Neville M. Bilimoria

is a partner with Duane Morris LLP’s Health Law Practice Group and the Cannabis Law Group in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Bilimoria advises health care clients on corporate and litigation matters and counsels hospitals, health systems, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, physicians, physician groups, pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies on a variety of issues, including health care corporate transactions, healthcare fraud and abuse, compliance issues, telemedicine, HIPAA and state health privacy law issues, regulatory compliance, and resulting litigation . Mr. Bilimoria is the chair of Duane Morris’ Physician Services Group nationally and the India Subgroup practice internationally . He is also currently a member of the Duane Morris mHealth Group .

Mr. Bilimoria's corporate work includes representation of clients in transactions for the purchase and sale of healthcare facilities, health clinics and physician practices, as well as counseling on various healthcare contracting issues. He has represented healthcare providers in administrative law matters and disciplinary actions. He has counseled pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies on state and federal regulatory issues.

Mr. Bilimoria was named one of the Top 40 Attorneys in Illinois Under 40 for 2005 (out of a pool of almost 60,000 eligible attorneys). He has also been listed by Illinois Super Lawyers since 2009 in Healthcare Law. He has been listed by the Illinois Leading Lawyers Network in Health Care Law since 2010.

A frequent author and speaker on healthcare topics, he is the past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Health Law Committee. Mr. Bilimoria was also a Professor for Rush University Medical Center’s Graduate Program in Health Systems Management.

Mr. Bilimoria is a member of the American, Illinois State and Chicago bar associations, the American Health Lawyers Association and the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys. He earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Northwestern University, where he received a Kappa Alpha Pi Award for academics and leadership. He received a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law. He is also a former recipient of the India Tribune's Outstanding Youth Award and the North American Zoroastrian Outstanding Youth Award.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2003-present
- Associate, 1999-2002
•Holleb & Coff, Chicago, Illinois
- Associate, 1997-1999
•Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, Chicago, Illinois
- Associate, 1994-1997

Honors and Awards

•Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2019

•Listed in Top 10 Leading Health Law Lawyers in Illinois, Leading Lawyers Magazine, 2018

•Recipient of Illinois SuperLawyer designation for outstanding attorney for health care law, 2006, 2009-2012, 2014-2019

•Recipient, Excellence in Corporate & Litigation Law - USA, Corporate LiveWire Global Awards, 2015
•Recipient, 43rd Annual Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest, sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association, June 2002
•One of the 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 To Watch Award recipients for 2005

Board Memberships

•Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Associate Board -- Executive Committee Member

Civic and Charitable Activities

•Executive Committee, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Associate Board
•American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago

Publications

Selected Publications

•Contributor, Duane Morris Health Law Blog

•Monthly Column, Nev's Health Law, Chicago Lawyer

•Quoted, Time for an Update, Chicago Lawyer Magazine, January 2020
•Author, The ANSI Standards Controversy Deserves Your Attention, McKnight's Long-Term Care News, December 16, 2019
•Quoted, 6 Ways to Accelerate Physician Reimbursement at Radiology Practices, Recycle Intelligence, November 25, 2019
•Quoted, CBD Rules In Limbo As FDA Grapples With New Cannabis Era, Law360, October 28, 2019

•Author, Medicare for All vs. Obamacare: Which One is Better? Chicago Lawyer, September 2019

•Author, After Legalization: Many Remain Imprisoned For Now-Legal Pot, Chicago Lawyer, July 2019

•Quoted, CMS Rule Allows - But Could Discourage - Arbitration Agreements in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Skilled Nursing News, July 23, 2019

•Author, New Illinois Cannabis Law Sets Licensing, Regulation Trends, Bloomberg Law, July 16, 2019

•Author, Illinois Becomes the 11th State to Legalize Adult-Use Marijuana, Duane Morris Alert, June 4, 2019

•Author, Affidavit: Healthcare and the Law - The Evolving Emergence of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, The Wharton Healthcare Quarterly, Winter 2018

