Harry Nelson

Top rated Health Care attorney in Los Angeles, California

Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman
Harry Nelson
Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman

Practice Areas: Health Care, Food & Drugs, Administrative Law; view more

Licensed in California since: 2002

Education: The University of Michigan Law School

Languages Spoken: English, Hebrew, Portuguese

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2025

Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman

1100 Glendon Avenue
14th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90024 Visit website

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Harry Nelson is one of the leading healthcare lawyers in America and authoritative on questions of healthcare organizational structuring, regulatory and reimbursement compliance, and strategy. Harry is called upon by healthcare providers and federal and state healthcare agencies to solve problems and address challenges both tactically and strategically, including corporate practice of medicine issues and challenges in behavioral health, telemedicine, and regulation of medical devices. He is a critical advisor who leads clients through risk identification and management, proactive prevention of problems, practical solutions, as well as how to respond when in crisis and when taking corrective action to remediate issues. In addition to his role as an attorney and adviser, Nelson is also a clinical adjunct assistant professor in the USC Keck School of Medicine, developing courses to educate physicians and other health professionals on healthcare compliance and legal/regulatory risks related to prescribing and dispensing of medications and treatment of pain and other issues. 

Harry is the co-author of several books, including The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain (2019) and From Obamacare to Trumpcare: Why You Should Care (2017), as well as numerous articles addressing healthcare industry challenges. Harry’s thought leadership around the future of the healthcare and life sciences industry has also driven many next-generation healthcare ideas and initiatives to realization, including telehealth and other modalities of digital health and behavioral health. He is frequently called upon by media nationally to provide expertise on healthcare legal issues.

For more than two decades, Harry has been a problem-solver for the healthcare industry, focused on regulatory and reimbursement challenges and strategy, including fraud and abuse, clinical safety, and data security. He has developed highly relevant resources to facilitate compliance, including the development of programs for hundreds of healthcare businesses. He also has extensive experience defending government investigations and enforcement actions, and has forged strong relationships with regulators across many healthcare sectors. In the broader community, Harry speaks on leadership and board governance issues, and has worked with nonprofits on their organizational development and strategy.

Follow Harry on Twitter @nelsonh. His most recent ideas can be found at www.harrynelson.com.

