Overview
Tom Schroeder works closely with clients in the health care industry to advance their goals as care providers, businesses and regulated entities. He focuses on health care transactions, regulatory compliance, health information privacy, Medicare/Medicaid issues and tax exemption matters.
His work has included:
Stark, Anti-Kickback and False Claims Act Compliance
- Counseling clients concerning anti-kickback and other fraud and abuse issues
- Analyzing the application of the Stark Law and regulations to health care investments and transactions
- Resolving Stark Law violations, assessing exposures and facilitating repayments
- Counseling and facilitating self-disclosures under Stark's Self Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP) and the OIG's Self Disclosure Protocol
- Performing legal compliance reviews and assisting in the development of compliance programs
- Defending federal and state health care Fraud/False Claims Act lawsuits and government enforcement
- Negotiating and implementing Corporate Integrity Agreements
- Conducting internal investigations into alleged fraud and abuse, reimbursement and other compliance matters
Medicare/Medicaid Participation
- Interpreting Medicare/Medicaid participation, coverage and reimbursement criteria
- Responding to state surveys, formulating plans of correction and appealing deficiencies
- Analyzing coding and documentation issues, and responding to state and federal audits of same
- Facilitating payment adjustments, repayment and overpayment extrapolation analysis
Health Care Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
- Organizing, joint-venturing and reorganizing laboratory, imaging and other ancillary service providers
- Assisting hospitals, physician-hospital organizations and health care systems in forming, merging and acquiring health care and related entities
- Drafting and reviewing professional employment and services agreements
- Negotiating and drafting provider services agreements and other arrangements between providers
- Advising nonprofit corporations concerning tax exemption issues
- Converting for-profit to nonprofit entities and executing mergers between same
Government Hospital Privatization
- Assisting hospital boards, governmental bodies and community stakeholders in analyzing the pros and cons of privatizing publicly-owned hospitals
- Presenting structural options for privatization
- Resolving complications raised by public to private conversions
- Facilitating community forums and media presentations regarding privatization
Related Legal Services
Related Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Education
University of Virginia School of Law
J.D. Phi Beta Kappa (1991)
University of Toronto
M.A. (1988)
Carleton College
B.A. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa (1987)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
News
Other Perspectives
- 8 Lessons from Halifax's $85 Million Settlement
Law360, March 17, 2014
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Charitable Organizations — General corporate and tax representation
- Historic Preservation — National Register criteria, HAB surveys, preservation easements, historic preservation commissions, local historic districting and preservation lawsuits
Honors
- Best Lawyers®— Health Care Law, 2007-24 (Lawyer of the Year - 2017, 2021)
- Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2022-23
- Faegre Baker Daniels — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2016, 2019
Awards Methodology
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.