•Author, Marijuana Milestone: The FDA Approves First Cannabis-derived Drug, Chicago Lawyer, September 2018

•Author, Data, data, data! Chicago Lawyer, July 2018

•Author, Rolling With The Punches, Chicago Lawyer, May 2018

•Author, A Victory for Patients: 'Intractable Pain' Now Qualifies for Medical Marijuana, Chicago Lawyer, March 2018

•Author, Nev's Health Law Column, Chicago Lawyer, 2017

•Author, The Law and Marijuana, Part 2: A Look at the Law, Science and Politics of Cannabis, Chicago Lawyer, December 2017

•Author, The Law and Marijuana, Part 1: Why Having a Cannabis Practice is No Joke, Chicago Lawyer, November 2017

•Author, From Data to AI: The Logical Evolution of Big Data in Health Care, Chicago Lawyer, September 2017
•Author, Kindred Spirits: SCOTUS Case Rules on Nursing Home Arbitration Clauses, Chicago Lawyer, July 2017
•Author, The New Security Reality: Health Data Fetches High Prices on the Black Market, Chicago Lawyer, May 2017
•Author, Trumpcare, Chicago Lawyer, March 2017
•Author, The Cubs: It's Bigger Than Bragging Rights, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, November 11, 2016
•Co-author, Healthcare Buyers Beware: Current Issues in Healthcare M&A, ACG Chicago, July 2016
•Recoupment Audits: Managed Care, Medicare, and Medicaid . . . Oh My!, Journal of Medical Practice Management, November/December 2015
•Co-author, WellPoint Pays HHS $1.7 Million to Settle HIPAA Security Violations, Duane Morris Alert, July 15, 2013
•Co-Author, How HIPAA Final Rules Effect Health Information Technology Vendors, The Journal of Medical Practice Management, July/August 2013
•Author, Telemedicine 2.0: It's All About Access and Wellness, The Journal of Medical Practice Management, March/April 2013 (Reprinted with permission of The Journal of Medical Practice Management, published by Greenbranch Publishing LLC)
•Co-author, Long-Term Care and Medicaid Managed Care Initiatives in Illinois, Duane Morris Alert, March 25, 2013
•Co-author, What the New HIPAA Rules Say About Health Information Technology for Users, Developers and Investors, Duane Morris Alert, March 13, 2013
•Author, ACOs and Long-Term Care: It's All About Readmissions! Accountable Care News, February 2013
•Author, ACOs and Long-Term Care: It's All About Readmissions! Readmissions News, February 2013
•Co-author, Overview of 2013 Amendments to HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules, Duane Morris Alert, January 29, 2013
•Author, ACOs and Long-Term Care: Don't Get Left Behind, Duane Morris Alert, December 28, 2012
•Author, HIPAA Compliance and New HITECH Act Revisions: Understanding the Regulatory Requirements in the Age of Electronic Health Records, book chapter in Inside the Minds: Recent Developments with HIPAA - Leading Lawyers on Interpreting the New HIPAA Laws, Developing Effective Strategies, and Responding to Recent Enforcement Actions, 2010
•Author, HIPAA Privacy/Security Rules: Where We've Been and Where We Are Going, The Journal of Medical Practice Management, November/December 2009
•Author, Nonprofit Hospital Tax Exemption Suffers Yet Another Blow in Illinois, The Health Lawyer, April 2009
•Author, Hospitals and Physicians Need to Take Advantage of Electronic Health Record Incentives from the Federal Government, Chicago Hospital News, July 2008
•Co-author, The New Stark Rules: What Does Stark II Phase III Mean for Health Care Providers? Journal of Medical Practice Management, Spring 2008
•Author, Electronic Medical Records: Electronic Health Records Implementation: What Hospitals and Physicians Need to Know to Comply with Recent Health Law Requirements, Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal, November/December 2007
• Turning Hospital Tax Exemption on Its Head: The Provena Covenant Medical Center Decision, Practical US/Domestic Tax Strategies, October 2006
• Winning Tax Exemption for Illinois Nonprofit Nursing Facilities: No Easy Task, Illinois Bar Journal, August 2006
