer hospital in sale of its interest in a freestanding cancer center joint venture
- Represented behavioral health provider in affiliation with regional healthcare system
- Assisted in acquisition of physician staffing company by private equity investor
- Represented pharmacy in formation of a joint venture with a software company and healthcare provider
- Assisted Catholic health care system in purchase of three Catholic hospitals
- Assisted in acquisition of interest in gastroenterology ASC by hospital
Prior Experience
- Shindler, Neff, Holmes, Schlageter & Mohler, L.L.P., Law Clerk, 1999-2000
Clerkships
- Judge Patrick J. Duggan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Law Clerk, 2002-2004
Credentials
Education
University of Toledo College of Law, J.D.
- magna cum laude; Order of the Coif
- University of Toledo Law Review, Executive Editor
Oberlin College, B.A.
- History and Latin American Studies
Admissions
- Michigan
- Ohio
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Recognition
Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2013-2023
- Recognized in practice area of Health Care Law
- DBusiness, Top Lawyers, 2012, 2015-2017, and 2018
- Michigan Super Lawyers, 2014-2022
- Recognized as a Rising Star, 2008-2013
- Nightingale's Healthcare News, Recognized as an Outstanding Young Healthcare Lawyer, 2009
Professional & Community Involvement
- State Bar of Michigan
- Health Law Section
- Chair, 2014-2015
- Vice Chair, 2013-2014
- Secretary, 2012-2013
- Member, 2004-present
- Health Care Law Section Council, 2009-present
- Providers Subcommittee, 2007-2009
- Health Law Section
- American Health Lawyers Association, 2004-present
- Accreditation Certification and Enrollment Affinity Group
- Vice Chair, 2013-2015
- Accreditation Certification and Enrollment Affinity Group
- Michigan Health and Hospital Association
- Legislative Policy Panel, 2008-2010
- Notre Dame Academy, Toledo, Ohio
- Board of Trustees, 2008-2014
- Former Chair
- Advancement Committee, 2014-present
- Board of Trustees, 2008-2014