Ann T. Hollenbeck

Partner-in-Charge Detroit

Detroit + 1.313.230.7960

Ann Hollenbeck advises clients in the health care and life sciences industry on digital health, artificial intelligence, human subjects research, organ transplant, pharmacy/340B, and fraud and abuse matters. Ann also represents hospitals, academic medical centers, and technology companies, as well as ambulatory surgery centers and telemedicine providers, in such transactional matters as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and physician-hospital co-ownership and co-management arrangements. She regularly advises these entities on the negotiation of clinical trial-related agreements, including virtual clinical trials, in addition to related regulatory matters, such as Medicare reimbursement and institutional review board responsibilities.

Ann's recent experience includes advising hospitals on organ transplant matters before the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). Ann has guided clients on international telehealth and in-person care in South America, Europe, and Africa. Ann has also recently assisted clients in self-disclosure matters with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Ann previously served as assistant general counsel at the University of Michigan. She is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and of the State Bar of Michigan (former chair, Health Law Section). Ann is a member of the board of directors of Gift of Life Michigan (organ procurement organization).

Ann has been quoted in publications, such as MedPage Today and Crain's Detroit Business, and has published on various health care topics, including digital health and pharmacy/controlled substances matters.

Ann is the Partner-in-Charge of the Detroit Office.

Experiência

  • Hart Medical Equipment enters joint venture arrangement with QuiptJones Day represented Hart Medical Equipment, a DME Provider owned by two large health systems in Michigan and a hospital group in Ohio, in the formation of a joint venture with Quipt, a publicly-traded DME Provider.
  • National digital health company considers new services offering involving controlled substancesJones Day advised a national digital health company on the federal and state regulatory considerations in connection with a new services offering involving the prescription of controlled substances.
  • Educational nonprofit restructures debt and achieves workouts with its lender and major creditorsJones Day successfully assisted pro bono a Virginia-based 501(c)(3) educational organization in restructuring its balance sheet, negotiating and documenting new financing, facilitating settlements with major secured and unsecured creditors, navigating non-profit governance issues, addressing real estate concerns, and resolving labor and employment issues.
  • Academic medical center transplant programs successfully respond to inquiries concerning safety and workplace cultureJones Day advised an academic medical center regarding the internal reviews, document gathering, written responses and oral presentations in response to inquiries from United Network for Organ Sharing concerning the safety and workplace culture of academic medical center transplant programs.
  • Multiple academic medical centers resolve inquiries from UNOS on organ transplant operationsJones Day advised multiple academic medical centers on their management of and responses to inquiries from United Network for Organ Sharing and led internal reviews of personnel and compliance with requirements of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network policies.
  • Academic medical center investigates alleged organ procurement errorJones Day led an internal investigation of an academic medical center alleged to have violated Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network policies applicable to organ procurement.
  • Webster Bank provides $25 million credit facility to research and archiving service provider in biopharmaceutical industryJones Day represented Webster Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, collateral agent, swingline lender, issuing bank, and as a lender, in connection with a $25 million credit facility to a certain group of borrowers and their subsidiaries which provide research and archiving services in the biopharmaceutical industry.
  • McLaren Health Care sells McLaren St. Luke's HospitalJones Day advised McLaren Health Care, a fully-integrated health care delivery system headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, with respect to the closure and discontinuation of operations of McLaren St. Luke’s Hospital located in Maumee, Ohio, as well as the sale of its facilities, land, and physical assets to another major midwest-based hospital system.
  • Hospital reviews contract pharmacy arrangements and inventory management policiesJones Day counseled a hospital on 340B contract pharmacy transitions related to medical education clinics, and reviewed 340B policies and procedures related to outpatient department inventory management.
  • Nurx merges with Thirty MadisonJones Day provided healthcare and data privacy counsel to Nurx in connection with its merger with Thirty Madison, a leading digital healthcare company operating across the U.S.
  • City of Hope acquires Cancer Treatment Centers of AmericaJones Day advised City of Hope, a world-renowned, National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer research and treatment organization, in connection with its acquisition of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a network of oncology hospitals and outpatient care centers across the United States.
  • Large health care system secures rescission of statutorily unappealable CMS decisionJones Day advised a large hospital health system regarding a statutorily unappealable decision from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") that the health system did not qualify for the "mid-build exception" to the payment policy established under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
  • Digital health companies, specialty hospitals, and health systems maintain compliance with multistate requirements through 50-state surveyJones Day is representing digital health companies, specialty hospitals, and health systems in maintaining compliance with multistate requirements through a regularly updated, extensive 50-state survey on state laws and regulations applicable to telehealth activities of physicians and other health care professionals including licensing, establishing patient relationships, provider-to-provider consulting, supervision and delegation among providers, and prescribing and treatment standards.
  • Hospital system reaches settlement after DEA investigationJones Day represented one of the largest hospital systems in Michigan in connection with a multi-year DEA diversion investigation concerning potential violations of the Controlled Substances Act across multiple locations within the system.
  • Olive Tree Ventures participates in $33 million investment in Lemonaid HealthJones Day represented Olive Tree Ventures as health regulatory and privacy counsel in connection with its investment in Lemonaid Health, a convenient, affordable, on-demand platform for accessing healthcare online.
  • Digital health company expands telehealth programming in response to the COVID-19 public health crisisJones Day represented a digital health company in the expansion of their telehealth programming in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis.
  • National diagnostic clinician network expands telehealth programming in response to COVID-19 public health crisisJones Day represented a national diagnostic clinician network in their expansion of telehealth programming in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis.
  • Telehealth company expands programming in response to COVID-19 public health crisisJones Day represented a telehealth company in the expansion of their telehealth programming in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis and related health regulatory and contracting matters.
  • Telemedicine provider expands telehealth programming in response to COVID-19 public health crisisJones Day represented a telemedicine provider in their expansion of telehealth programming in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis.
  • Hospital negotiates supply chain agreements and registers child site under 340B programJones Day negotiated supply chain and purchasing agreements for 340B drugs for a hospital, assisted with child site registration and designation for the hospital's 340B program, and reviewed potential 340B considerations related to transactions.
    • May 2024
      Lawyering in the age of GenAI
    • May-June 2020
      Better a Step Ahead Than a Step Behind: The Benefits of Proactive Opioid Diversion and Loss Reporting to Regulators and Law Enforcement, Hollenbeck, Gabel, and Joseph, 22 No. 3 J. Health Care Compliance 45 (May-June, 2020).
    • May 6, 2019
      Legal and Regulatory Issues with Teledermatology, Current Dermatology Reports
    • March 5, 2019
      Health Care Compliance Legal Issues Manual, Co-Editor, American Health Lawyers Association
    • December 2018
      Institutional Review Boards, Co-author of Secondary Findings in Genomic Research, American Health Lawyers

