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David Hatch received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1998, where he was recognized with class honors. He received his J.D. with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002.

Mr. Hatch is a partner in the Business Department of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman.  Mr. Hatch’s practice involves a broad range of business, transactional and regulatory aspects of the healthcare industry, including practice integration, asset purchases, mergers and acquisitions, healthcare joint ventures, healthcare fraud and abuse compliance and tax-exempt compliance. Mr. Hatch’s clients include physicians and physician groups, for-profit and nonprofit hospitals, diagnostic centers, ambulatory surgery centers, durable medical equipment companies, mental health providers, pharmaceutical companies, medical device and prosthetic distributors and other health care providers.

Among his regulatory experience, Mr. Hatch has counseled clients on compliance with the federal and state anti-kickback and self-referral laws, pharmacy laws, regulation of ambulatory surgery centers and the corporate practice of medicine prohibition. Mr. Hatch has also counseled numerous tax-exempt entities with respect to complying with IRS and California statutes and regulations and in seeking tax-exempt status. Mr. Hatch has advised business entities at all stages of development, including start-up, formation, offering, operational phases and through change of control and dissolution events.

Mr. Hatch was named a “Southern California Rising Star” for 2009 and 2010 by Super Lawyers Magazine, and was featured in the July issues of Los Angeles Magazine for 2009 and 2010.

Mr. Hatch joined the firm in October 2006. Prior to that time, Mr. Hatch was a corporate attorney with the Los Angeles office of Jones Day.

Publications/Lectures

The Nuts and Bolts of Organizing and Affiliating Entities Involved In ACOs, CAPG Healthcare Conference 2010, Palm Desert, California (co-presented with Karl A. Schmitz)  (May 2010)

Bundled Hospital and Physician Services:  Medicare’s Acute Care Episode Demonstration Project, 2 Healthcare Quality Report 1 (February 2010)

Tax-Exempt Entities: Charitable Trust & Duties to the Public, presented at Loyola Law School as Guest Lecturer in the Health Care Organizations Class (March 2009)

Tax Issues Relevant to Exempt Health Care Entities, Chapter 3, Treatise on Health Care Law, Matthew Bender (co-author with Todd E. Swanson) (2008)

OIG Issues Report on Provider Relationships and MR Services, 10 Health Law Perspectives 11 (December 2008)

Managed Care Update,” presented by the Los Angeles County Bar Association Healthcare Section, December 2008 (co-organizer)

The Do’s and Don’ts of Health Care Contracting, presented at the Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc. Health Program, October 2008

IRS Continues Progress on Revised Form 990 Rules, 10 Health Law Perspectives 5 (May 2008)

Selecting the Optimal Form of Business Entity for a Healthcare Related Business, 9 Health Law Perspectives 8 (August 2007)

When Is a Lease Not a Lease? Seventh Circuit Adopts ‘Substance Over Form’ Test for True Lease Determination, Business Restructuring Review (January/February 2006)

Professional Affiliations

American Health Lawyers Association
American Bar Association (Health and Business Sections)
Executive Committee, Health Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association
California Society for Healthcare Attorneys