Deborah is Co-chair of the firm’s Healthcare Deal Lawyers working group. Her work involves a wide variety of transactional and regulatory matters, including joint ventures, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and financing and contracting for health care providers across the country. She is also a member of the firm’s Health Reform Working Group.
Her recent health care merger and acquisition activity includes acquisitions, joint ventures, and financings totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Her clients span the health care spectrum, including DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., retail and specialty pharmacies, major academic medical systems, health information technology companies, ambulatory surgery centers, radiation therapy providers, behavioral health providers, diagnostic service providers, and sports and fitness providers. Deborah provides general counseling, regulatory advice, and strategic planning for both nonprofit and for-profit health care providers.
Deborah has spoken and published on health care mergers and acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, incentive compensation arrangements, and other topics, and she has presented at numerous health care events and seminars.
Recognitions & Awards
- Best Lawyers in America: Health Care Law (2012 – 2013)
- Nightingale’s Healthcare News: Outstanding Healthcare Transaction Lawyer (2009)
- Chambers USA: Massachusetts – Healthcare (2007 – 2013)
- Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce: Boston's Future Leaders (2006)
- Harvard Law School Irving Oberman Memorial Award
Professional & Community Involvement
- Board of Directors, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
- Board of Directors, Brookline Community Health Center
- Advisory Board, Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation
- Board of Visitors, Fenway Health
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association
- Member, Boston Bar Association
Deborah is Co-chair of the firm’s Healthcare Deal Lawyers working group. Her work involves a wide variety of transactional and regulatory matters, including joint ventures, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and financing and contracting for health care providers across the country. She is also a member of the firm’s Health Reform Working Group.
Her recent health care merger and acquisition activity includes acquisitions, joint ventures, and financings totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Her clients span the health care spectrum, including DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., retail and specialty pharmacies, major academic medical systems, health information technology companies, ambulatory surgery centers, radiation therapy providers, behavioral health providers, diagnostic service providers, and sports and fitness providers. Deborah provides general counseling, regulatory advice, and strategic planning for both nonprofit and for-profit health care providers.
Deborah has spoken and published on health care mergers and acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, incentive compensation arrangements, and other topics, and she has presented at numerous health care events and seminars.
Recognitions & Awards
- Best Lawyers in America: Health Care Law (2012 – 2013)
- Nightingale’s Healthcare News: Outstanding Healthcare Transaction Lawyer (2009)
- Chambers USA: Massachusetts – Healthcare (2007 – 2013)
- Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce: Boston's Future Leaders (2006)
- Harvard Law School Irving Oberman Memorial Award
Professional & Community Involvement
- Board of Directors, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
- Board of Directors, Brookline Community Health Center
- Advisory Board, Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation
- Board of Visitors, Fenway Health
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association
- Member, Boston Bar Association
Publications
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Co-author,
Pitfalls in Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions – Emerging Issues, The Health Lawyer ()
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Co-author,
Sellers Prepare: Health Care Due Diligence, ()
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Co-author,
Meaningful Use = Meaningless Dollars, Health Care Reform Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Comparative Effectiveness Research Proposals: Potential Implications for Stakeholders, Health Care Reform Advisory ()
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Co-author,
The Medical Home — A New Foundation for Health Care, Health Care Reform Advisory ()
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Co-author,
OIG Issues Advisory Opinion on Joint Venture Buy-Outs, Oncology Issues ()
Speaking Engagements
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Moderator,
Strategic and Financial Investors’ Perspectives on Opportunities in Non-Hospital Acute Care and Ancillary Services,
Healthcare Deal Making Summit,
Nashville, TN
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Panelist,
New Pitfalls in Heath Care Transactions,
Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law Conference,
American Bar Association Health Law Section, New Orleans, LA
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Speaker,
Risks and Opportunities Presented by Health Care Reform,
Health Care Reform: What’s Happened and What’s Next for the Health Care Industry,
Mintz Levin and ML Strategies, Boston, MA
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Speaker,
Health Care Reform: What’s Happened and What's Next for California Companies,
Mintz Levin and ML Strategies, San Diego, CA
Newsroom
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Forty-Eight Mintz Levin Attorneys Featured in Chambers USA 2013 Guide, ()
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Mintz Levin Supports Senior Executive Women in Health Care as Sponsor of Women Business Leaders’ 12th Annual Summit, ()
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Mintz Levin Attorneys Susan W. Berson and Deborah A. Daccord to Moderate Panels at 2012 Healthcare Deal Making Summit, ()
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Sixty Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2013 Edition, ()
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Forty-One Mintz Levin Attorneys Featured in Chambers USA 2012 Guide, ()
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Forty-Three Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2012 Edition, ()
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Thirty Four Mintz Levin Attorneys Featured in Chambers USA 2011 Guide, ()
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Mintz Levin Attorney Deborah Daccord to Speak at ABA Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Health Care Law, ()
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Mintz Levin Adds Six Attorneys to Chambers USA 2010 Guide, ()
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Quoted in
Technology Allowing Patients to Participate in Own Health Care, The San Diego Daily Transcript ()
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Mintz Levin Attorney Carl A. Kukkonen Named to CONNECT Board of Directors, ()
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Deborah Daccord Named to Nightingale’s 2009 Outstanding Healthcare Transaction Lawyers List, ()
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Chambers USA Names 22 Mintz Levin Attorneys Leaders in Their Fields for 2009, ()
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Chambers USA Names 20 Mintz Levin Attorneys Leaders in their Fields for 2008, ()
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Chambers USA Names 19 Mintz Levin Attorneys Leaders in Their Fields for 2007, ()