Robert Zinkham leads Venable's healthcare practice.

Having spent 25 years exclusively practicing healthcare law, Mr. Zinkham develops and organizes business relationships between hospitals and physicians, representing both large hospital systems and physician groups.

He has extensive regulatory experience with federal and state government investigations of healthcare entities. He also represents significant commercial health insurers.

Rapid and major changes in healthcare have created challenges for physicians, hospitals and other healthcare groups. Mr. Zinkham's considerable success in structuring original and profitable medical entities in compliance with the law provides an uncommon benefit to those new to healthcare management, as well as established practitioners and facilities seeking to assure both high-quality and cost-effective care.

Representative Clients

Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Anne Arundel Medical Center
CareFirst

Significant Matters
Mr. Zinkham has engineered joint ventures and the purchase and sale of numerous healthcare entities, involving hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and physician groups. He also has led the corporate reorganization of a multi-billion-dollar health insurance company.

Activities
Mr. Zinkham is Chairman of the Board of The Maryland Zoo.