John A. Anderson
Healthcare & Medical Malpractice Defense
Curriculum vitae
EXPERIENCE
Mr. Anderson has wide-ranging experience as a business lawyer representing both middle-market clients and entrepreneurs. A major focus of his practice is in health care law, primarily on the provider side. He also does considerable work for banking clients, primarily handling loan work-out matters. As a partner in the Business Practice and Health Care groups at Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C., Mr. Anderson represents business and banking clients as well as health care providers ranging from large single and multi-specialty groups to small groups and individual physicians. He also represents Accountable Care Organizations, clinical labs, diagnostic providers, physical therapy providers, home health agencies and more. Mr. Anderson was formerly General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer for a large medical billing company and, in that capacity, he worked closely with physicians, group practices and other providers on business matters as well as billing & reimbursement issues. Mr. Anderson also has considerable experience working with banks in relation to complex special asset issues, forbearance agreements, receiverships, foreclosures and liquidations, as well as the civil and bankruptcy litigation related to such workout matters.
Mr. Anderson’s practice areas include all manner of business transactional and litigation matters, with an emphasis on banking and health care law and the full spectrum of health care provider issues including compliance matters, fraud & abuse, third-party audits, billing & reimbursement, entity formation, contract negotiations, physician self-referral/Stark, Anti-kickback, licensing and litigation.
Mr. Anderson is former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Genesys Health System, (“GHS”), in Grand Blanc, Michigan, which is part of the Ascension Health national network, the largest non-profit health system in the country with over $19 billion in annual revenues. He currently sits on the Board of Trustees for Ascension Health in Michigan and he chairs the Quality & Safety Committee for Ascension Health-Michigan. Additionally, he sits on the Board of Directors of the Genesys Physician Hospital Organization in Grand Blanc, Michigan, which was one of the first 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations in the country and which continues to operate a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO.
Mr. Anderson has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Corporate and Healthcare law (2013 – 2017), by U.S. News as a Best Lawyer (2013 – 2017), as a Top Lawyer in Healthcare Law by dBusiness magazine (2012-2017), as a Michigan Super Lawyer in Health care Law (2013-2016), and by Leading Lawyers (2014-2016).
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EXPERIENCE
Mr. Anderson has wide-ranging experience as a business lawyer representing both middle-market clients and entrepreneurs. A major focus of his practice is in health care law, primarily on the provider side. He also does considerable work for banking clients, primarily handling loan work-out matters. As a partner in the Business Practice and Health Care groups at Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C., Mr. Anderson represents business and banking clients as well as health care providers ranging from large single and multi-specialty groups to small groups and individual physicians. He also represents Accountable Care Organizations, clinical labs, diagnostic providers, physical therapy providers, home health agencies and more. Mr. Anderson was formerly General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer for a large medical billing company and, in that capacity, he worked closely with physicians, group practices and other providers on business matters as well as billing & reimbursement issues. Mr. Anderson also has considerable experience working with banks in relation to complex special asset issues, forbearance agreements, receiverships, foreclosures and liquidations, as well as the civil and bankruptcy litigation related to such workout matters.
Mr. Anderson’s practice areas include all manner of business transactional and litigation matters, with an emphasis on banking and health care law and the full spectrum of health care provider issues including compliance matters, fraud & abuse, third-party audits, billing & reimbursement, entity formation, contract negotiations, physician self-referral/Stark, Anti-kickback, licensing and litigation.
Mr. Anderson is former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Genesys Health System, (“GHS”), in Grand Blanc, Michigan, which is part of the Ascension Health national network, the largest non-profit health system in the country with over $19 billion in annual revenues. He currently sits on the Board of Trustees for Ascension Health in Michigan and he chairs the Quality & Safety Committee for Ascension Health-Michigan. Additionally, he sits on the Board of Directors of the Genesys Physician Hospital Organization in Grand Blanc, Michigan, which was one of the first 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations in the country and which continues to operate a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO.
Mr. Anderson has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Corporate and Healthcare law (2013 – 2017), by U.S. News as a Best Lawyer (2013 – 2017), as a Top Lawyer in Healthcare Law by dBusiness magazine (2012-2017), as a Michigan Super Lawyer in Health care Law (2013-2016), and by Leading Lawyers (2014-2016).
Practice Areas
• Banking & Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Business Law & Commercial Transactions
• Litigation
EDUCATION
• Michigan State University College of Law
Admitted to Practice
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit 1985
• U.S. Supreme Court 1985
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan 1986
Memberships
• Michigan State Bar: Health Care Law Section (HCLS) – Member of that Section’s
• Governing Council
• HCLS Publications Committee – Former Co-Chair
• HCLS Health Providers Subcommittee – Former Member
• Genesys Regional Medical Center (GRMC) in Grand Blanc – Executive Committee and
• Board Secretary, Board of Trustees and the Audit Committee
• GRMC Quality and Safety Committee – Chairs
• Genesys Physician Hospital Organization – Board Member
• Michigan State Bar – Business Law Section
ARTICLES
• June 2011 – Seven Things a Non-Health Care Lawyer Should Know When Advising a Health
Care Client
• CMS Final Rule Modifying the Stark Law Regulations: Significance to your Firm Explored!
Distinctions
top lawyer: 2012-2016
2014-2016
best lawyers: 2011-2017
2013-2016
News / blog
21 GMH Attorneys named to 2024 Best Lawyers List
21 Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C. lawyers named to 2024 Best Lawyers list. Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named the following lawyers from Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton as The Best Lawyers in...
John A. Anderson of Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C. Speaking on Live Webinar Regarding MSSP Changes
TROY, Mich. – June 17: Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C. is pleased to announce that partner in the Business Practice and Health Care groups John A. Anderson is a speaker for a CLE Live Webinar assembled by The Knowledge Group titled: Navigating the CMS Quality...
John A. Anderson of Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C. with Prime Accountable Care Hosts Guests from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Health Ministry
TROY, Mich. – August 22: Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C. is pleased to announce that together with Prime Accountable Care (“Prime ACO”), a GMH client, John A. Anderson hosted guests from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Health Ministry on August 21, 2019. The topic...
John A. Anderson of Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C. Appointed to Ascension Michigan Market Board of Trustees
TROY, Mich. – July 30: Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C. is pleased to announce that partner in the Business Practice and Health Care groups John A. Anderson has been elected by the Ascension Health Board of Trustees to serve on the Board of Trustees for the...