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William J. Spratt, Jr.

Akerman LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2009
  • Recognized in:
    Health Care Law
  • Website:
    http://www.akerman.com
  • Location:
    Three Brickell City Centre, Suite 1100
    98 Southeast Seventh Street
    Miami, FL 33131
Bill Spratt represents large healthcare companies and private equity sponsors in multi-jurisdictional transactions, traversing complex state and federal healthcare laws and regulations. A former healthcare administrator, he counsels institutional and non-institutional healthcare providers including hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient and urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, hospices, home health agencies, health maintenance organizations, clinical laboratories, radiation therapy centers, durable medical equipment companies, physician networks, and specialty physician groups. 

Bill has significant experience structuring acquisitions, sales, mergers, and reorganizations of healthcare businesses, and analyzing securities documents in healthcare transactions. He counsels clients on fraud and abuse matters, federal and state regulatory compliance, antitrust issues, managed care arrangements, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, risk management, and interstate and international healthcare transactions. Bill is Board Certified in Health Law by The Florida Bar. 

He is former chair of The Florida Bar Health Law Certification Committee and has taught health law as an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Health Administration programs at Florida Atlantic University and Nova Southeastern University Huizenga Graduate School of Business and Entrepreneurship.
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Lawyer Bio

Bill Spratt represents large healthcare companies and private equity sponsors in multi-jurisdictional transactions, traversing complex state and federal healthcare laws and regulations. A former healthcare administrator, he counsels institutional and non-institutional healthcare providers including hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient and urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, hospices, home health agencies, health maintenance organizations, clinical laboratories, radiation therapy centers, durable medical equipment companies, physician networks, and specialty physician groups. 

Bill has significant experience structuring acquisitions, sales, mergers, and reorganizations of healthcare businesses, and analyzing securities documents in healthcare transactions. He counsels clients on fraud and abuse matters, federal and state regulatory compliance, antitrust issues, managed care arrangements, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, risk management, and interstate and international healthcare transactions. Bill is Board Certified in Health Law by The Florida Bar. 

He is former chair of The Florida Bar Health Law Certification Committee and has taught health law as an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Health Administration programs at Florida Atlantic University and Nova Southeastern University Huizenga Graduate School of Business and Entrepreneurship.
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Education:

  • Florida International University, MS, graduated 1974
  • University of South Florida, BA, graduated 1968

Bar Admissions:

  • Florida, The Florida Bar

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association (Health Law Section) - Member
  • American Health Lawyers Association - Member
  • Florida Association of Hospital Attorneys - Member
  • Florida Bar Health Law Certification Committee - former Chair, Vice Chair, and Member
  • Florida Bar Health Law Section - former Chair of the Legislative Committee
  • Visiting Nurse Association of Dade County, Inc. - former Chairman of the Board of Directors

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Health Care Law
 

Awards:

  • Medical Business-South Florida Edition 1993, Best Healthcare Attorney Award
  • South Florida Business Journal 2005, 2007, Recognized as a Heavy Hitter in Health Care
  • Florida Trend's Legal Elite 2004, 2006, 2008-2012, Healthcare
  • Miami Herald's Super Lawyer 2006-2013, Top Florida Lawyer
  • South Florida Legal Guide Top Lawyers 2014-2015, Listed for Healthcare
  • Chambers USA 2006-2016 Ranked in Florida for Healthcare
  • Super Lawyers Magazine 2006-2016, Listed in Florida for Healthcare

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Published Work and Lectures
  • AHLA Connections, Author, "Trends in Health Care M&A What's Hot/What's Not," August 2015
  • Summer Anatomic Pathology Conference of the Florida Society of Pathologists, Presenter, "Recent State and Federal Developments Affecting Pathologists and Laboratory Medicine," July, 2014
Representative Experience
  • Represented a hospice/home health company in a public merger, with the surviving company operating in 39 states
  • Represented a private equity sponsor in the divestiture of a durable medical equipment company operating in 26 states
  • Represented a hospice/home health company operating in various jurisdictions in licensure, accreditation and Medicare/Medicaid compliance matters
  • Represented the operator of radiosurgical facilities in the development of a proton therapy center with an academic medical center
  • Represented specialty healthcare providers in resolving overpayment and Medicare enrollment controversies
 

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