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Hal understands deal structure and healthcare regulatory complexities, and understands how to meld the two to ensure we achieve our business objectives. He is a problem solver in all aspects of representation – be it corporate, M&A, transactional or regulatory. We couldn’t ask for a better attorney.

Elliott Feller, MCCI Medical Group, LLC, Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions

Overview

Hal is a strategic advisor and creative problem-solver, guiding providers, healthcare organizations, investors, and innovators through business-building, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, and long-term planning.

Hal represents healthcare and life sciences clients when organizational structure, capital, and regulation converge and the next decision will shape a practice or business for years. He advises on M&A, joint ventures, managed care, and digital health, focusing on structures that work in practice and hold up under regulatory scrutiny.

He has spent his career focused on the healthcare and life sciences industry, advising for-profit, nonprofit, and governmental organizations on transactions and related regulatory and policy matters. His work spans medical groups, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, behavioral health organizations, healthcare technology companies, health plans, and private equity-backed platforms. He is often brought in at inflection points, when structure, risk, and long-term implications need to be assessed clearly and decisions need to hold up over time.

Hal advises healthcare organizations on complex corporate and transactional matters, with a focus on transactions and operating structures shaped by regulatory and capital considerations. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and affiliation structures, management services arrangements, managed care and care delivery models, and related regulatory issues.

Hal has held senior leadership roles in the American Bar Association Health Law Section and the Texas State Bar Health Law Section, serving as Chair of both organizations. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Integral Care and on the Board of the Texas e-Health Alliance, where his work focuses on governance, policy, and the responsible use of technology in healthcare.

Hal understands deal structure and healthcare regulatory complexities, and understands how to meld the two to ensure we achieve our business objectives. He is a problem solver in all aspects of representation – be it corporate, M&A, transactional or regulatory. We couldn’t ask for a better attorney.

Elliott Feller, MCCI Medical Group, LLC, Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions

Industry

Services

Recognition

  • Austin Monthly magazine, Top Austin Attorney, Healthcare, 2022-2025
  • BL Rankings’ The Best Lawyers in America®
    • Health Care Law, 2008-2026
  • Chambers USA
    • Healthcare, 2007-2025
  • The Legal 500 United States
    • Healthcare: Service providers, Recommended attorney, 2023 and 2024
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
  • Thomson Reuters' Texas Super Lawyers, Health Care Law, 2003, 2004, 2009-2020

Education

  • J.D., University of Houston Law Center
  • B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Admissions

  • Texas
  • Colorado

Professional Memberships and Certifications

  • American Bar Association, Health Law Section, Chair, 2020-2021
    • Chair, Strategic Solutions, 2023-2024
    • Co Chair, Health Law Program Support Fund Stewardship, 2023-2024
    • Vice Chair, Past Chairs Advisory Board, 2023-2024
    • Health Law Council, Secretary, 2014-2018
    • Membership Committee, Co-Chair, 2011-2017
    • ABA Relations, Vice Chair, 2014-2020
    • SOC Membership Committee, Liaison, 2014-2018
    • Leadership Meeting Planning, Vice Chair, 2017-2018; Chair, 2019-2020
    • Physicians Legal Issues Conference, Vice Chair, 2017-2020
    • Finance, Vice Chair, 2019-2020
  • American Health Law Association
  • Board Certified, Health Law — Texas Board of Legal Specialization
  • College of the State Bar of Texas
  • State Bar of Texas
    • Health Law Section, Chair, 2018-2019
  • Texas Bar Association
    • Health Law Section, Vice Chair, 2017-2018
    • Health Law Council, 2011-present
Experience

Hal focuses on general corporate and transactional areas in the healthcare industry, with extensive experience in the purchase and sale of businesses, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, franchises, joint ventures, management services arrangements, managed care and care delivery models, product development, and health technology. He represents ​private businesses, publicly traded companies, governmental entities and non-profit organizations in strategic planning, corporate governance, launching new lines of business, and operational matters.


Additional Experience
  • Hal advised on the design and implementation of national B2B and B2C behavioral telehealth platforms, structuring operating and contractual models to comply with federal and state requirements, including telehealth laws and regulations, corporate practice of medicine, fee-splitting, privacy and security, and related corporate formalities. These structures were developed to support compliant, multi-state growth and operational scalability.
  • Hal worked with a regional multispecialty orthopedic group on its expansion into the Southeast United States, including the structuring of service line management and trauma coverage arrangements.
  • He led the team representing long-time client ImplantBase during its sale to Surgimate. Additionally, he has collaborated with physician groups and hospitals across urban, suburban, and rural areas in forming accountable care organizations and developing clinical integration models for contracting with commercial payors, including fee-for-service and shared savings or risk-based agreements.
  • Hal has also advised physicians and healthcare providers, including hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, on equity rollovers and governance protections in private equity-backed platform transactions, helping align economic outcomes with control, risk allocation, and long-term decision-making.
  • In addition, he has served as outside general counsel to private equity-backed healthcare platforms, advising management teams and boards on governance, regulatory compliance, and ongoing operational matters.
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Outside the Office

An early-morning workout guy, Hal enjoys spin and yoga classes.

Hal is an early riser and enjoys spin and yoga. He has practiced yoga for more than 20 years and is a certified yoga instructor. The discipline and focus of the practice carry over into how he approaches complex legal projects. You won’t find a monkey on his back, but you may find a goat.

Hal values time with his partner, Zahra, and his children, Morgan and Harrison. The family spends time together in La Jolla, California, and Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Fly fishing is also a favorite pastime. 

Community Leadership
  • Community Advancement Network, Board of Directors, 2017-2018 and 2022-present
  • Integral Care, Board of Trustees, 2010-present; Chair, 2013-2022
  • Spine Hope, Board of Directors, 2017-present
  • Texas eHealth Alliance, Board of Directors, 2022-present
South by Southwest

Hal is an active participant in Austin’s annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Conference

SXSW attracts entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, and other technology and digital professionals from around the globe. His recent engagements included serving as a mentor for startups. Hal provided insights on corporate governance, funding strategies and various operational issues faced by emerging businesses.

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