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Haroon F. Hashmi

Senior Attorney
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Haroon has a national healthcare law practice and is regularly engaged by healthcare providers and businesses across the United States as a strategic advisor and counsel on a wide variety of healthcare regulatory compliance, transactional, and corporate litigation matters.

Known for his in-depth understanding of healthcare laws and regulations and keen business sense, Haroon is passionate about helping his clients find simple and efficient ways to achieve their business goals while minimizing regulatory risk. By partnering with his clients and maintaining a comfortable and responsive line of communication, Haroon is frequently his clients’ primary point of contact on all legal matters, including:

  • Structuring healthcare businesses and relationships to comply with federal and state laws including the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark law, and state corporate practice of medicine rules;
  • Establishing management services organizations (MSOs) and friendly-PC relationships;
  • Advising healthcare start-ups in all stages including conceptualization, scaling with or without external funding, and sale through merger, acquisition, or consolidation;
  • Reviewing physician employment and professional service agreements;
  • Assisting with payor disputes (including Medicare and Medicaid); and
  • Representing individuals and entities facing audits and investigations by the OIG-HHS, Department of Justice, and various federal and state government agencies.

As the son of a surgeon and healthcare entrepreneur, Haroon has always had a strong personal connection to the healthcare industry. Building on this foundation, he received his legal training in healthcare regulatory enforcement at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Department of Justice, and earned a Certificate in Healthcare Strategy from Harvard Business School. These experiences have provided Haroon with a unique appreciation for the multiple vantage points within healthcare. Consequently, clients across all facets of the healthcare industry rely on Haroon to identify industry trends and uncover untapped business opportunities.

In addition to his representation of healthcare providers, Haroon has extensive experience handling high-stakes, complex commercial litigation matters, business operational issues, and transactions for corporate clients and executives, including those in the real estate, oil and gas, and entertainment industries.

Haroon resides in Dallas, Texas, with his Wife and two children, all of whom enjoy spending their free time cheering on the Dallas Mavericks. In addition to his love for basketball, Haroon is an avid singer and guitarist, and enjoys hosting musical gatherings for his friends and family.

Education

J.D., cum laude, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
B.A., The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, Political Science
Certificate in Healthcare Strategy, Harvard Business School Online

Recognitions

Named among Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters (2023-2024)

Memberships

Dallas Bar Association

American Health Law Association

State Bar Licenses

Texas, District of Columbia

Court Admissions

U.S. District Ct., N.D. of Texas
U.S. Bankruptcy Ct., E.D. of Texas

Representative Experience

Healthcare Representative Experience*

  • Represented Seller of one of the largest portfolios of dialysis centers in the United States (2024), setting a new industry standard on valuation.
  • Represented a national physician-led start-up with legal formation, contracting, and investment structuring on an eight-figure investment.
  • Represented a national private equity-backed Buyer in a multi-state physician practice acquisition.
  • Assisted several healthcare businesses with multi-state regulatory reviews and payor disputes.
  • Assisted a large children’s hospital system with an internal regulatory review.
  • Assisted a public health system in Illinois with a comprehensive update to its compliance policies and procedures.
  • Represented a Texas physicians’ group in drafting and reviewing professional services agreements.
  • Represented a Texas-based medical laboratory in outsourced general counsel services.
  • Obtained favorable recovery on more than $275 million worth of wrongfully denied and underpaid claims on behalf of a Texas hospital through ERISA, State Prompt Pay, and Texas Insurance Code litigation.
  • Obtained a favorable settlement for a Texas hospital on a $170 million counterclaim against a major insurance company. The hospital’s counterclaim was filed in response to the insurance company’s lawsuit alleging overpayment and seeking recoupment. Insurer settled the counterclaims brought by the hospital and voluntarily dismissed its own original claims with no settlement payment or commitments by the hospital after it was categorically denied summary judgment.
  • Represented a Texas hospital in affirmative claims of more than $100 million against a billing company for mismanagement of the hospital’s revenue cycle processes. The billing company settled the hospital’s claims on the eve of trial, after being denied summary judgment.
  • Successfully appealed a physician group’s credentials termination by United Healthcare.
  • Successfully represented a physician practice in a TMB and NPDB investigation, resulting in no adverse action.
  • Obtained a dismissal for a third-party health benefits administrator in an ERISA underpayments lawsuit.
  • Represented an imaging company in a HHS-OCR HIPAA breach investigation resulting in no penalties or adverse actions.
  • Represented an emergency physician staffing/billing company in a class action lawsuit related to balance billing.
  • Represented a physician whistleblower in a federal Qui Tam lawsuit.
  • Represented one of the largest ophthalmology practices in Texas in an arbitration against a major Medicare Advantage payor.
  • Represented a Texas hospital in more than 50 matters of active litigation worth more than $25 million.
  • Represented a Texas hospital in more than 10 matters of active litigation worth more than $3 million.
  • Represented a Texas hospital in negligence claims against an emergency physicians’ group.
  • Represented an imaging company in litigation alleging more than $10 million in damages.
  • Obtained a reversal and settlement of a HHSC Emergency Suspension Order against a hospital.
  • Obtained an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with the TX Office of the Attorney General for a healthcare business.
  • Represented a Durable Medical Equipment start-up in licensing and accreditation.
  • Drafted many healthcare commercial contracts including professional services agreements, financing agreements and due diligence, facility sale agreements and due diligence, compliance programs, policies and procedures, credentialing applications, patient intake paperwork, equipment sale and lease agreements, management services agreements, physician syndication / MSO structuring.
  • Provided outside general counsel services for hospitals, and physician groups to help manage day-to-day legal needs, and develop innovative models for business development.
  • Represented defendants in a 21-personal healthcare indictment alleging a $40 million fraud scheme.
  • Represented a healthcare executive in a federal healthcare fraud investigation resulting in no charges or adverse action.

Non-Healthcare Representative Experience*

  • Represented Seller and Tenant in $50 Million Real Estate Sale Leaseback Agreement.
  • Represented Seller in $2.1 Million Business Equity Purchase Agreement.
  • Represented one of the nation’s largest office furniture distributors in a $10 million commercial dispute.
  • Represented Buyer in a $2 Million commercial real estate acquisition.
  • Represented a media personality in a federal criminal investigation resulting in No Charges.
  • Obtained a dismissal for a media group and reporter in defense of a $20 Million defamation lawsuit.
  • Represented a Borrower against a Lender on breaches relating to a more than $22 Million loan.
  • Represented a Seller in a $2.1 Million Real Estate Sale with a 1031 Exchange Buyer.
  • Obtained a TRO and Injunction against a multi-billion-dollar lender to stop a commercial foreclosure.
  • Obtained the sole dismissal for a linen and cleaning services business in a multi-defendant suit.
  • Represented a national railroad flagging services company in several commercial litigation matters.

*Includes experience that was completed prior to joining Clark Hill.