• Hospitals Under Attack: Are Hospitals Really The New Stars Of The Big Show?, The Journal of Medical Practice Management, September/October 2005
• HIPAA Security Rule Compliance for Physicians: Better Late Than Never, The Journal of Medical Practice Management, July/August 2005
• Patients Challenge Nonprofit Hospital's Charitable-Care Practices, Illinois Bar Journal, March 2005
•Contributing Author, The Biggest Legal Mistakes Physicians Make and How To Avoid Them, February 2005
•Quoted, Cases Dismissed: Plaintiffs Warn Defense The Battle Has Just Begun, Modern Healthcare, January 10, 2005
• Don't Gamble With Compliance: Recent Cases Show Feds Cracking Down on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes, Illinois Nursing Home Administrator's Association's The Administrator's Advocate, January 2005
• The 10 Biggest Mistakes Physician Organizations Make in Dealing with HIPAA, SEAK publications, Winter 2004
• The 10 Biggest Mistakes Physicians Make in Dealing with Managed Care Companies, SEAK publications, Winter 2004
• What Physicians Should Know About the New Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Physician Organizations (publication of the American Health Lawyers Association), May 2004
• What Physicians Should Know About the New Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Physician Organizations (publication of the American Health Lawyers Association), May 2004
• Telemedicine: Laws Still Need a Dose of Efficiency, Journal of Medical Practice Management, May/June 2003
• Contending With HIPAA Privacy Standards: Reconciling HIPAA Privacy Standards and Illinois Laws, Illinois Bar Journal, 3rd Place Winner of 2002 Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest of the Illinois State Bar Association, August, 2002
• Telemedicine: Laws Are Coming On-Line With E-Health, Matthew Bender's Health Care Law Monthly, August 2001; Chicago Medical Society, Chicago Medicine, November 2001
•Co-author, OIG Announces Guidance on Compliance Plans for Physicians, Chicago Medicine, August 2000
• HMO's Continue Losing Ground on Liability Issues at State Level, Managed Care Magazine, July 2000
• Institutional Liability for HMOs: It's Not Just for Hospitals Anymore, Health Care Law Monthly, June 2000
•Guest editor, Health Care Fraud, Georgetown University Law Center's American Criminal Law Review, Spring 2000
• Lawyers Beware of Criminal Health Care Fraud: What Attorneys Can Learn From The Kansas City Health Care Attorney Indictments, American Bar Association's The Health Lawyer, May 1999 Health Care Law Monthly, 1999 GP Solo Magazine's Best of the American Bar Association's Sections, March 2000
•Contributing Editor, American Criminal Law Review, Georgetown University Law Center, White Collar Crime Project (WCCP), Health Care Fraud & Abuse, 2000
• Court Expands Negligence Liability to HMOs, Chicago Medicine, November 7, 1998
• Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Tort Reform Law, Chicago Medicine, June 7, 1998
•Co-Author, Health Law Update: A Wave of Relief in the Wake of Illinois Tort Reform? Chicago Medicine, October 7, 1997
• Beware HMOs: The Future of HMO Medical Malpractice Liability Is Uncertain, DePaul Journal of Health Care Law, Summer 1997
•Co-Author, Expert Evidence, Chapter 7 of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) Medical Malpractice Treatise and CDROM, 1996
• Post-Cleanup Stigma Claims: It Can Happen To You, Environmental Protection Magazine, 1995
• No Relief in Sight: The Impact of the Americans With Disabilities Act on AIDS Discrimination in Employee Medical Plans, Detroit College of Law Review, 1053, 1994; 8 Insurance Law Anthology 998, National Law Anthology Series, 1995
• New Medicine For Medical Malpractice: The Empirical Truth About Legislative Initiatives For Medical Malpractice Reform, Journal of Health and Hospital Law, Part I, September 1994, Part II, October 1994

