Christopher J KutnerChristopher J. Kutner represents managed care organizations, physician groups, hospitals, and ancillary service providers, including laboratories, health care benefit administrators, and suppliers of medical equipment.
As partner in the Health Sevices Practice Group, Chris represents national and regional health plans in the acquisition of similar plans. He recently coordinated the acquisition and integration of a Connecticut managed care plan by alarger, New York City-based health maintenance organization (HMO). He is representing a multi-facility alcohol and substance abuse service provider in a stock sale transaction. He also represented a regional, boutique laboratory in an asset sale. Moreover, a regional laboratory management company hired Chris to advise on acquisitions, state and federal regulatory compliance, and managed care contracting. He advises health care providers with managed care contracting and dispute resolution and with respect to compliant practice structures and permissible arrangements concerning, among other issues, referrals.
He has represented a national managed care company in connection with its acquisition of managed long term care plans (MLTCPs) and a county government in the sale of its Medicaid managed care plan including eight outpatient treatment facilities. His managed care experience makes him well-suited for advising health care consumers with benefit and medical necessity opinions as well as assisting with external appeals with state regulators.
A partner in Rivkin Radler's Compliance, Investigations & White Collar Practice Group, Chris represents health care providers who are being audited or investigated by, among others, the New York State Department of Health's Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC), the New York State Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG), the New York Attorney General, and the U.S. Attorney's Offices for all districts in New York and New Jersey. Read More Read Less