Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Travis concentrates his practice in health care and tax-exempt organizations law. His practice covers all aspects of the state and federal regulation of the health care industry as well as tax and corporate planning for tax-exempt organizations.

Travis has served as counsel to hospitals in mergers and acquisitions involving for-profit and tax-exempt organizations, negotiated asset purchase agreements, structured joint venture relationships among health care providers, and coordinated due diligence reviews of health care organizations. He has also represented hospitals and health systems in physician contracting matters, such as employment agreements, hospital-based physician agreements, and medical director agreements, and assisted health care providers with fraud and abuse and Stark Law compliance.

Travis has assisted clients with the formation of tax-exempt organizations, compliance with community benefit standards, the development of charity care policies, the implementation of best practices for corporate governance, and compliance with state and federal tax laws governing the activities of tax-exempt organizations.

Areas of Practice

• Health Care

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Advanced Medical Optics , (2009)
• Acquisition of Community Hospital
• Compliance Counsel
• Hospital Acquisition
• Restructuring of Academic Medical Center , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Disability, Elder Law, Food & Drug Administration, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Nursing Home, Social Security -- Disability

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• U of Notre Dame

Published Works

• 2009 Sunshine Act Reflects Congressional Intent to Regulate Drug, Device Industry Aggressively, 2009
• Form 990 Disclosure Requirements Challenge Hospitals, Provide Opportunities, The Health Lawyer / ABA Health Law Section, 2009
• Form 990 Disclosure Requirements Challenge Hospitals, Provide Opportunities, The Health Lawyer, ABA Health Law Section, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2009
• Navigating the Stark Law's Changing Landscape: Implications for Transactions, Business Law & Governance, 2008
• Healthcare Governance Guide, coauthor, CCH online subscription product, 2008
• Form 990: Five Things Directors Should Know, 2008
• Form 990 Draft Instructions Need Refinement to Present an Accurate Picture of Tax-Exempt Health Care Organizations, coauthor, BNA Health Law Reporter, Vol. 17, No. 25, p. 857, 2008
• Episode II: IRS Issues Revised Draft Instructions for Final Form 990, Health Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 6, No. 18, 2008
• A FIN 48 Primer for Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations, Bloomberg Law Reports – Health Law, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2008
• Employee Care Funds for Disaster Relief and Emergency Hardship, 19 Tax'n of Exempts, Vol. 19, No. 4, 2008
• Stark Phase III: Is The Third Time The Charm?, AHLA's Health Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 5, Iss. 35, 2007
• Stark on the Fast Track: Separate Rulemaking Threatens Many Common Deals, 2007
• Gifts and Incidental Benefits to Staff Physicians, Hospitals & Health Systems Rx, American Health Lawyers Association, Vol. 9 Iss. 2, 2007
• Best Practices in Nonprofit Governance: Dealing with "Voluntary" Reforms, 2007
• Hospitals Should Exercise Caution: Public Policy May Invalidate Economic Credentialing Policies, 2006

Address

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Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

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