Scott Edelstein

Partner
Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey

Scott A. Edelstein focuses his practice on advising health care providers on legal and regulatory issues. He also regularly assists hospitals and physician groups in the formation of integrated delivery systems, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and medical tourism. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Edelstein was a partner in a major international health law firm.

Mr. Edelstein works closely with ASCs, imaging centers, “e-health” companies, telemedicine networks, health care providers, hospitals, and pharmaceutical and biomedical companies on a range of domestic and international health care law compliance matters involving licensing, physician recruiting, partnership, joint ventures, technology agreements, academic affiliations and outsourcing.

Mr. Edelstein has written extensively on health care compliance issues including fraud and abuse and the HIPAA privacy and security standards. His frequent lectures on health care issues have included discussions on health care compliance in the age of diminishing reimbursement and on challenges posed by electronic medical records and outsourcing.

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 American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Health Information Management Association, the American Health Lawyers Association, the Association of Telemedicine Service Providers, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.  He is an active member of the California and District of Columbia bar associations.