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Deborah is a nationally recognized leader in health industry transactions, with nearly 30 years of experience running complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, financing and contracting for health care providers and investors across the United States. At any given time, Deborah is engaged in leading teams of the firm’s transactional and regulatory lawyers on several large-scale deals. Her clients value her strategic thinking as well as her project management skills, from both a deal closure and cost perspective. Deborah also provides general counseling and strategic planning for both nonprofit and for-profit health care providers. She is consistently recognized by her peers and leading publications for excellence in health care law.

Deborah’s recent health industry merger and acquisition activity includes acquisitions and sales, joint ventures, and strategic affiliations totaling over one billion dollars. Her clients span the health care spectrum, including providers of ambulatory surgery services, micro-hospital development and management services, physician networks, kidney care services, vision care services, radiology and teleradiology services, home care services, fertility services, value based care, and behavioral health services (including substance use disorder treatment). Deborah has extensive project management experience, and provides deal structuring, general counseling, regulatory advice, and strategic planning for both nonprofit and for-profit health care providers.

Deborah is a Member in the firm's Health Law Practice. She is also a member of the firm's Health Reform Working Group and has served on the Policy Committee.

Deborah is also a certified Pilates instructor.


Deborah is a fantastic attorney and a passionate advocate whose instincts have proven reliable and highly valuable to our team.

- Healthcare Client, Chambers USA 2024

 

Deborah is extraordinarily intelligent and comes forth with very good legal solutions very quickly.

- Healthcare Client, Chambers USA 2024

 

She is smart and very commercial. Deborah gets transactions completed and is thoughtful in her approach.

- Healthcare Client, Chambers USA 2024

Deborah is a nationally recognized leader in health industry transactions, with nearly 30 years of experience running complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, financing and contracting for health care providers and investors across the United States. At any given time, Deborah is engaged in leading teams of the firm’s transactional and regulatory lawyers on several large-scale deals. Her clients value her strategic thinking as well as her project management skills, from both a deal closure and cost perspective. Deborah also provides general counseling and strategic planning for both nonprofit and for-profit health care providers. She is consistently recognized by her peers and leading publications for excellence in health care law.

Experience

  • Represented a Fortune 500 company that is a leading provider of kidney care services in hundreds of acquisitions, sales, and strategic joint ventures nationwide, including a 50-clinic partial divestiture and strategic joint venture with a leading health system
  • Represented a private equity backed radiology services provider in multiple physician practice and imaging center acquisitions and joint ventures
  • Represented multiple clients in developing value-based care solutions
  • Represented a Northeast regional provider of comprehensive substance use disorder treatment, including acute in-patient, outpatient and long-term residency programs in a cash and roll-over equity sale to a national strategic buyer
  • Represented a provider of geriatric behavioral health services in a cash and roll-over equity sale to a private equity buyer
  • Represented a national provider of physician staffing services in the spin-off and sale of its home health care business and multi-specialty physician practice
  • Represented a leading provider of fertility management services in the development of a cross-border nutraceutical joint venture
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Effective immediately, on August 22, 2024, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) adopted revisions to the cost and market impact review (CMIR) regulations (Revised Regulations), which govern California’s pre-closing health care transaction review process. As discussed in our prior post, certain health care entities must provide OHCA with notice of a transaction at least 90 days prior to closing. The Revised Regulations, among other things: (1) expand who must file a notice; (2) narrow the applicability of the health care professional shortage area threshold; (3) clarify calculation of California-derived revenue; (4) clarify confidentiality of expedited review request documents; and (5) add a required attestation.

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States are increasingly exercising regulatory oversight of health care transactions by enacting laws requiring prior notice or approval of certain health care transactions. Currently, 15 states have enacted health care transaction review laws applicable to for-profit transactions. On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, Mintz members Daniel A. Cody, Deborah A. Daccord, and Karen S. Lovitch engaged in an insightful discussion with Lois Johnson, General Counsel of Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, to discuss the latest developments surrounding these laws and gain valuable insight from Ms. Johnson’s expertise, as Massachusetts was one of the first states to implement a health care transaction review process. The highlights of this informative conversation are summarized below, and the webinar can be viewed here.

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On March 13, 2024, Indiana joined the ranks of states exercising greater oversight and regulation of health care transactions.  Senate Enrolled Act No. 9 (S.B. 9), which takes effect on July 1, 2024, requires written notice to the Indiana Attorney General (the AG) 90 days in advance of an acquisition or merger involving an Indiana “health care entity” that results in a change of control.  The law does not grant the AG authority to approve or deny a transaction, but the AG may evaluate any antitrust concerns and issue a civil investigative demand for additional information. 

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On March 1, 2024, New Mexico joined a growing number of states in enacting legislation that increases oversight of certain health care transactions. Senate Bill 15 (S.B. 15), which adds a new section to the New Mexico Insurance Code (the Code) titled the “Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act” (the Act), takes effect on May 1, 2024.

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta (AG) and Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Jim Wood recently introduced legislation (AB-3129) that would authorize the AG to review private equity group and hedge fund health care transactions. The proposed legislation’s stated intention is to address price increases and lower quality of and decreased accessibility to services associated with private equity acquisitions of certain health care entities, including physician practices. This article provides an overview of the proposed bill, an analysis of the key issues raised by the proposed legislation, and suggestions for next steps for those potentially affected by the proposal. 