    Publications Prior to Jones Day

    February 2017

    Advice for the Non-Healthcare Lawyer Representing Clients in Arrangements with Hospitals and Other Health Care Providers (February 2017) Michigan Bar Journal

    August 2016

    Representing Hospitals  and Health Systems Handbook (August 2016) Co-author American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)

    April 2016

    Policy and Review:  The IRB's Imperative in Incidental Findings in Research (April 2016) Co-author American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)

    2014

    Health Care Compliance Legal Issues Manual (2014) Co-author American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)




    • September 10, 2024
      Accountable Care Organizations & Value Based Care Summit, Plante Moran
    • May 25, 2023
      Healthcare Regulation & Reimbursement Summit, Plante Moran
    • April 20, 2023
      A Board Member's Guide to Legal Issues and Regulatory Challenges Faced by Hospitals, Michigan Health & Hospital Association
    • March 30, 2023
      The End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Preparing for the New Regulatory Environment, Michigan Health & Hospital Association
    • March 9, 2023
      Federal Regulatory Update, Institute of Continuing Legal Education/Health Law Institute
    • March 25, 2021
      Telemedicine 0-60 MPH: Building a Pandemic Telemedicine Program from the Ground Up, American Health Law Association
    • March 12, 2021
      Federal Regulatory Update, Health Law Institute, Institute of Continuing Legal Education/Michigan State Bar Association
    • August 6, 2020
      Healthcare on the Other Side: Deal Activity to Accelerate, BDO
    • March 12, 2020
      Federal Regulatory Update, Health Law Institute, Institute of Continuing Legal Education/Michigan State Bar Association
    • December 3, 2019
      Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data: What You and Your Organization Should Know
    • June 21, 2019
      Pharmaceutical Compliance & Legal Issues, Health Care Compliance Association Regional Conference
    • March 7, 2019
      Federal Regulatory Update, Health Law Institute, Institute of Continuing Legal Education/Michigan State Bar Association

    Speaking Engagements Prior to Jones Day

    March 2017

    Incidental Findings in Genomic Research: Ethics, Law and Practicality, Legal Issues Affecting Academic Medical Centers and Other Teaching Institutions, AHLA co-sponsored with National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) and Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC),

    Baltimore, MD

    April 2016

    Hospital/Physician Relationships and the Law, Excellence in Governance Fellowship, Michigan Health and Hospital Association

    Grand Rapids, MI

    January 2015

    Clinical Research Update - How Will New Developments Impact Your Institution?, Legal Issues Affecting Academic Medical Centers and Other Teaching Institutions, AHLA co-sponsored with National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) and Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

    Washington, D.C.

    October 2013

    Tax Issues in Clinical Research, Tax Issues for Health Care Organizations Conference, American Health Lawyers Association

    Washington, D.C.

    January 2013

    Research Collaborations between AMCs and Community Hospitals, Legal Issues Affecting Academic Health Centers and Other Teaching Institutions Conference, American Health Lawyers Association

    Washington, D.C.