Zubin Khambatta

Zubin Khambatta is a healthcare attorney in Holland & Knight's Austin office. He represents hospital systems, academic medical centers, specialty and pediatric physician practices, clinical laboratories, behavioral health and telehealth providers, and digital health and technology companies in transactional, regulatory and reimbursement matters.

Mr. Khambatta regularly represents healthcare clients in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, strategic collaborations and venture and equity financings, including acquisitions by private equity-backed platforms, strategic acquisitions, institution-to-institution affiliation and collaboration agreements, and the acquisition, sale or restructuring of hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, ambulance providers and behavioral health practices. Clients often turn to him to provide strategic advice and counseling for such transactions and reimbursement arrangements, including with respect to joint venture arrangements, professional services agreements, provider network agreements, public-private partnerships (P3), academic medical center affiliations, the provision of hospital and medical services, data-sharing and electronic health records agreements, and agreements on behalf of or with group purchasing organizations. He also advises on corporate governance matters.

A primary focus of Mr. Khambatta's practice is counseling healthcare providers on reimbursement matters and issues involving the Medicaid and Medicare programs. In this vein, he regularly advises clients on reimbursement and government funding opportunities and challenges that arise under Medicaid and uninsured supplemental payment programs (e.g., state-directed programs, uncompensated care pools, Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, Upper Payment Limit (UPL) payments), Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement methodologies and policy matters for inpatient, outpatient, physician and other services, and various state Medicaid finance issues involving healthcare-related taxes and related funding mechanisms.

Mr. Khambatta is relied upon to guide clients on regulatory and compliance matters governing the delivery of healthcare, including the full panoply of federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse laws, licensure and accreditation requirements, the regulation of the practice of medicine, including the corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting restrictions, Medicare Advantage compliance, Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) requirements, and compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and other federal and state health privacy laws.

Additionally, Mr. Khambatta's practice encompasses counsel to startups and emerging companies that develop and market digital health services and medical devices. He regularly advises clients on healthcare technology and data-related matters, including requirements under HIPAA, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), 42 C.F.R. Part 2, and other federal and state privacy laws.

For several years, Mr. Khambatta has represented healthcare organizations in litigation matters and regulatory enforcement actions before federal and state regulatory authorities. He strives to ensure his clients benefit from this experience and works with them to avoid regulatory pitfalls and mitigate compliance and liability risks, while also providing hands-on, efficacious counsel and representation if litigation becomes necessary or enforcement actions arise.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Khambatta was a partner in the Austin office of an international law firm.