Profile
John R. Holdenried provides a full range of health law services to healthcare providers, with a concentration on regulatory, transactional, and contracting issues; managed care contracting and network formation; tax exemption; and corporate compliance issues, including reimbursement, tax, Stark, and fraud and abuse.
John is a frequent presenter at programs of the American Health Lawyers Association. He has also spoken at regional and local programs sponsored by state hospital associations, state hospital attorney societies, and chapters of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Health Care Compliance Association. Topics on which he has spoken include duties of hospital directors, physician recruitment, physician practice acquisition, managed care, accountable care organizations, corporate compliance programs, tax exemption issues, Stark, fraud and abuse, fair market value, and rural hospital issues. Since 1991, John has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the field of Health Care Law. John has also been named in Chambers USA (© 2013) and Great Plains Super Lawyers since 2007 for his work in Health Care Law.
John was the Managing Partner of the firm from 2001-2009. From 1975 to 1977, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Warren K. Urbom, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. He has passed the Iowa Uniform Certified Public Accounting Examination.
Areas of Practice
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1975
- Creighton University, B.S., Business Administration, 1972
Bar & Court Admissions
- Nebraska, 1975
- Iowa, 1992
- United States District Court of Nebraska, 1975
Professional & Civic Affiliations
- Nebraska Chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association
- IRS Council for Tax Exempt and Governmental Entities- Great Lakes Region
- United Way of the Midlands Community Investment Review Team
- American Health Lawyers Association, Past Board of Directors, Program Chair of Tax Program, and Vice Chair of Tax and Finance Practice Group
- Iowa Society of Healthcare Attorneys, Former President
- New Cassel, Inc., Past Board President
- Alzheimer’s Association of the Midlands Chapter, Past President
- One World Community Health Center, Inc., Past President
- South Omaha Affordable Housing, Past Board Secretary
- St. Margaret Mary Parish, Past Board of Education, Parish Council, and Finance Committee
- Family Housing Advisory Services, Past President
- Big Brothers-Big Sisters of the Midlands, Past President
- Leadership Omaha participant (1983 – 1984)
- Legal Research and Writing, Creighton University School of Law, Instructor (1981 – 1987)
Selected Practice Highlights
- Establishing and advising PHOs, PPOs, and other managed care entities
- Assisting clients in negotiating and reviewing managed care and shared risk contracts
- Drafting physician employment compensation plans and contracts
- Drafting and negotiating physician co-management arrangements
- Counseling tax-exempt clients on compliance issues
- Counseling hospital boards on fiduciary and compliance duties
- Counseling physician groups on structure, contracts and operational issues
- Representing clients in transactions for purchase, sale, and affiliations of healthcare providers
- Counseling on corporate organization and structure issues of tax-exempt organizations
- Drafting and counseling on hospital-physician joint ventures
- Counseling on procedures on use and retention of Provider Relief Funds
