901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
United States
Jeff Kapp practices in the area of health care transactions and has substantial experience in mergers and acquisitions and various types of joint ventures, affiliations, and outsourcing transactions. He represents hospitals and health systems in strategic transactions, such as hospital mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and physician contracting matters, including co-management arrangements, physician recruitment, employment and medical director agreements, and hospital-based physician agreements. He also has represented these clients regarding significant business functions, such as the negotiation of strategic supply management, equipment leasing, and consulting agreements.
Jeff counsels health systems, hospitals, emergency medical service providers, academic medical centers, and medical device companies regarding compliance matters, including Medicare fraud and abuse and Stark Law compliance, tax-exempt organization rules, HIPAA's privacy and security regulations, security breach notification laws, and other general health law issues.
Jeff's outsourcing practice focuses on negotiating and drafting customer-side transactions for information technology, benefit plan administration, and other administrative services. He is also experienced in negotiating and drafting software licenses, services and maintenance agreements, and agreements for the acquisition of information technology systems.
Jeff is a member of American Health Lawyers Association and serves as a vice chair for the AHLA's Business Law and Governance Practice Group. He serves as president of the Society of Ohio Healthcare Attorneys and previously chaired the Columbus Bar Association Health Law Committee. He serves as the vice chair of the board of Vocational Guidance Services, a Cleveland-based nonprofit organization.
Areas of Practice | 1) Healthcare, 2) Health Care Transactions, 3) Outsourcing, 4) Privacy & Data Security and 5) Mergers and Acquisitions |
Law School | The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law |
Education | Miami University (B.A., 1990) |
Bar Member / Association | Ohio |
Most recent firm | Jones Day |
Ms. Fitzgerald represents employers in a wide range of industries, including the entertainment, financial services, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, and transportation industries.