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Stephen Bentfield

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Overview

Stephen Bentfield is a partner and a member of the firm’s Health Care Group. Stephen counsels health care organizations on a wide range of health care regulatory and transactional matters. His regulatory experience includes helping clients with issues such as fraud and abuse enforcement risk analysis and mitigation, organizational compliance programs and policies, managed care, value-based care, reimbursement, licensure, and state regulatory issues. On the transactional side, Stephen has extensive experience drafting contracts, advising on deal structuring and negotiation, including the creation of joint ventures and other new corporate structures, as well as mergers and acquisitions.

Before joining Crowell, Stephen served as vice president and group general counsel of DaVita Integrated Kidney Care, the value-based care subsidiary of DaVita Inc. In that role, he led the legal team responsible for structuring, advising, and operating the company’s portfolio of renal-specific accountable care organizations (ACOs), risk-based management services agreements with Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans, commercial risk contracts, and other value-based and integrated care arrangements. His work for DaVita included designing, structuring, and drafting the company’s arrangements with over 50 Kidney Contracting Entities, ESCO joint ventures, and Value-based Enterprises (VBEs), including all accompanying supporting agreements such as provider participation agreements, MSO agreements, and ancillary provider agreements.

Career & Education

    • St. Lawrence University, B.A., 1995
    • Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 2003
    • St. Lawrence University, B.A., 1995
    • Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 2003

    • District of Columbia
    • Massachusetts
    • Colorado
    • District of Columbia
    • Massachusetts
    • Colorado

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Blog Post | 06.18.25

CMS Innovation Center Releases New Strategy In Line With “MAHA” Agenda

Client Alert | 12 min read | 04.03.25

CMS Issues Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule

Blog Post | 08.15.24

CMS Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Innovation in Behavioral Health Model Open Until September 9, 2024

Client Alert | 35 min read | 07.11.24

The Supreme Court’s Double Hammer to Agencies: Loper Bright and Corner Post Set New Precedents for Challenging Federal Agency Action

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