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Charles W. Normand

Partner Boston, Providence

Charlie is a health care transactional and regulatory attorney who has focused on the full spectrum of issues facing healthcare providers for over 32 years. Charlie’s experience in the healthcare industry as both outside and in-house counsel provides him with a unique and practical perspective on the evolving issues facing health care industry clients. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Charlie was a Medicare Part B provider representative for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts and a federal budget policy analyst for the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress.

His practice concentrates on all aspects of state and federal health care law, with a particular focus on regulatory and reimbursement matters for all types of healthcare providers and provider organizations.   Charlie has represented and counseled clients ranging from publicly traded and private equity backed companies, hospitals, nursing homes, home health providers, provider organizations, physicians, management service organizations (MSO), and other providers in a variety of complex transactions and contracting issues.  Such representation included hospital affiliations and disaffiliations, mergers, reorganizations, acquisitions and matters involving related regulatory, reimbursement, financing, compliance and corporate governance issues. He also focuses on a variety of specialized health care areas, including certificate of need (CON), change of effective control (CEC), MSO/provider arrangements, hospital conversions, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and coverage issues, third party and governmental audits and investigations, Stark and fraud and abuse analysis, medical records and information issues, and compliance program and board governance guidance.

Recent representative matters include representation of health system in closure of 295 bed community hospital, including regulatory and licensure approval and court approvals of charitable asset dispositions; MSO formation, governance and contracting matters in a variety of provider specialties; general counsel representation of 400+ physician Integrated Delivery Network (IDN/PHO/ACO) with particular focus on third party payor and participating provider value based and bundled arrangement contracts; Massachusetts Health Policy Commission and Federal regulatory review of proposed affiliation of 325-bed community hospital member with large academic health system; representation of a Boston teaching hospital Clinically Integrated Organization (CIO) for payer and participating provider contracting including the development and negotiation of bundled episode of care risk contracts for total hip and total knee replacement services; and sell-side and buy-side representation of numerous sales and acquisition transactions.

Experience

Experience/Representative Matters

  • Representation of ACO, PHO, IDN, CIO (Provider Organizations) in CMS Model Programs, Bundled Payment Arrangement contracting, including prospective and retrospective arrangements with insurers, direct to employers and CMS.
  • Representation of teaching hospital system in affiliation with Catholic community hospital and formation of non-profit parent holding company. Successfully negotiated with Federal Trade Commission for Informal Interpretation Letter to confirm that transaction satisfied exception under HSR Premerger Filing procedures
  • Assistant General Counsel at $3B wholly-owned dialysis and health care subsidiary of W.R. Grace and primary in-house counsel for subsequent spin-off and sale to international medical products company, Fresenius Medical Care
  • Representation as deal counsel in affiliation of nursing home system and adult day care system
  • Representation of a home and hospice care provider in a disaffiliation from a large health care system and conversion to a freestanding entity, including negotiation of deal terms, representation before the Attorney General’s office on the proposed use of non-profit foundation assets and representation assets and representation before the Department of Health for regulatory approval and transfer of ownership licenses
  • Representation of Seller in $66 million sale of four assisted living facilities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont
  • Local counsel to regional nursing home provider in $64 million refinancing and subsequent $45 million participation loan
  • Representation of multi-state nursing home company in the acquisition of four nursing homes out of receivership, regulatory approval process and $25 million acquisition loan
  • Representation of nursing home parent company in acquisition of distressed nursing facility and related HUD and lender approval of assignment and transfer of HUD backed loan
  • Representation of a 400+ Physician Hospital Organization including advice to Board and Management relating to state and Federal regulatory reviews of proposed affiliation of 300-bed community hospital member with large academic health system
  • Representation of teaching hospital Clinical Integration Organization for payor contracting including development and negotiation of bundled episode of care risk contracts with third party payors for total hip and total knee replacement services
  • Representation of Sellers and Purchasers of Physician Practices, Home Health Care agencies and other provider entities
  • Representation of hospital bone marrow transplant (BMT) program in the successful opposition to CON application of competing hospital system

Credentials

Work Experience

  • Hinckley Allen
    • Partner (2014-Present)
    • Associate (1990-1994)
  • Robinson & Cole LLP
    • Partner (2011-2014)
  • Normand Law, Ltd.
    • Founding Partner (2004-2011)
  • Brown Rudnick
    • Partner (1998-2004)
    • Associate (1996-1997)
  • Fresenius Medical Care
    • Assistant General Counsel (1994-1996)

Honors & Awards

  • Best Lawyers in America® (2016-2024)
    • Lawyer of the Year (2019, 2020)
    • Health Care Law

Charitable & Civic Involvement

  • Boy Scouts of America, Narragansett Council, Executive Board
  • AARP Rhode Island, Past Member- Executive Advisory Committee
  • American Red Cross, Rhode Island Chapter, Past Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education (NPACE), Former member of the Board of Directors

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Rhode Island Bar Association

Bar Memberships

  • Massachusetts, 1992
  • Rhode Island, 1990

Newsroom

Publication

Health Care Changes Near

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Hinckley Allen Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America® 2024

A multitude of Hinckley Allen attorneys are recognized in their respective practice areas in Best Lawyers® 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. In addition, 11 Hinckley Allen attorneys were named in the “Lawyers of the Year” category, as wel…

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67 Hinckley Allen Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America® 2023

Hinckley Allen is pleased to announce that 67 attorneys are recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, including 5 “Lawyers of the Year.” Best Lawyers® has also recognized 24 Hinckley Allen attorneys in their “Ones to Watch” …

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Events

Past Event

American Bar Association - Physicians Legal Issues

September 7, 2023

Partners Charles Normand and  B. Stephanie Siegmann will join an esteemed panel at the Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Conference.The increased use of health and wellness programs and apps to monitor and interact with patients, particularly in Value Ba…

Past Event

CLE - Healthcare Regulatory Update: Implementation of Chapter 224

April 15, 2015

This session brings together representatives of some of the key agencies and departments who are on the front lines of Chapter 224 implementation. Panelists, including our partner Charles Normand, will discuss recently issued regulations, guidelines, and p…

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