Überblick
Eric Zimmerman is a recognized Medicare law and policy authority and registered lobbyist who represents clients before Congress and administrative agencies, and helps clients navigate federal legislative and regulatory processes related to Medicare coverage, coding, reimbursement and compliance. He primarily counsels and represents hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device manufacturers and suppliers, medical trade associations and professional societies.
Eric also serves as a principal of McDermott+Consulting LLC, McDermott’s integrated health-focused policy, lobbying and data analytics consultancy.
Referenzmandate
- Representing some of the country’s largest health systems and service providers, diagnostics companies, and pharmaceutical and device manufacturers before the US Congress, the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and other federal agencies
- Advancing legislative and regulatory changes achieving Medicare coverage, improving reimbursement, and revising regulatory obligations
- Developing and implementing lobbying strategies, and forming and managing advocacy coalitions
- Providing financial analysts and investors with specialized due diligence to understand the implications of federal legislative and regulatory developments, and evaluate investments in health care companies
- Representing providers before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board, Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board, administrative law judges and federal courts
Auszeichnungen
- Best Lawyers in America, Healthcare Law, 2014-2025
- Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year in Washington, DC: Healthcare Law, 2020 and 2024
- Thomson Reuters, Stand-out Lawyer – independently rated lawyers, 2023-2024
- Chambers USA, Band 1 in Healthcare, 2006-2023; Band 2 in Healthcare, 2024-2025
- Legal 500 US, Recommended, 2011, 2020, 2022 and 2024
- Washingtonian, Top Lawyer, Healthcare, 2013, 2024
- The Hill, Top Lobbyist, 2021
- Who’s Who Legal, Healthcare, 2021
- Business Insider, Top DC Power Players in Healthcare, 2019
- LMG Expert Guides, Best of the Best, Healthcare, 2018
- The National Law Journal, Most Influential Lawyers, 2011
Mitgliedschaften
- American Health Law Association (AHLA), fellow
Qualifikation
Education
George Mason University School of Law, JD, 1997
George Washington University, MBA, 1993
Emory University, BA, 1989
Admissions
District of Columbia
Maryland
