Eric J. Knickrehm

About Eric J. Knickrehm

I help investors, founders, providers, and operators navigate complex transactions and regulatory challenges with clarity and confidence.As a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, I focus on healthcare M&A, investments in professional services firms (law, accounting, architecture and engineering), private equity investments, joint ventures, and regulatory strategy. I regularly advise private equity firms, strategic investors, hospices, home health agencies, physician groups, management services organizations (MSOs), digital health startups, and healthcare investors through high-stakes deals, restructurings, and compliance planning.My clients value practical, business-minded legal advice. Whether it\'s structuring a transaction or navigating state and federal regulations, I deliver responsive, strategic counsel aligned with their goals.I’ve supported clients through transactions ranging from $1MM to $3B, and served as outside counsel to growth-stage and mature businesses across the country.In addition to deal work, I speak and write regularly on professional services firm regulations, healthcare consolidation, value-based care trends, and the legal landscape for digital health innovation. founders, operators, investors, and advisors.Specialties: Health Care Law, Health Care Policy, Health Care Mergers & Acquisitions, Accounting Firm Acquisitions, Law Firm Acquisitions, Alternative Practice Structures (APS), Professional Services Firm M&A, Medicare, Medicaid, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI), Health Information Technology (HIT), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Post-Acute Care, Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs), Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), Physician Payment, Policy Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Legislative Analysis, Telehealth, Corporate Practice of Medicine.

Experience

1. Partner

   Winston & Strawn LLP

   Nov 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• Saint Louis University School of Law

  J.D., Health Law

  2008 — 2011

• Creighton University

  B.S., Health Care Administration & Policy

  2004 — 2008

Skills

• Medicaid
• Regulatory Analysis
• Public Policy
• Regulatory Reporting
• Medicare
• Courts
• Healthcare
• Legislative Tracking
• Health Care Law
• Policy Research
• Legal Research
• Legislation
• Public Health Policy
• Legislative Research
• Legislative Policy
• Health Law
• Politics
• Nanotechnology
• Civil Litigation
• Political Research
• Policy Analysis
• Government Relations
• Environmental Law
• Regulatory Research
• Health Policy
• Legislative Analysis
• Environmental Policy