Speaking Engagements

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Speaker, Telehealth in Long Term Care: COVID-19 reduced Barriers, and New Incentives for Technology, Healthcare Information Network, Webinar, May 7, 2020

•Panelist, A Conversation on Cannabis and the Law, Alumni Weekend and Reunion 2019, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, October 25, 2019

•Presenter, Cannabis 204: The Roundup of State Cannabis Legislation, Duane Morris Cannabis Webinar Series, August 20, 2019

•Presenter, Medical Cannabis: Regulatory Compliance, FSMB Guidelines, Standard of Care, Liability, Strafford CLE Webinar, April 25, 2019

•Speaker, Hot Topics for Healthcare Facilities and the Utilization of Medical Cannabis, Duane Morris Cannabis Webinar Series, October 2, 2018

•Speaker, Opportunities in Senior Housing & Care and Legal & Regulatory Roundtable, Opportunities in Senior Housing & Care, PWC Auditorium, New York City, April 4, 2018

•Presenter, A Changing Green Landscape: Medical Marijuana, Smoking the Competition, Duane Morris Alumni CLE, October 26, 2017

•Speaker, Healthcare Technology and Leveraging the HealthCloud, iiBIG Conference, Nashville, June 8, 2017
•Speaker, Duane Morris' Developments in Workplace Law and Practice, Chicago, May 24, 2017
•Speaker, Physician Hot Topics and Trends in Health Care, Duane Morris and BMO Private Bank Healthcare Meeting, December 10, 2015
•Speaker, Hot Topics & Trends in Assisted Living/Supportive Living Facilities, Illinois Nursing Home Administrators Association, November 18, 2015
•Speaker, How's Your HIPAA Compliance? Avoiding Liability Under HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Resthave Home of Whiteside County, Illinois, October 8, 2015
•Speaker, Compliance and Ethics Programs, Resthave Home of Whiteside County, Illinois, October 8, 2015
•Speaker, How's Your HIPAA Compliance? Avoiding Liability Under HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Illinois Health Care Association Annual Convention & Trade Show, September 16, 2015
•Speaker, Medical Marijuana in Illinois: A Changing Green Landscape, Illinois Health Care Association Annual Convention & Trade Show, September 15, 2015
•Speaker, Navigating the Changing Managed Care Landscape for Nursing Homes in Illinois, Duane Morris and MB Financial, July 16, 2015
•Speaker, Cybersecurity, Breaches, and Everything In Between: What Employers Need to Know to Avoid Becoming Target, Home Depot or Anthem, ELBI Seminar, June 4, 2015
•Speaker, HIPAA and Security Breaches-Don't Be the Next Big News, Duane Morris and Frost Healthcare Consulting, Inc. Simplifying the Complexities of Compliance Program, Wheeling, Illinois, June 3, 2015
•Speaker, HITECH Compliance Issues: From Breach Notification to Business Associates, Webinar, Thompson Financial, April 28, 2015
•Speaker, Navigating the Changing Managed Care Landscape, Illinois Nursing Home Administrators Association, March 18, 2015
•Speaker, Navigating the Changing Managed Care Landscape, Webinar, Illinois Health Care Association, January 13, 2015
•Speaker, Navigating the Changing Managed Care Landscape, Illinois Health Care Association, Springfield, IL, December 10, 2014
•Speaker, Hot Topics in Assisted Living/Supportive Living, Illinois Nursing Home Administrator's Association, Oak Park, Illinois, October 30, 2014
•Speaker, Developments in Technology, Law and Reimbursement, Illinois Nursing Home Administrator's Association, Oak Park, Illinois, October 29, 2014
•Speaker, HIPAA and Law Firms, Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, Illinois, October 21, 2014
•Speaker, Hot Topics and Trends in Assisted Living: Increased Liability for Assisted Living Facilities and SLFs, Illinois Health Care Association's 64th Annual Convention and Trade Show, Peoria, Illinois, September 10, 2014
•Speaker, Hospice and Long Term Care: What's the Latest? Illinois Health Care Association's 64th Annual Convention and Trade Show, Peoria, Illinois, September 9, 2014
