Jack Rovner, an attorney, is a founding member of Health Law Consultancy. Health Law Consultancy is a Chicago health law boutique that provides strategic legal counsel for the business of health care to enable health industry participants to capitalize on opportunities and manage challenges in the evolving health system.
Rovner is Best Lawyers 2014 Chicago health care law "Lawyer of the Year." For four decades, Rovner has represented clients on health law, health reform, antitrust, business strategies, transactions, government program participation, information technology initiatives, data privacy and security, fraud and abuse compliance, and commercial litigation. A frequent speaker and author on health law topics, Rovner has published articles in Annals of Health Law, Journal of Health Law, Loyola-Chicago Law Journal, AHIP Coverage, BNA Health Law Reporter, American Bar Association The Health Lawyer, CCH Health Care Compliance Newsletter, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Legal Affairs Bulletin.
In 2002, Rovner was appointed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Regulatory Reform, serving on its Executive Committee. A member of the Illinois State Bar, Rovner received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Boston University Law School, where he was a member and articles editor of the Law Review.
Jack A. Rovner
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2006 Awarded Practice Areas
Health Care Law
Awarded Practice Areas
Health Care Law
Biography
Locations
Languages
- English
Education
- Boston University School of Law, JD, graduated 1976
- Brandeis University, BA
Bar Admissions
Affiliations
- American Bar Association - Member
- American Health Law Association - Member
- Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys - Member
- Illinois State Bar Association - Member
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Health Care Law, Chicago (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Health Care Law
Special Focus:
- Antitrust
- Compliance
- Corporate
- Health-Care Reform
- HIPAA
- Information Technology
- Managed Care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
Additional Information
Case History
Cases
- Saint Alphonsus Medical Center, et al. v. St. Luke's Health System, et al.. 9th Circuit (Feb. 10, 2015)
Represent third party health insurance issuer subpoenaed for documentation and trial witnesses, and monitor and report on case proceedings for issuer's senior management and board, in successful antitrust challenge by the Federal Trade Commission, Idaho Attorney General and private plaintiffs of Idaho's largest hospital system's acquisition of Idaho's largest independent physician practice.
Transactions
- State of Idaho Health Insurance Exchange
Provide expert testimony and guidance during 2012 before the State of Idaho Governor's Health Insurance Exchange Working Group and with Idaho legislators examining whether the State of Idaho should establish a state-operated health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act., including explaining why premium subsidies are available on federally-operated as well as state-operated health insurance exchanges.
- Medicare Advantage and Medicare-Medicaid Managed Care Contract Novations
Manage transaction to novate Medicare Advantage and Medicare-Medicaid Managed Care Contracts with CMS and State Medicaid Agency to transfer contracts from parent health insurance company to subsidiary formed to conduct organization's government business.
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