Christopher Dean is an associate attorney in Ober|Kaler's Health Law Group. He advises physicians, hospitals and other health care facilities on Medicare/ Medicaid billing and compliance, the Maryland Patient Referral Law, the Stark law, the anti-kickback statute, physician recruitment, electronic health records and e-prescribing, HIPAA, HITECH and patient privacy. He also advises ambulatory surgical centers, assisted living facilities, home health agencies and other health care facilities regarding licensure, the Certificate of Need program and other regulatory matters.

Chris has also worked with clients on a variety of antitrust issues, mergers and acquisitions, the purchase and sale of ambulatory surgical centers, professional corporations and other entities, contract negotiation, entity formation, employment and consulting agreements, and other corporate and limited liability company matters

Represented rural hospital in lobbying federal agency for a change in regulations regarding medical malpractice insurance subsidies

Served as health care regulatory counsel in connection with the sale of for-profit home health agencies

Served as health care regulatory counsel in connection with the sale of a §501(c)(3) tax exempt hospital

HIPAA counsel for physicians, health plans and §501(c)(3) tax exempt covered entities

Represented physicians in administrative proceedings regarding the enforcement of State self-referral laws

Provided antitrust advice regarding joint purchasing and clinical integration among health care providers

Court of Appeals of Maryland

University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2004

Law Review, Articles Editor

National Moot Court Team, Captain

United States Naval Academy, B.S., with merit, 1994

American Bar Association

American Health Lawyers Association

Baltimore City Bar Association

Colchester on the Severn Community Association

Past President

Lawyers Campaign Against Hunger

Executive Committee

Maryland State Bar Association

Business Law Section

Health Law Section

Section Council

Legislative Liaison

University of Baltimore School of Law

Alumni Mentor Program

Author, "Boutique Medicine, Legal Pitfalls," Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS, 2009

Author, "Mark it Up, Medicare May Pay," Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS, 2009

Presenter, "Hospital/Physician Relations & More: RAC, Overpayments, Anti-Markup Rule and the Red Flags Rule," Seminar for Maryland Physicians, 2009

Presenter, "Health Law Hot Topics and Red Flags for Non-Health Care Lawyers," Maryland State Bar Association Annual Meeting, 2008

Presenter, "Hospital and Physician Relations," American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management, Maryland Chapter, 2008

Co-author, "New Stark Regs Impact Financial Dealings of Doctors, Hospitals," The Daily Record, 2008

Co-author, "Doctors Should Curb Entrepreneurial Zeal After Rulings," The Daily Record, 2008

Author, "Net Changes to Health Care Regulations," M.D. News, 2008

Author, "Medical Record Storage," Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS, 2008

Co-author, "Hospital Peer Review: Do It Right," The Daily Record, 2007

Co-author, "New and Improved Electronic Health Records Safe Harbor," The Daily Record, 2007

Co-author," Malpractice Subsidy Better for Some Than Others," The Daily Record, 2007

Presenter," Let's Make a Deal: Grand Prize or Goat?" The Daily Record, 2006

Author, "Let's Make a Deal, E-Prescribing and Electronic Health Records," Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS, reprint in The Daily Record, 2006

Author, "Davidson v. Microsoft Corporation: Re-examining Maryland's Illinois Brick Bar Against Indirect Private Purchasers," University of Baltimore Law Review, 2003

Attorney, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC

Clerk, Honorable Glenn T. Harrell, Jr., Court of Appeals of Maryland

Summer Associate, Gordon Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC

Judicial Intern, Honorable Peter B. Krauser, Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Project Manager, Earl Industries, LLC

Naval Officer, United States Navy