Practice Areas

Mr. Schmitz has advised a wide variety of health care providers on business, general corporate and regulatory matters, including individual physicians, physician groups, hospitals, health care consultants, management organizations and investors in health care businesses. His practice includes client representation in both purchase and sale of health care facilities, such as hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, ambulatory surgery centers and pharmacies.

Mr. Schmitz is also experienced in the formation of business entities, raising capital through private offerings and syndications, and other general corporate matters. He regularly advises clients on contractual matters, such as the development of professional service agreements, coverage agreements, medical directorships and consulting agreements.

A significant portion of Mr. Schmitz’ practice involves counseling clients on both federal and state regulatory matters such as anti-kickback laws and physician self-referral laws as well as state prohibitions against the corporate practice of medicine.

Mr. Schmitz has been recognized by Law & Politics magazine as one of Southern California’s “Super Lawyer Rising Stars” for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Publications/Lectures

• To Disclose Or Not To Disclose Under The New Stark Disclosure Protocol?, 12 Health Law Perspectives 9 (November 2010)
• Accountable Care Organizations: Will They Deliver Effective and Cost Effective Healthcare?  New Perspectives on Healthcare Risk Management, Control and Governance, Journal of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors, Vol. 29, No. 3 (September 2010)
• Physicians Providing In-Office Ancillary Services Must Meet New Disclosure Obligations To Satisfy Stark Law, 12 Health Law Perspectives 5 (June 2010)
• Co-Presenter, The Nuts and Bolts of Organizing and Affiliating Entities Involved In ACOs, presented at the CAPG Healthcare Conference 2010, Palm Desert, California, May 14, 2010
• Co-Lecturer, Corporate Law and Tax Exemption, Fundamentals of Health Law and Compliance, UCLA School of Public Health, February 23, 2010
• Co-Lecturer, General Contract Principles and Antitrust Law, Fundamentals of Health Law and Compliance, UCLA School of Public Health, January 26, 2010
• Appeals Court Decision Questions Hospital Provision of Free Use of Space, Equipment, Staff to Physicians, 11 Health Law Perspectives 5 (May 2009)
• Co-Presenter, Physician Recruitment: Stark, Kickback and Tax-Exempt Issues, Presented to The Camden Group, April 15, 2009
• Special Report: New Stark Physician Self-Referral Changes in Final 2009 Inpatient PPS Rules, 10 Health Law Perspectives 8 (August 2008).

Professional Affiliations

American Health Lawyers Association
American Bar Association (Health and Business Sections)
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Executive Committee Member, Health Law Section;  Member, Corporate Law Section)