Nathan’s practice is focused on health care business transactions and regulatory matters, including: mergers and acquisitions; contract and document drafting, negotiation, and review; licensure; and Medicare and Medicaid program enrollment and reimbursement.
Nathan also provides counsel on matters involving corporate governance and related best practices. Prior to joining Benesch, Nathan worked in multiple capacities for a health system located in Northeast Ohio where he maintained responsibilities in board and committee governance and administration as well as physician contracting services.
Representative Experience
- Represented a credit investment firm as health care regulatory counsel related to the purchase of three skilled nursing facilities in Florida.
- Represented client as health care regulatory counsel related to the purchase of three skilled nursing facilities in Florida. Conducted all healthcare and regulatory due diligence of the seller and worked with seller's counsel to resolve multiple licensure issues in advance of execution of the definitive agreements. In addition to providing counsel on the key definitive agreements including the purchase and sale agreement, operating lease agreement, cost sharing agreement and facility management agreement, we reviewed and provide counsel on key provisions of a joint venture agreement our client entered into with a third party. The joint venture entity became the ultimate buyer of the facilities. We also provide advice and counsel on regulatory aspects and considerations of loan documents in connections with the financing to provide the capital to complete the transaction.
- Represented Asana Hospice & Palliative Care as healthcare corporate and regulatory counsel for ongoing acquisitions, numerous regulatory considerations and as regulatory counsel for the sale of Asana Hospice to Amedisys Home Health and Hospice Care.
- Represented Providence Group in connection with its acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities located in northern California, including the drafting and negotiation efforts related to the management and operations transfer agreements, master lease, and purchase option agreement on Providence Group’s behalf.
- Representation of a venture capital and private equity firm in the purchase or lease of 20 healthcare facilities in Missouri and the purchase of 17 facilities in Ohio. Since the Ohio facilities became operational, we have continued to represent the firm in four tuck-in acquisitions.
- Represented Ohio Living Communities, an affiliate of Ohio Living, in the sale of the Park Vista continuing care retirement community in Youngstown, Ohio to Natick HCG, LLC.
- Represented the buyer in the acquisition of 17 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in the State of Ohio, including coordination of the operations transfer and corresponding licensure and Medicare and Medicaid provider enrollment processes.
- Served as regulatory counsel to multiple long-term care and post-acute pharmacy providers in connection with initial formation, pharmacy licensure, Medicare and Medicaid enrollment in the State of Ohio, and non-resident licensure and Medicaid enrollment in bordering states.
- Managed the review, consolidation, reconstitution, and implementation of a streamlined governance structure for a regional health system.
- Represented the new owner of a multi-location home health and hospice provider in the State of Ohio and managed the licensure, Medicare, and Medicaid enrollment processes in connection with the acquisition.