Scott A. Edelstein

Partner, Washington DC
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

Scott A. Edelstein is a partner in the international law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.  Working primarily out of the firm’s Washington, DC and San Francisco offices, he focuses his practice on advising health care providers and payors on legal and regulatory issues related to medical tourism both domestically and internationally. He also regularly assists healthcare clients in the formation of cross-border integrated delivery systems, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and affiliations.

Mr. Edelstein works closely with medical centers, medical spas, imaging centers, “e-health” companies, telemedicine networks, health care providers and pharmaceutical and biomedical companies on a range of domestic and international health care law compliance matters involving licensing, physician contracting, technology agreements and outsourcing.

Mr. Edelstein has written extensively on health care compliance issues including third party reimbursement and patient data privacy and security. His frequent lectures on health care issues have included discussions on consumer healthcare initiatives in the age of diminishing reimbursement and on challenges posed by electronic medical records and outsourcing.

Mr. Edelstein received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) at its first annual Integrity Awards. He was also named part of the Legal Elite for 2009 by the readership of Washington SmartCEO.  In 2004, 2005 and 2006, he was named as one of Southern California’s Rising Stars in Health Care Law by Los Angeles Magazine and Legal Times.

Mr. Edelstein serves on the advisory board for the Medical Tourism Association and is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the Association of Telemedicine Service Providers, the Health Information Management Systems Society and the American Health Lawyers Association.  He is also a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.