Profile
Andrew D. Kloeckner represents healthcare clients with respect to a variety of issues, including regulatory, compliance, reimbursement, transactional, contracting, and tax-exemption matters. He received his Juris Doctor from Creighton University School of Law, magna cum laude, where he graduated with a concentration in Business, Taxation and Commercial Transactions. Andy also holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with an emphasis in accounting, summa cum laude, from Creighton University.
Areas of Practice
Education
- Creighton University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2006
- Creighton University, B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, 2003
Bar & Court Admissions
- Iowa, 2006
- Nebraska, 2007
- Illinois, 2021
Professional & Civic Affiliations
- OneWorld Community Health Centers, Inc., Past President, Board of Directors
- Nebraska Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, Past President, Board of Directors
- Iowa Society of Healthcare Attorneys, Past President, Board of Directors
- American Health Lawyers Association, Tax Program Planning Committee, Vice Chair of Publishing, Tax and Finance Practice Group
- Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Past President, Board of Directors
Selected Practice Highlights
- Advising clients on the impact of Stark, anti-kickback, and tax-exempt principles on contractual and other arrangements
- Representing hospitals in physician practice acquisitions
- Representing hospitals in mergers & divestitures, and acquisitions of ambulatory surgical centers
- Advising clients on the creation and governance of ancillary healthcare joint ventures
- Assisting in the preparation and submission of Stark self-disclosures under the Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol
- Structuring and advising clients on the creation of Accountable Care Organizations
- Advising clients on 8501(r) compliance
- Preparing and negotiating a wide variety of other health care contractual arrangements
Recent Speaking Engagements
- “Opportunities and Pitfalls in Structuring Health Care Transactions and Joint Ventures,” Tax Issues for Health Care Organizations, American Health Law Association, September 2024
- “Legal and Regulatory Grab Bag – Topics on Everyone’s Mind!,” Mid America Summer Institute, HFMA Region 8, August 2024
- “Navigating the Big Deals: Insight & Perspective from the Inside and Out,” Iowa Society of Health Care Attorneys Annual Meeting, May 2022
- “Changes and Modifications to the Stark and Anti-Kickback Rules,” NHA Annual Convention, October 2021
