Stephanie Sprague Sobkowiak

Stephanie is recognized as one of Connecticut’s top lawyers for health care providers. In this role, she represents health systems, hospitals, physician groups, dental practices, community health centers and others in the health care industry, partnering with these clients on a broad range of regulatory and corporate matters.

In the regulatory space, her work includes extensive analysis of provider arrangements for fraud and abuse purposes, client counseling regarding HIPAA and patient privacy matters, representation of providers in government payer audits and representation of applicants and intervenors in certificate of need proceedings. In the corporate space, her work includes advising on entity formation and governance and the drafting and negotiation of clinical and non-clinical agreements for health care providers. For the firm’s health care system and hospital clients, she has extensive experience in medical staff matters, from initial privileging through the imposition of restrictions and suspensions and the handling of disputes. In each relationship, she strives to understand her client’s goals and strategic vision to develop strategies that make sense in the context of their business.

Known for her negotiation skills, Stephanie credits her success to applying a pragmatic approach when putting together transactions or resolving disputes between her clients and opposing parties. She has negotiated countless corporate agreements, advocated for clients in matters before the Connecticut Department of Public Health, the Office of Health Strategy and the Department of Social Services and handled a variety of complex Medicare matters. She also drafts and negotiates purchase and sale transactions for clients in the health care space.

Stephanie, also a member of the firm’s management committee, frequently shares her knowledge of federal and state health care regulatory requirements by speaking at seminars and authoring articles. Her insight on these topics, as well as other timely risk-avoidance issues, benefits a wide audience of health care professionals, lawmakers, accountants, lawyers and others.