James A. Robertson

James A. Robertson


Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Recognized since 2008

Roseland, New Jersey

Practice Areas

Health Care Law

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Mr. Robertson’s healthcare practice is reflective of his significant expertise across a wide range of legal disciplines, enabling him to effectively counsel clients on a myriad of healthcare regulatory, corporate and litigation matters. He represents a diverse array of healthcare industry clients including for-profit and not-for-profit healthcare and hospital systems, academic medical centers, nursing homes, home health agencies, medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, integrated delivery networks, physicians and physician practice groups, and healthcare private equity funds.

Mr. Robertson provides comprehensive representation in connection with all types of healthcare transactions, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures. He assists clients with the structuring and creation of clinically integrated networks (CINs), organized delivery systems (ODSs), accountable care organizations (ACOs), multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs), and health insurance companies. He oversees the establishment and purchase/sale of individual physician and group practices, ambulatory surgery centers, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. He structures and negotiates compensation arrangements with physicians in connection with employment and exclusive contracting arrangements, medical directorships, physician recruitment initiatives, hospital department management, office and equipment leases, and management services arrangements. He also negotiates managed care agreements and risk-sharing arrangements with payors and represents healthcare clients in payor litigation.

On the regulatory and compliance fronts, Mr. Robertson regularly provides guidance on issues related to fraud and abuse laws, including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, the New Jersey Codey Law, the certificate of need statute and Community Healthcare Asset Protection Act (CHAPA), as well as other regulatory compliance issues associated with healthcare transactions and physician-integration arrangements. He develops, implements, and maintains corporate compliance programs for hospitals and other providers in the healthcare industry and is well-versed in the compliance issues associated with, and the implementation of requirements under, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

In the area of information privacy and data security, Mr. Robertson advises healthcare clients on issues arising under HIPAA and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). This includes the drafting and negotiation of HIPAA compliant business associate agreements with third party vendors, drafting and assisting in the enforcement of privacy and security policies within client organizations, and providing guidance on record retention requirements and the physical or electronic storage of medical records. In addition, he represents healthcare clients in investigating, reporting, and remediating information breaches and the liability such breaches create under various information privacy and security laws.

Mr. Robertson assists clients in seeking advisory opinions from federal and state regulatory agencies, and regularly represents healthcare entities in Medicare, Medicaid, charity care, graduate medical education (GME) and disproportionate share hospital (DSH) reimbursement matters before state administrative agencies and the federal Provider Reimbursement Review Board. His work also encompasses internal audits and investigations, responding to government inquiries, investigations, subpoenas and search warrants, and providing advice in connection with voluntary self-disclosures and corporate integrity agreements (CIAs).

Mr. Robertson is a resource for addressing medical staff matters, providing counsel on fair hearing requirements and designing state-of-the-art medical staff bylaws. He also provides guidance in connection with strategic initiatives on system affiliations including the establishment of outpatient health care offices, diagnostic imaging facilities and ambulatory surgery centers.

Location
  • 75 Livingston Avenue
    Roseland, NJ 07068-3701
Education
  • Villanova University, J.D., graduated 1990
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, B.S., graduated 1987
Bar Admissions
  • New Jersey, 1990
  • Pennsylvania, 1990
Affiliations
  • American Health Lawyers Association - Member, Hospitals and Health Systems Practice Group; Certified Alternative Dispute Resolver
  • Healthcare Financial Management Association, New Jersey Chapter - Member, Publications Committee
  • New Jersey State Bar Association - Member, Health Law Section
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1990
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1997
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2001

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Health Care Law, Newark (2023)
  • Health Care Law, Newark (2017)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Health Care Law
Special Focus:
  • COVID-19
  • Regulatory
Awards:
  • Recipient of a Founder’s Gold Award from the New Jersey Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (2021)
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Corporate Law
  • International Arbitration - Commercial
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Publications

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