Experience and focus
With nearly 30 years of healthcare law experience, Jeffrey L. Cohen's background is in transactional healthcare and corporate matters. He is board certified by The Florida Bar as a specialist in health law, and is the founder of The Florida Healthcare Law Firm and the National Healthcare Law Firm, a firm and an online legal platform that bring experience, knowledge, and practical advice to a wide range of healthcare entities. Those include physicians and group practices, medical staffs, home health agencies, surgery and imaging centers, drug and alcohol treatment facilities, DME companies, ambulatory surgery centers, MD/DC business arrangements, and many others.
Before founding the firm
Before founding The Florida Healthcare Law Firm and the National Healthcare Law Firm platform, Jeffrey was in-house counsel for the Florida Medical Association and served for thirteen years as a partner in a respected South Florida firm. He is equally knowledgeable about contract, corporate, and employment law and the specific compliance rules that apply to healthcare entities, including Stark, Anti-Kickback, fraud and abuse, and HIPAA. An AV-rated attorney, he has built a reputation for thorough legal work and ethical counsel.
His National Healthcare Law Firm platform also includes an online store where members can access educational legal documents and audio and visual presentations on medical practice setup and startup, physician contract issues, healthcare regulation, and many other topics.
Professional involvement
Jeffrey is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the Doctor's Advisory Network of the American Medical Association, the American Society for Medical Association Counsel, and the Florida Hospital Association, and is a certified arbitrator with the American Health Lawyers Association.
He served on the Executive Committee of the Health Law Section of The Florida Bar from 1994 to 1997, chaired the Managed Care Division of the Health Law Section, was a member of the Antitrust Advisory Committee to the Agency for Health Care Administration in 1993, and served on the Health Law Section's Certification Committee from 2005 to 2008.
Recognition
Named Best Health Care Attorney at the 1995 Medical Business Health Care Awards, Jeffrey was selected by his peers as a Leading American Attorney. He was named to the Florida Legal Elite in 2008 and again in 2013, and was recognized in Florida Trend's 2008 and 2013 print issues. He was honored as a Key Partner for 2011 by the South Florida Business Journal, and he and the Florida firm have appeared in every annual edition of Best Lawyers in America, Best Law Firms in America, and Super Lawyers since 2011.
He was featured as an expert panelist in the 2014 Healthcare Transaction Advisors Mergers and Acquisitions Performance Study, and was interviewed and provided content for the 2015 book A Financial Prescription for Doctors and Dentists.
Education
Jeffrey graduated from Florida State University, earning a B.A. cum laude in 1984, and from Florida State University College of Law, earning his J.D. in 1987.