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California’s health omnibus trailer bill SB-184 and the final cost and market impact review (CMIR) regulations (CMIR Regulations), which went into effect on December 18, 2023, have ushered in a significant change in California’s health care regulatory landscape with the creation of the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA). On January 2, 2024, OHCA began accepting notices of covered transactions through its notice of material change transaction submission portal.

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As the Mintz Health Law team welcomes the beginning of 2024, many of its members take a moment to reflect on the exciting growth of the Health Law Practice, opportunities to partner with clients on complex legal issues, and the celebration of numerous milestones.

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California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) is set to start pre-closing regulatory review of certain health care transactions on January 1, 2024. As further explained in our previous post, subject to certain exceptions, a broad range of health care entities (collectively, Health Care Entities) soon will be subject to potential pre-closing transaction review.

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California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) is set to begin advance regulatory review of certain health care transactions beginning January 1, 2024. As further explained in our previous post, subject to certain exceptions, a broad range of health care entities (collectively, Health Care Entities) will soon be subject to potential prospective transaction review. OHCA initially published proposed regulations for the new transaction review process in early August (for more details, see our prior post and podcast).  As further discussed in our previous post, these proposed regulations were revised in October and made available on the OHCA website, with a comment period that ended on October 17, 2023. In response to October’s public comments, OHCA has further revised the proposed regulations (Revised Regulations), which are available here. This time however, OHCA has also provided notice of proposed emergency regulatory action, indicating that this version of the regulations will be submitted to the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for approval. Once submitted, the public will have five days to provide comments to the OAL. If the OAL approves the regulations, it will file them with the California Secretary of State and the regulations will become effective as emergency regulations for five years as of the filing date. During this period, OHCA will proceed with regular rulemaking action addressing prospective health care transaction review.

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News & Press

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187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

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Mintz announced today that 42 of its practices and 83 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those included in the guide, 18 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm obtained new listings in three practice areas and 10 of its lawyers were recognized for the first time.

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Member Deborah Daccord spoke to Modern Healthcare about the state of the market for mental health startups, and what to expect over the next six months.

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Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.

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BOSTON –Mintz announced today that 39 of its practices and 81 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms.

BOSTON- Mintz is pleased to announce that Member Deborah Daccord has joined CaringBridge’s Board of Directors. Ms. Daccord is among industry leaders in business, technology, health care and the nonprofit sector who support and advise the senior leadership team at CaringBridge in charting the path of the organization in alignment with its mission.

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Best Lawyers® recognized 108 firm attorneys in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, two Mintz attorneys – Poonam Patidar and Scott M. Stanton – received 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 28 firm attorneys were included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

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Mintz partner and Massachusetts lawyer Julie Korostoff is one of 49 attorneys recognized as “Leaders in Their Fields” by the 2018 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide. Chambers named Korostoff a “Recognized Practitioner” in Technology.
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Best Lawyers named 85 Mintz attorneys to its 2018 list of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, Mintz attorneys Matthew J. Gardella and Samuel M. Tony Starr were named “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice areas.
Mintz is pleased to announce that Deborah Daccord has been recognized by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly among the 2017 “Top Women of Law.” Ms. Daccord, a Member in the firm’s Health Law Practice, is also Co-chair of the Health Care Transactions Group.
Best Lawyers named 73 Mintz attorneys to its 2017 list of The Best Lawyers in America. Mintz attorneys selected for inclusion in this year’s list span 44 practice areas. 
Firm’s National Healthcare Practice, NY Corporate/M&A and Litigation: General Commercial Among Newest Rankings
The 2015 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide names 52 Mintz, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.  attorneys as “Leaders in Their Fields.”
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Deborah is a nationally recognized leader in health industry transactions, with nearly 30 years of experience running complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, financing and contracting for health care providers and investors across the United States. At any given time, Deborah is engaged in leading teams of the firm’s transactional and regulatory lawyers on several large-scale deals. Her clients value her strategic thinking as well as her project management skills, from both a deal closure and cost perspective. Deborah also provides general counseling and strategic planning for both nonprofit and for-profit health care providers. She is consistently recognized by her peers and leading publications for excellence in health care law.

Recognition & Awards

  • BTI Consulting Group: M&A Client Service All-Star (2021)

  • Featured in Best Lawyers in America: Health Care Law (2012 – 2025)

  • Chambers USA: Massachusetts (Band 1) – Healthcare (2007 – 2018, 2024); (Band 2) - Healthcare (2019 – 2023)

  • Nightingale’s Healthcare News: Outstanding Healthcare Transaction Lawyer (2009)

  • Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce: Boston's Future Leaders (2006)

  • Harvard Law School Irving Oberman Memorial Award

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Deborah is a nationally recognized leader in health industry transactions, with nearly 30 years of experience running complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, financing and contracting for health care providers and investors across the United States. At any given time, Deborah is engaged in leading teams of the firm’s transactional and regulatory lawyers on several large-scale deals. Her clients value her strategic thinking as well as her project management skills, from both a deal closure and cost perspective. Deborah also provides general counseling and strategic planning for both nonprofit and for-profit health care providers. She is consistently recognized by her peers and leading publications for excellence in health care law.

Involvement

  • Managing Director, Golden Seeds
  • Board of Trustees, Lasell Village
  • President’s Council and Past Board Chair, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
  • Founding Member, Women for Whittier
  • Member, 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
  • Member, The Florida Bar
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