Overview:
David C. Main is a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's Washington DC office.
Experience
- Concentrates on healthcare transactional work, including corporate formations; mergers and acquisitions (and attendant regulatory issues); restructurings and reorganizations; financings;contractual arrangements; regulatory, operational and litigation matters; and health policy and government relations issues
- Experience includes fraud and abuse, state licensure, federal certifications, and other regulatory compliance issues
- Concentrates on the formation and development of health technology and biotech/life sciences companies, as well as product distribution and intellectual property issues for medical devices and information technology companies
- Founder and coordinator of the Healthcare Technology Network of Greater Washington (www.healthtechnet.net)
- Advocates his clients' interests on Capitol Hill and before regulatory bodies, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology,(ONC), and state health and insurance departments
- Speaker on healthcare issues across the U.S.
- Served on the Secretary of Health and Human Services' Task Force on Health Care Reform
- Before entering private practice, was counsel to the US Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, where he was responsible for health insurance, managed care and hospital-related legislation
- Primary author of the Health Maintenance Organization Act Amendments of 1978
Previous Professional Experience
- Previously served as chair of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s healthcare practice, chair of the managed care practice group at Gardner, Carton and Douglas and as chair of the healthcare practice at Crowell and Moring LLP
Awards and Honors
- Chambers USA, Healthcare—DC (2009-2010, 2012)
- 40 Health Care Lawyers Who Have Made Their Mark, The National Law Journal (1997)
- Leading Lawyers of Managed Care, The National Law Journal (1993)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- eHealth Initiative
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Health Care Technology Network of Greater Washington (Founder and Coordinator)
- District of Columbia Hospital Association
- Health Management Academy, Counsel
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Juris Doctor
- Harvard Divinity School, Master of Theological Studies
- DePauw University, Bachelor of Arts