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Matthew W. Decker

Attorney | Detroit

Phone: (248) 457-7867
| Fax: (248) 740-7501

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About Matthew

Matt Decker is a health care attorney who advises hospitals, health systems, ambulatory surgery centers and health care investors on transactional, governance and supply chain matters.

He provides practical, business-oriented guidance on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, physician alignment arrangements and other strategic transactions, with a particular focus on ambulatory surgery centers and outpatient care platforms. Matt also counsels health care providers, group purchasing organizations, distributors and suppliers on supply chain procurement and contracting matters, including sourcing strategies, rebate and discount programs, vendor relationships and regulatory compliance.

Matt’s practice includes:

  • Advising hospitals, health systems, physician groups, ambulatory surgery centers and investors on health care mergers and acquisitions, affiliations and joint ventures;
  • Guiding ambulatory surgery center strategy, structuring, governance and regulatory compliance;
  • Counseling clients on entity formation, ownership and governance matters, physician alignment strategies and corporate practice of medicine considerations; and
  • Structuring discount, rebate, administrative fee and warranty arrangements to comply with applicable Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbors and other health care regulatory requirements.

Matt collaborates closely with clients across the country to deliver practical, solutions-oriented advice tailored to their operational, strategic and business objectives.

EDUCATION

University of Michigan, B.A. - 2009

Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, J.D., cum laude - 2014

ADMITTED TO BAR

  • Michigan - 2014

memberships

  • State Bar of Michigan
  • American Health Law Association

honors

  • Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch – 2025-2026
  • The Woolsack Honor Society – 2014
  • Monroe E. Trout Scholarship – 2014

Representative Transactions Experience

  • Lead counsel representing a regional health system in a joint venture to operate state-of-the-art PACE Program facility.