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Andrew Levine
Practice Area:Health Law
Andrew S. Levine joined the firm in 1994. He is the senior partner overseeing the firm’s Health Law Regulatory practice. Andrew has had over 30 years’ experience in the healthcare field as a regulator, policy-maker and attorney.
Andrew represents a broad range of healthcare providers, including:
- Healthcare systems
- Academic medical centers
- Community hospitals
- Medical technology providers (MRI, radiation therapy, PET, proton beam, etc.)
- Behavioral health providers (e.g., psychiatric, substance use, etc.)
- Adult use (recreational) marijuana businesses
- Medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation sites
- Urgent care providers
- Ground and air emergency medical service providers (ambulances)
- Specialty clinics providing care to the homeless
- Rehabilitation providers
- Elder care and rehabilitation providers
- Community health centers
- Licensed health care administrators, nurses, social workers, etc.
Andrew counsels clients on state and federal legal and regulatory matters and routinely appears before the following agencies:
- The Department of Public Health (DPH)/Public Health Council
- The Health Policy Commission
- Cannabis Contract Commissions
- MassHealth
- The Department of Mental Health
- The Executive Office of Health and Human Services
- The Office of the Attorney General
- The Executive Office of Elder Affairs
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Assistant Commissioner for Health Care Systems, Department of Public Health and Director, Acute Hospital Conversion Board
Legal Counsel, Rate Setting Commission
Assistant General Counsel, Medicaid Program Assistant Director, Office of State Health Planning
Legislative Liaison, Department of Public Health
EDUCATION
New England School of Law, J.D., 1987
University of Cincinnati, Health Planning Administration, M.S., 1980
Clark University, B.A., 1978
COURT / BAR ADMISSIONS
Commonwealth Massachusetts
(1987)
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1987)
United States Court of Appeals (1988)
Maine (2018)
New Hampshire (Application Pending)
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Best Lawyers in America, Health Care Law 2021 (1)
OFF THE RECORD...
Andy is happily married to his wife Michele and the proud parent of two adult children (Lissa and Michael) who both graduated from Clark University and who reside locally as well. In his free time Andy enjoys skiing, hiking, baseball and golf.
(1) Best Lawyers is a division of Woodward/White, Inc. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.*
representative matters
- Strategic advice for health care providers on how to best navigate the regulatory processes
- Department of Public Health (“DPH”), Determination of Need (“DoN”) transfer of ownership filings
- DPH essential service closure filings (closures of hospitals and hospital services)
- DoN construction projects for hospitals and skilled care facilities
- DoN projects pertaining to medical imaging technology (e.g., MRI, PET, CT, Linear Accelerations, Proton Beam, etc.)
- DoN projects to establish new ambulatory surgical centers ("ASC"s)
- DoN projects to add behavioral health inpatient beds
- DPH licensure filings for hospitals, clinics, substance use and behavioral health providers, adult use (recreational) marijuana businesses, pharmacies, nursing homes
- Health Policy Commission Material Change Notice filings
- Drug Control Program pharmacy enforcement actions
- Medical Marijuana Dispensary, start up, enrollment and operational representation
- Air and ground ambulance representation on legal and regulatory issues
- Medicare certification proceedings
- DPH and CMS survey enforcement actions pertaining to nursing homes; acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, substance use providers, etc
- MassHealth enrollment
- DPH architectural, plan review and licensure filings
- DPH reportable patient care events
- MassHealth provider contracting issues
- Drug diversions
- State and federal Drug registrations
- Board of Registration licensure enforcement actions.
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Clearing the path for a state-of-the-art hospital in Charlestown
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Helping clients successfully navigate health care regulation
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