With a strong background in reimbursement and Medicaid supplemental payment programs, Baxter represents healthcare providers in regulatory, compliance, and litigation matters.
After starting his legal career in general civil litigation, Baxter began helping healthcare providers recover systematic underpayments from managed care organizations. His practice gradually shifted into assisting health systems and other providers with ways to cover the shortfall on the cost of treating Medicaid and uninsured patients. Working with hospitals throughout Texas, Louisiana, and other states, he assisted in the development and implementation of Medicaid supplemental payment programs, fostering collaborations between private healthcare systems and public entities to create new reimbursement opportunities through various government payment programs. This work required a deep dive into the full spectrum of healthcare regulatory and compliance law as Baxter resolved questions regarding the legal framework for various payment systems, physician contracting, medical staff operations, corporate entities, taxation, and insurance coverage, giving him a firm understanding of the regulatory structure governing the medical sphere.
Today, Baxter has a national practice with a Texas focus and divides his time between healthcare regulatory counsel, litigation, and assistance with reimbursement systems, including regulatory oversight of payments through audits, government inquiries, and administrative reviews. The opportunity to support health systems in their mission of patient care, and addressing challenges that allow providers to continue treating underserved communities, is the most rewarding part of his work.
Clients value Baxter’s positive personality and the partnerships he builds over time. Baxter aims to provide clients with the maximum results through the minimum of costs: his goal is always to solve clients’ problems in the most straightforward way possible so they can focus on their healthcare mission.