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Donald Robert Auten

About Donald Robert Auten

Donald Robert Auten is a lawyer practicing corporate, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and 7 other areas of law. Donald received a degree from University of Pennsylvania in 1968, and has been licensed for 54 years. Donald practices at Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia, PA.

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Areas of Law

  • Business Law 1
    • Joint Ventures
  • Other 9
    • Corporate
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Healthcare Law
    • Hospital-Physician Relationships and Joint Ventures
    • Academic Medical Center Issues
    • Community Hospital Issues
    • Faculty Practice Plans
    • Physician Group Practices
    • Medicare/Medicaid Fraud and Abuse and Stark Laws

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Of Counsel
    Firm Name
    Duane Morris LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Matters: Represented large contracting network of physicians
    hospitals in forming ACO
    implementing unique internal financing systems.
    Organized large statewide contracting network for purposes of entering into risk contracts
    effectively managing population health.
    Represented a large, community-based pediatric contracting organization in a restructuring of its relationship with a leading pediatric academic medical center
    the medical center's pediatric specialists, which resulted in additional funding from the hospital to support the continued growth
    infrastructure needs of our client.
    Represented large nonprofit healthcare system in acquisition of for-profit hospital.
    Represented several nonprofit community hospitals in sale of hospitals
    related assets to publicly-held for-profit companies, including creation of charitable community benefit foundations to further health needs of communities served by nonprofit hospitals.
    Represented nonprofit academic medical center in acquisition of acute care hospital from publicly-held for-profit company.
    Represented nonprofit health system in acquisition of non-profit hospital.
    Represented nonprofit community hospital in negotiation of lease
    services agreement with for-profit rehabilitation hospital for inpatient rehabilitation facility
    long-term acute care hospital.
    Represented nonprofit psychiatric hospital in the formation of whole hospital joint venture with a publicly held for-profit hospital company, including the creation of charitable community benefit foundation.
    Represented new parent corporation in the formation of nonprofit healthcare system.
    Represented academic medical center in organization of new accountable care organization.
    Represented large faculty practice plan in formation of unique accountable care organization structure to facilitate entry of community of physicians
    hospitals.
    Represented nonprofit academic medical center in structuring
    organizing cardiovascular joint venture with unrelated nonprofit community hospital.
    Represented a nonprofit healthcare system in negotiating
    documenting an exclusive management services/performance improvement agreement with a large cardiology practice group.
    Represented nonprofit academic medical center in negotiation
    structuring of affiliation agreement with nonprofit community health system to develop, own
    operate new general acute care hospital to replace existing hospital facility.
    Represented county in connection with consolidation of county-owned acute care hospital into nonprofit healthcare system
    construction of new hospital to replace the existing county-owned hospital.
    Represented nonprofit healthcare system in sale of long-term care facility to another nonprofit healthcare organization.
    Represented nonprofit healthcare system in transforming to an academic medical center
    becoming the principal partner of a state-related medical school.
    Represented nonprofit community hospital in structuring
    implementation of joint venture with academic medical center to jointly develop
    operate outpatient oncology center.
    Represented nonprofit academic medical center in the formation of joint venture with for-profit company to own, operate
    develop outpatient dialysis clinics, including contribution of existing clinics
    businesses to joint venture.
    Represented nonprofit healthcare system in affiliation agreement with nonprofit dialysis company for provision of inpatient
    outpatient dialysis services at multiple facilities.
    Represented nonprofit community hospital in sale of outpatient dialysis clinic to publicly-held company.
    Represented nonprofit psychiatric hospital in academic affiliation agreement with nonprofit medical school.
    Represented county in connection with termination of county-owned acute care hospital's management agreement with publicly-held hospital management company.
    Represented nonprofit academic medical center in divestiture of physician practices to physicians employed by healthcare system.
    Represented nonprofit community hospital in structuring medical office building joint venture with physicians.
    Represented nonprofit community health system in structuring new physician organization controlled by employed physicians.
    Represented nonprofit academic medical center in preparation of exclusive professional services agreements for emergency medicine department
    pathology department of nonprofit community hospital.
    Represented nonprofit academic medical center in formation of joint venture with publicly-traded ambulatory surgical center company for development
    operation of outpatient surgery centers with physician investors.
    Represented 900-physician faculty practice plan in negotiation
    implementation of master affiliation agreement with leading academic medical center.
    Represented nonprofit faculty practice plans in formation, restructuring
    joint venture transactions.
    Represented nonprofit community hospital in follow-on offering to physician investors of units in hospital/physician-owned ambulatory surgery center.
    Represented new physician organization in assimilation of large multi-specialty group
    related restructuring of nonprofit parent hospital governance to increase physician representation.
    Assisted cardiology practice in the negotiation of a co-management agreement for a diagnostic cath lab.
    Assisted cardiology
    thoracic surgery physicians in negotiation with a community hospital of a co-management agreement for the cardio-thoracic surgery line.
    Assisted pediatric independent practice association to add children's hospital as an additional member providing capital for expansion.
    Represented physicians in formation of a limited partnership to develop, own
    operate a physician-owned acute care hospital
    an offering of ownership interests to physician investors.
    Represented physicians in structuring
    implementing hospital/physician-owned ambulatory surgery center.
    Represented physician group in formation of outpatient radiation oncology center joint venture with nonprofit hospital, including contribution of nonprofit hospital's inpatient
    outpatient oncology departments to joint venture.
    Represented radiology group in formation of outpatient diagnostic imaging center joint venture with nonprofit community hospital.
    Represented ophthalmologist in formation of telemedicine start-up
    negotiation
    documentation of investment in the start-up by public company.
    Represented physician group in formation of joint venture with nonprofit hospital to develop, own
    operate an outpatient radiation oncology center.
    Represented ophthalmology group practice in connection with retirement/redemption of shareholders
    buy-in of new shareholders
    related transition issues.
    Represented start-up medical device company in the negotiation of joint development agreement
    related agreements with publicly-held medical device manufacturer.
    Represented start-up biotechnology company in negotiation of product license agreement with international pharmaceutical company.
    Represent start-up medical device company in negotiation of product license agreement with international manufacturer of medical devices.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1972, Pennsylvania
    1998, Massachusetts
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    1972, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    U.S. Tax Court
    Supreme Court of Massachusetts
    Memberships

    Professional Activities

    •Past Trustee, Philadelphia Bar Education Foundation, Inc.
    •American Bar Association
    - Taxation Section
    -- Past Chairman, Affiliated and Related Corporations Committee
    •Pennsylvania Bar Association
    - Tax Law Section
    •American Health Lawyers Association
    •Philadelphia Bar Education Center
    -- Trustee, 1995-1996
    --Secretary, 1996-1998
    •Pennsylvania Society of Healthcare Attorneys
    •Philadelphia Bar Association
    - Board of Governors, 1995-1996
    - Business Law Section
    --Healthcare Subcommittee
    - Tax Section
    -- Chair, 1995-1996
    --Vice-Chair, 1993-1994
    -- Council Director
    -- Past Chair, Federal Tax Committee
    •fellow, American College of Tax Counsel
    •Named Outstanding Healthcare Transaction Lawyer in United States in 2003

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Pennsylvania Law School
    Class of 1971
    J.D.
    cum laude

    University of Pennsylvania Law School
    Class of 1971
    J.D.
    1971 Order of the Coif
    Other Education
    University of Pennsylvania
    Class of 1968
    cum laude
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1946
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1946

Donald Robert Auten

Of Counsel at Duane Morris LLP
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30 South 17th StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19103U.S.A.

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