Practice areas

Health Care, Food and Drugs, Administrative Law

Focus areas

Food & Drug Administration, Health & Health Care Law, Licensing, Nursing Home

  • 70% Health Care
  • 20% Food and Drugs
  • 10% Administrative Law

First Admitted: 1994, Michigan

Professional Webpage: https://www.leechtishman.com/people/harry-j-nelson/

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • Co-Chair, Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition, University of Michigan
  • California Academy of Attorneys for Healthcare Providers
  • California Academy of Attorneys for Healthcare Providers
  • Contributing Editor, University of Michigan Law Review
  • Alumnus, Wexner Heritage Program, (2005-2007)
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association, Healthcare Section
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Harold M. Fong (dec.), United States District Court, District of Hawaii
  • Host, Provisors Healthcare Roundtable, (2011-present)
  • Health Care Compliance Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association, Healthcare Section
  • National Association of College and University Attorneys (1996-2002)
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
  • San Joaquin Community Hospital v. PacifiCare, 2003 WL 122780 (2003)
  • Sahlolbei v Providence Healthcare, Inc., 112 Cal. App.4th 1137 (2003)
Videos:
Special Licenses/Certifications:
  • Licensed to practice law in Michigan (1993-2003)
  • Licensed to Practice Law in Hawaii (1994-present)
  • Licensed to Practice Law in Illinois (1994-present)
Pro bono/Community Service:
  • Director, Chair of Strategic Planning and Development, LimmudLA, 2008
  • Director, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy; Chair, Strategic and Long Range Planning
  • Founding director and chair of strategic planning and development for non-profit organization
  • Counseled non-profit healthcare entity (hospice organization) on corporate dissolution, 2004
Honors/Awards:
  • Awarded for Academic Achievement, James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan, 1990
  • Southern California Super Lawyer in Healthcare law (2010-present)
  • Wexner Foundation leadership program, Wexner Heritage Fellowship, Wexner Foundation, 2005
  • Best Lawyers in America (2011-present)
  • AV Preeminent (Martindale Hubbell), 2010-present
Educational Background:
  • A.B., University of Michigan (Philosophy/Political Science) with High Distinction, 1990
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • Changes Ahead for California: ADP, Medi-cal, and fees Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly
  • 7 Steps to Navigate Payment Allocation Under ACOs Becker's Hospital Review
  • The American healthcare system is broken. We rank dead last among advanced industrialized countries in terms of healthcare cost, quality, and access to routine care. The 2010 Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare, tried to reform U.S. healthcare, sparking a divisive, seven-year political battle. The election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, along with the retention of Republican majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, portend major changes for U.S. healthcare, including the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. What changes are ahead? Will millions of newly insured people become uninsured again? Will President Trump improve healthcare affordability? In their new book, healthcare thought leaders Harry Nelson and Rob Fuller take on the big questions about healthcare on many people's minds not just what the repeal of ObamaCare will mean for patients and the healthcare industry, but what its replacement TrumpCare will look like. What will the future hold for U.S. healthcare? What can we expect and what can we do to tackle healthcare challenges?Nelson and Fuller get to the heart of the long-term challenges facing U.S. healthcare, the legacy of ObamaCare, and what to expect for healthcare under President Trump. Readers will come away with a more nuanced and comprehensive sense of the challenges and tensions facing reform of U.S. healthcare, and how they are likely to play out in practical terms.Chapter Overview: 1-Setting the Scene: What s Broken in U.S. Healthcare?2-The Strange, Wonkish Road to Obamacare 3-The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Obamacare Implementation 4-A Better Way? The Republican Plan for U.S. Healthcare5-The Trump Wild Card 6-Envisioning TrumpCare7-This is Real: Implications for Patients 8-Unprepared? Implications for the Healthcare Industry 9-How TrumpCare intersects with Broader Forces of Healthcare Transformation10-Big Questions Ahead-Where Do We Go From Here?, Author, From ObamaCare to TrumpCare: Why You Should Care, Healthcare, 2017
  • Article on Behavioral.net about Urine Drug testing in rehab facilities., Source, www.behavioral.net/blogs/julie-miller/least-you-need-know-about-recent-drug-testing-scrutiny, Behavioral.net, 2015
  • Article on thehill.com about The Cures Act., Contributor, Cures Act: Healthcare innovation, grab bag giveaway, or both?, TheHill.com, 2016
  • Article on hospitalrecruiting.com about Stark Law., Source, Stark Law: What you need to know, hospitalrecruiting.com, 2016
  • Article on the difficulties Trump will have relpealing and replacing ObamaCare., Contributor, Why Repealing ObamaCare will be hard for Trump, Avvo.com, 2016
  • Complying with new overtime rules in relation to behavioral healthcare facilities.    , Source, How to Comply with New Overtime Rules, Behavioral.net, 2016
  • BigLaw Reacts To Trump's Election To The White House, source, BigLaw Reacts To Trump's Election To The White House, Law360.com, 2016
  • Article on investing in biometrics., Source, How to Invest in Biometrics, 2016
  • SCOTUS takes broad view of False Claims Act; watch your non-CMS compliance, Source, SCOTUS takes broad view of False Claims Act; watch your non-CMS compliance, 2016
  • The New Normal? Avoiding Risk and Preparing for Growing Scrutiny of Addiction Treatment, Author, The New Normal? Avoiding Risk and Preparing for Growing Scrutiny of Addiction Treatment, 2016
  • Patient financial responsibility in addiction treatment up for debate, source, Patient financial responsibility in addiction treatment up for debate, 2016
  • Health Net looking for fraud among treatment centers, Source, Health Net looking for fraud among treatment centers, 2016
  • Addiction treatment is booming and under-regulated, Source, Addiction treatment is booming and under-regulated, 2016
  • Choosing The Right Addiction Treatment Program, Author, Choosing The Right Addiction Treatment Program, 2016
  • California Law Attacks Rehab Facilities, Source, California Law Attacks Rehab Facilities, 2016
  • WHAT ASC REGULATIONS OWNERS CURRENTLY FACE, Source, ASC REGULATIONS OWNERS CURRENTLY FACE, 2017
  • GOP ACA replacement plan: 4 things health execs should know  , Source, GOP ACA replacement plan: 4 things health execs should know, 2017
  • Q&A: How Analytics May Improve Healthcare Outcomes, Source, Q&A: How Analytics May Improve Healthcare Outcomes, 2017
  • Obamacare repeal ignores real problems with U.S. health care, Source, Obamacare repeal ignores real problems with U.S. health care, 2017
  • Lecture on interplay between federal and California state law on medical records privacy, including enforcement history and anticipated trends in light of new California law, Speaker, "California Confidential: Understanding HIPAA and the CMIA", Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2007
  • Overview of the essential patient-physician contracts and ethical constraints, practical issues, and trends in patient-physician contracting, Speaker, Get It In Writing: What Every Physician's Attorney Needs to Know About Patient-Physician Contracts, American Health Lawyers Association, Physician Law Institute, 2009
  • Case studies of the intersection of business and legal imperatives in health care cases.  Case studies included "balance billing" and the issue of noncontracted hospitals and physicians, marketing of off label uses of drugs and devices, and Stark/Anti-Kickback issues in physician practice., Guest Instructor, Interactions of Legal and Business Imperatives: Health Care Perspectives, Boalt Hall, University of California Berkeley School of Law, 2009
  • Lecture at Annual Meeting of California Academy of Attorneys for Healthcare Providers, Speaker, Medicare Recovery Audits: Trends and Tactics, California Academy Of Attorneys For Healthcare Providers, 2007
  • Health Net looking for fraud among treatment centers, Source, Health Net looking for fraud among treatment centers, 2016
  • “10 Essentials for Survival in Private Practice Medicine”, co-authored with Jerome French (2013)
Other Outstanding Achievements:
  • Certificate of Recognition from State of Hawaii Department of Justice for teaching brief writing for federal courts class for attorneys in Hawaii Department of Justice, 1994
Industry Groups:
  • Behavioral Health
  • Drugs And Devices
  • Healthcare
  • Life Sciences
  • Long Term Care
  • Physician Organizations
  • Telehealth

Office location for Harry Nelson

1100 Glendon Avenue
14th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Phone: 424-301-8431

Selections

16 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2025

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