Melissa Szabad of McGuireWoods Named Partner

Melissa Szabad, an associate in the healthcare department of law firm McGuireWoods, has been elevated to partner.

Ms. Szabad, who is one of only 15 of more than 900 lawyers at McGuireWoods to receive the designation this year, counsels and advises clients on an array of corporate and regulatory matters, including healthcare fraud and abuse, compliance, physician self-referral, professional standards, governmental reimbursement, facility licensure and accreditation, formation, merger and acquisition and joint venture transactions.

McGuireWoods’ Health Care Department, which is ranked largest in the country according to the American Health Lawyers Association, counsels healthcare providers on every aspect of their relationships and complex regulatory issues, and handles complex transactional and litigation issues for a range of health care clients, including hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, dialysis facilities, third-party payors, physician practices, private equity and health care financiers, publicly traded health care service and pharmaceutical companies, and trade associations.

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