William (Bill) H. Thompson

Attorney | Indianapolis

Phone: (317) 977-1424
| Fax: (317) 633-4878

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About William

Bill Thompson is a nationally recognized health care transactional attorney who helps hospitals and health systems navigate complex, high-stakes deals with confidence and clarity.

Drawing on his background in health administration at a safety-net hospital affiliated with a large academic medical center, Bill brings a practical, operational perspective to every transaction. He partners with hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers and children’s hospitals nationwide, guiding them through sophisticated transactions and contractual arrangements. Known for his steady leadership and industry knowledge, Bill focuses on delivering efficient, business-minded solutions that align with his clients’ long-term goals.

Bill’s practice includes:

  • Structuring and negotiating mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures across the health care continuum;
  • Advising on hospital and physician practice acquisitions, sales and complex contractual affiliations;
  • Supporting the formation and development of clinically integrated networks and other strategic partnerships; and
  • Counseling organizations on alternative risk financing arrangements, including captive insurance companies with an emphasis on offshore structures.

Bill currently serves as Chairman of the Firm, having previously served as Managing Partner for 10 years. In his free time, Bill is an avid polo player.

EDUCATION

Indiana University, B.S. - 1980; Indiana University, M.H.A. - 1983

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D. - 1987

ADMITTED TO BAR

  • Indiana - 1987
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana - 1987
  • U.S. Court of Appeals - 1987
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims - 1993

memberships

  • American Health Law Association
  • American College of Healthcare Executives
  • Indiana State Bar Association
  • Indianapolis Bar Association

Experience

  • Acquisition and integration of a large faculty practice plan into a health system physician enterprise.
  • Affiliation of a large health system with the medical school of a large university.
  • Acquisition of a large pediatric anesthesia practice by a children’s hospital.
  • Representation of a blood products supplier in numerous acquisition and strategic affiliation arrangements.
  • Representation of numerous hospitals and health systems relative to ASC development and acquisition strategy.
  • Formation of Suburban Health Organization, Inc., an affiliation of a number of community-based hospitals.
  • Representation of a large health care system in the acquisition of a majority interest in a value-based enabling company.
  • Member substitution transaction resulting in the acquisition of a hospital by a large health system.

honors

  • Thompson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer
  • Ranked in Chambers USA, Healthcare
  • The Best Lawyers in America – Health Care Law

Representative Transactions Experience

  • Lead counsel involving a comprehensive management services agreement between a real estate/private debt alternative investment company and a health system to manage the health system’s post-acute services.
  • Lead and regulatory counsel for the joint venture between a health system and orthopedic group of two separately located ambulatory surgery centers, one existing center and the other a new development.
  • Support counsel where a hospital system transferred its physician group assets to a non-profit health system and redeemed its interest in a joint venture with the non-profit health system.
  • Lead counsel for a health system in a joint venture formation for a jointly owned linear accelerator.
  • Lead counsel for an academic medical center in the buyout of a minority interest in a radiation oncology center joint venture.
  • Lead counsel for a children’s hospital in the transfer of employment of 35 pediatric anesthesiologists from a national medical group of physicians and advanced practice providers to our client.
  • Supporting counsel to a health system for a joint venture which provided radiology services. Our client purchased another entity’s interest in the joint venture to become the sole owner.