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Tony Shaffer

Senior Attorney

Anthony D. Shaffer assists health care organizations and industry service providers in developing legal and strategic solutions during all phases of their business life cycle. From the initial start-up to the ultimate disposition of an organization, Mr. Shaffer provides advice regarding how to comply with the myriad laws regulating the health care industry. Mr. Shaffer has a wealth of experience in health care transactional and regulatory matters including for profit and nonprofit organization and governance, business financing, acquisitions, sales, mergers, syndications, physician-hospital joint ventures, leasing, health care fraud, anti-kickback statute compliance, Stark law issues, health care informatics, health information privacy and security, charitable trust and tax-exemption, reimbursement and licensure. Mr. Shaffer was appointed by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland in 2008 to serve as a member of the Ohio Health Information Partnership Advisory Board. He is also a co-chair of the governance subcommittee and a member of the Legal Work Group for Ohio's Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC) project administered by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio.Mr. Shaffer is a frequent speaker on health care issues and the author or co-author of numerous articles on health care matters.Mr. Shaffer serves on the board of directors of both the Haven of Hope Cancer Foundation and Catholic Schools of Zanesville, Ohio. He is also a member of the American, Ohio State and Columbus Bar Associations, and the American Health Lawyers Association.