Health Law Experience:
 John Fisher is an experienced health care attorney who has practiced extensively in the health care industry providing counsel to a wide variety of health care providers. John has counseled health care clients, including hospitals, physicians, and health systems on health care regulatory compliance, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, recruitment and compensation issues, integrated network development, and Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. John is knowledgeable on the laws and regulations that affect financial relationships between health care providers including the Stark Law, Anti-kickback Statute and safe harbor regulations, fraud and abuse, antitrust and exempt organization tax issues.John has committed his career to remaining current on the ever changing regulations that impact health care providers. He has been a frequent author and speaker on health law regulatory issues. John is also an active blogger on legal issues that affect health care providers.John received his Certification in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) with the Health Care Compliance Association and joins only three other attorneys in the state of Wisconsin to receive this distinction.
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- Served as general counsel and/or special health care counsel for most types of businesses in the health care industry including: hospitals and health systems, professional associations, home health and hospice providers, ambulatory surgery centers, long-term care facilities, independent diagnostic facilities, independent practice associations, single- and multi-specialty group practices, billing companies, medical management companies, preferred provider organizations, health maintenance organizations and others.
- Advised clients on an ongoing and transactional basis on health care fraud and abuse, Anti-kickback Statute and safe harbor regulations, all iterations of the Stark Law, and other regulatory requirements that affect operations and transactions.
- Structured and formed various integrated delivery systems including multi-specialty and single-specialty independent practice associations, large and small physician group practices, and physician/hospital organizations.
- Involved in numerous health care business transactions including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions.
- Prepared and negotiated a wide variety of contracts in the health care industry.
- Advised clients on Medicare Reimbursement, compliance programs and other regulatory matters that impact their businesses.
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Education:
B.B.A. University of Wisconsin – Madison (1983)J.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison (1985)
Wisconsin International Law Review, Publishing Member
Admitted to Practice:
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Indiana Supreme Court
Bar Associations:
American Health Lawyers Association
Health Care Compliance Association
American Bar Association – Health Law Section
State Bar of Wisconsin – Health Law Section
Professional Activities:
Medical Group Management Association, Member
Civic Activities:
Wausau YMCA, Youth Sports Coach (2007 – 2011)
John Marshall Elementary School, PTO
Montessori School of Wausau, Board of Directors (2008)
Wausau Community Meals Program, Volunteer (2009 – Present)
Publications: |
- Stark Law Compliance in Medical Director Agreements- Healthlaw-blog.com, August 2011
- Groups Without Walls Coming Back as Physician Integration Model- Healthlaw-blog.com, July 2011
- Billing of “Incident To” Services in Physicians’s Office- Healthlaw-blog.com, July 2011
- Explaining the Prohibition Hospital Ownership- Healthlaw-blog.com, July 2011
- Stark Law Self Disclosure Protocols | Do They Create More Ambiguity? – Healthlaw-blog.com, January 2011
- Hospital Inpatient Value-based Purchasing Program: New Rules Proposed By CMS – Healthlaw-blog.com, January 2011
- Home Health Care Issues In OIG 2011 Work Plan – Healthlaw-blog.com, January 2011
- Explaining New Clinical Laboratory Requisition Requirement – Healthlaw-blog.com, January 2011
- Home Health and Hospice Face to Face Requirement Delay – Healthlaw-blog.com, January 2011
- Should Compliance and Counsel Functions Be Separated? – Healthlaw-blog.com, December 2010
- EMTALA Applicability to Hospital, Critical Access Hospital Inpatients and Hospitals With Specialized Capabilities – Healthlaw-blog.com, December 2010
- Disclosure of Alternative Radiology Service Providers – New Patient Disclosure Requirements Take Effect – Healthlaw-blog.com, November 2010
- Accountable Care Organizations – Navigating Federal Health Law Issues – Health Law Blog, November 2010
- ASC Safe Harbors – The Four ASC Types Qualifying For Safe Harbor Protection – Health Law Blog, October 2010
- OIG Roadmap Fraud and Abuse Guidance For New Physicians – Health Law Blog, November 2010
- Plans Mandatory Compliance Under PPACA – Health Law Blog, August 2010
- Temporarily Falling Out of Compliance With The Stark Law – Is There Any Wiggle Room? – Wisconsin Health Law, September 2009
- ASC One-Third/One-Third Safe Harbor Compliance Can Lead To Disputes – Health Law Blog, September 2009
- FTC Antitrust Challenge to Outpatient Facility Purchases – Is Increased Enforcement On The Horizon? – Health Law Blog, September 2009
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