•Speaker, Yet More Updates to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules: Avoiding Liability in the Age of Electronic Health Records, Illinois Health Care Association's 64th Annual Convention and Trade Show, Peoria, Illinois, September 9, 2014
•Speaker, Yet More Updates to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules: Avoiding Liability in the Age of Electronic Health Records, Illinois Health Care Association Seminar, July 2013
•Speaker, Managed Care Contracting, Illinois Health Care Association's Meet the Managed Care Organizations Symposium, Bloomington, Illinois, June 27, 2013
•Speaker, Advance Directives in Illinois: Dealing with the Latest Trends and Difficult Decisions, Illinois Nursing Home Administrator's Summer Conference, Peoria, Illinois, June 12, 2013
•Speaker, Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative: Managed Care Comes to Illinois, Illinois Health Care Association's DD Symposium, Springfield, Illinois, June 11, 2013
•Speaker, Evaluating the High Exposure Nursing Home Case: How A Simple Negligence Case Can Turn Catastrophic, Illinois Nursing Home Administrator's Association Spring Conference, Springfield, Illinois, March 12, 2013
•Presenter, Introduction to State Property Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Healthcare Entities: When Is a Hospital Truly a Charity? American Bar Association's ( ABA ) Health Law Section, Teleconference, November 7, 2012
•Speaker, Legal Issues Affecting the DD Industry, Illinois Nursing Home Administrator's Association Annual Convention & Trade Show, Springfield, Illinois, October 30, 2012
•Speaker, HIPAA Privacy And Security Rule Updates: Avoiding Liability in the Age of Electronic Health Records, American Conference Institute, Chicago, July 25, 2012
•Speaker, Current Legal Issues for Group Homes: An Era of Increased Enforcement Against DD Facilities, Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association Annual Conference, Orlando, May 4, 2012
•Speaker, HIPAA Privacy And Security Rule Updates: Avoiding Liability in the Age of Electronic Health Records, American Conference Institute's Long Term Care Regulatory Boot Camp Conference, July 25, 2012
•Speaker, Yet More Updates to HIPAA Privacy & Security Rules: Avoiding Liability In the Age of Electronic Health Records, Illinois Service Coordinators' Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 2, 2012
•Speaker, Advance Directives: Dealing with the Latest Trends and Difficult Decisions, Illinois Nursing Home Administrator's Association Summer Conference, Bloomington, Illinois, August 11, 2011
•Speaker, Yet More Updates to the HIPAA Privacy & Security Rules: Avoiding Liability in the Age of Electronic Health Records, Illinois Nursing Home Administrator's Association Conference, Peoria, Illinois, June 8, 2011
•Speaker, Current Enforcement Trends with Developmental Disabilities Facilities, Developmental Disabilities Nursing Association Annual Meeting, Hartford, Connecticut, May 16, 2011
•Speaker, Impact of Health Care Reform on Patient Privacy, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education New Year/New Law Teleseminar Series, December 8, 2010
•Speaker, Involuntary Transfer & Discharge of Problem Residents, Illinois Nursing Home Administrators Association Mid-Summer Convention, Peoria, Illinois, June 10, 2010
• The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (It's All About Compliance, Transparency and Quality of Care), Geneva on the Lake, New York, May 23, 2010
•Speaker, The Survey & Enforcement Process, CNA Insurance seminar, Chicago, Illinois, May 13, 2010
•Speaker, Legal Issues in Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Buying/Selling a Closely Held Business Seminar, Northfield, Illinois, March 18, 2010
•Speaker, HITECH Act Updates to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules: Understanding Regulatory Requirements in the Age of Electronic Health Records, Illinois Health Care Association's Spring Conference and Trade Show, Springfield, Illinois, March 10, 2010
•Speaker, What You Need to Know About the Sweeping Changes to HIPAA Privacy and Security Laws, Illinois Health Care Association webinar, February 2, 2010