Robert Layton

A highly accomplished and forward-thinking Assistant General Counsel and Attorney with a proven track record of advising executives in the healthcare industry in mergers, acquisitions, revenue cycle management, insurance recoveries, compliance, reorganizations, and regulation (including Medicare and Medicaid). A professional history of multiple client successes in financial recoveries, litigation defenses and strategies for hospital systems, medical providers, and healthcare payors, including strategic business counseling for financially challenged organizations. ➤ M&A ➣ ­Directed multiple healthcare facility acquisition initiatives, including Attorney General, FTC, approval, and antitrust challenges. ➣ Created the then-largest physician-owned Medicare health plan, with follow-on growth strategies leading to a $600M sale. ➣ Negotiated and guided managed care, risk sharing agreements among hospital systems, primary and multidisciplinary medical groups, and Medicare and commercial payors. ➣­ Directed the purchase of 300-bed acute hospital campus, including facility and medical office structures. ­➣ Oversaw the sale or acquisition of facilities, including hospitals and medical offices. ➣­ Provided the legal counsel and supervised the sale of underperforming medical facilities. ➤ Insurance Financial Recovery and Revenue Cycle Enhancement ­➣ Headed the healthcare system's initiative to recover $980M in insurance company receivables. ­➣ Spearheaded the system's strategies to recover $285M in casualty losses from devastating California wildfires (recovering from both the system's casualty insurer and a bankrupt California utility). ➤ Services for Hospitals / Health Facilities ­­➣ Guided the developed of strategies for joint ventures with physician hospitals and clinical laboratory. ­ Integrated health systems (regional hospital system with primary care medical groups). ­➣­ Created, licensed, and accredited ambulatory surgery centers. ­­➣ Guided multiple hospitals in the governance of the physician and affiliated providers of the medical staff.