Clifford’s practice focuses on advising physicians, dental support organizations (DSOs), and health care, life sciences, pharmaceutical and businesses on regulatory, business and intellectual property issues.
He has represented physicians, DSOs, limited licensed practitioners, physician and multi-specialty group practices, ambulatory surgery centers, durable medical equipment suppliers, medical device manufacturers and distributors, hospice agencies, pharmacies and other ancillary service providers.
Representative Experience
- Representation of the ChildSmiles Group, LLC d/b/a Abra Health Group, a support services organization providing administrative support services to multi-specialty dental and pediatric primary care practices in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, in connection with practice acquisitions and regulatory, compliance, labor & employment, and other day-to-day outside general counsel services.
- Represented private equity sponsor in its simultaneous acquisitions of an oncology practice service provider and a group purchasing organization.
- Represented Lighthouse Behavioral Health Solutions (“Lighthouse”) in its recapitalization by Amulet Capital Partners.
- Represented U.S. Healthvest in connection with the acquisitions of Lake Behavioral, Smokey Point and Silver Oaks, all psychiatric hospitals.
- Representing large regional health system in the acquisition of a governmental hospital and an affiliated physician practice.
- Represented Wellspring Capital Management, LLC and National Seating & Mobility, Inc. as health care regulatory counsel in an agreement with Court Square Capital Partners.
- Representation of Great Lakes Caring Home Health and Hospice as healthcare regulatory counsel in an agreement with Blue Wolf Capital Partners. Under the transaction, Wellspring Capital Management, LLC exited Great Lakes Caring and Blue Wolf Capital has become Great Lakes' new equity partner. Great Lakes Caring is one of the largest providers of in-home post-acute services in the U.S.
- Served as health care regulatory counsel for a New York-based private equity firm in its acquisition of a nationally recognized behavioral health provider specializing in clinical, educational and residential services for children and adults.
- Served as deal counsel for a regional health system in the reorganization of its home health care and hospice service line through a spin out and joint venture with a management company.
