Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman
Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman is a national, full-service law firm providing professional legal services to businesses, institutions, and individuals.
With nearly 150 attorneys nationwide, you can expect our full-service legal team whenever and wherever you need us. We serve eight major markets nationwide, with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Sarasota, and Washington, D.C.
Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman offer a full spectrum of legal services to support clients through the entire business lifecycle:
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The attorneys at Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman are well-versed in advising behavioral health clients at every point in the commercial stream of medicine, healthcare, and life sciences.
Our experienced lawyers advise clients ranging from hospital and health systems, behavioral health, and post-acute care facilities to physician organizations, telehealth providers, labs, pharmacies, and MSOs. The firm’s attorneys offer expertise advising on healthcare licensing, operational, and reimbursement issues — including corporate practice of medicine, Medicare and Medicaid requirements, FDA compliance, health privacy and data security, healthcare finance and investment, and other industry issues.
We believe that keen legal counsel combines forward-thinking business acumen with an expansive understanding of your organization, its challenges, and your strategic objectives. As a full-service law firm, we offer a broad spectrum of commercial legal services to fully support clients in the behavioral health space, including corporate, real estate, labor & employment, intellectual property, litigation, and more.
Harry Nelson is the chairman of the National Behavioral Health Association of Providers. Harry currently serves as the chair of Leech Tishman’s Healthcare Practice Group, where he serves as outside general counsel to numerous healthcare organizations. Prior to joining the firm, Harry served as founder and managing partner of Nelson Hardiman, LLC, one of the largest healthcare and life science-focused law firms in California.
Harry is arguably the leading healthcare and life science lawyer in America. Over the past three decades, he has built a record of respected authority on a broad range of healthcare compliance issues. Beyond his legal expertise, Harry is known nationally as a consummate leader at the intersection of healthcare law and business, as evidenced by his role in co-founding five healthcare-related start-ups in the last decade. Deeply immersed in healthcare transformation and innovation; he frequently speaks on cutting edge issues and the future of the industry itself.

More Information
For more information about Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman, you can contact them via:
- phone: 877-246-6423
- email: info@leechtishman.com
- website: www.leechtishman.com
Webinar: The Reimbursement Landscape for Autism-Related Treatment Providers
- Date Recorded: July 10, 2019
- Presenters: John Mills and Lisa Montague
- Price: $50.00 (Members receive 15% discount)
In this webinar, Nelson Hardiman attorneys John Mills and Lisa Montague will discuss the current status—and likely growth over the next decade—of reimbursement for autism-related therapies, including but not limited to ongoing evolution of current fee-for-service treatments into a value-based model.
Webinar: Office-Based Opioid Treatment: What You Need to Know
- Date Recorded: April 4, 2019
- Presenters: David Shillcutt and Kristina Sherry
- Price: free
This webinar examines provider capacity issues for medication assisted treatment, the opportunities and challenges of telemedicine for addiction services, and the expansion of innovative service delivery networks including the “Hub and Spoke” system and related models.
Webinar: Marketing Best Practices in Light of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
- Date Recorded: March 7, 2019
- Presenters: Kathryn F. Edgerton and Anjali N.C. Downs
- Price: free
This webinar discusses the current state of SUD-related marketing activities, helping you understand how to effectively market without placing your organization in legal jeopardy.
Webinar: How the Opioid Crisis and the SUPPORT Act Created a New Enforcement Reality
- Date Recorded: February 7, 2019
- Presenters: Richard W. Westling and Katherine Bowles
- Price: free
During 2018, the Department of Justice dedicated additional enforcement resources to address the opioid crisis. This webinar addresses the questions that many providers have about these efforts and developments.
Webinar: Unpacking the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
- Date Recorded: January 10, 2019
- Presenters: Harry Nelson and Paul Gilbert
- Price: free
This webinar will highlight important parts of the new SUPPORT Act as it pertains to SUD treatment providers and how the law will potentially impact profitability and treatment offerings.
Webinar: How the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act Will Impact Your SUD Treatment Business
- Date Recorded: December 13, 2018
- Presenter: Harry Nelson and Andrew Martin
- Price: $50.00 (Members receive 15% discount)
This webinar will inform you on the most important parts of the new law as it pertains to SUD treatment providers and how the law will potentially impact profitability and treatment offerings. This includes Section 8122 which is aimed at eliminating kickbacks in the recovery industry by imposing criminal penalties, Section 3232 which requires a special registration for telemedicine services for patients that lack access to an in-person specialist, and Section 5052 which partially repeals the restrictions for “Institutions for Mental Disease” allowing Medicare/Medicaid providers more than 16 beds to treat mental health and SUDs.
Webinar: Is Your Organization Ready for the Next Steps in Drug Medi-Cal’s ODS Waiver?
- Date Recorded: December 6, 2018
- Presenters: Kathryn F. Edgerton and Kevin J. Malone
- Price: free
With more than one-third of all Californians covered by Medi-Cal, the need to expand access to a fuller continuum of substance use disorder care has become mission critical. This webinar addresses the opportunities and challenges reflected in the rollout of Medi-Cal’s ODS.
Webinar: SUD Treatment Provider Boot Camp — 10 Things You Need to Know to Succeed in Behavioral Health
- Date Recorded: October 21, 2018
- Presenter: Harry Nelson
- Price: free
This webinar presents an overview of behavioral healthcare opportunities as well as a list of the top 10 things that substance use treatment providers must know in order to succeed.

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