Overview
Brad Dennis represents a broad range of healthcare organizations, with a particular focus on complex transactions involving health systems, health plans, innovative joint ventures, and value-based care models. He works with health systems, health plans, investors, and other providers to design and execute deals that advance clinical, financial, and strategic objectives in the evolving healthcare ecosystem.
In the hospital sector, Brad advises nonprofit and for-profit health systems and academic medical centers on acquisitions, divestitures, affiliations, and joint ventures. He is known for balancing governance, regulatory, and business considerations in ways that keep deals moving and create durable partnerships.
Brad centers a significant portion of his practice on healthcare joint ventures. He has extensive experience structuring and negotiating hospital service line partnerships, joint ventures, and other multiparty collaborations involving health systems, health plans, and for-profit platforms. He is recognized for navigating complex investment, governance, and regulatory issues to align diverse stakeholders and support growth.
In the managed care space, Brad advises on health plan acquisitions; joint ventures; and the development of provider-sponsored health plans, risk-bearing entities, and value-based care “enabler” models. He is at the forefront of transactions that bring providers and payers together, helping organizations evaluate risk, align incentives, and advance sustainable value-based strategies.
Clients rely on Brad for his practical decision-making, deep industry insight, and ability to deliver innovative solutions that bridge business and clinical priorities. He is a trusted advisor in the boardroom and at the deal table, helping organizations make confident decisions in transactions that reshape markets and define the next generation of healthcare models.
Results
- Served as transaction and health regulatory counsel to nonprofit healthcare systems in connection with membership substitution transactions
- Served as transaction counsel on multiple whole-hospital and service line joint ventures between nonprofit healthcare systems
- Assisted counsel with Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute guidance in connection with the acquisition of a hospital on behalf of a nonprofit health system
- Represented several private equity-backed practice management companies in the acquisitions of vein treatment, podiatry and women’s health practices
- Represented a private equity firm as health regulatory counsel in the acquisition of a leading imaging and diagnostic provider
Recognitions
- Legal 500 US, Recommended, 2025
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Healthcare Law, 2022-2026
- BTI, Client Service All-Stars, 2022
Community
- Member of the American Health Lawyers Association
- Member of the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys (IAHA), and member of the IAHA Annual Symposium Planning Committee
Credentials
Education
University of Wisconsin Law School, JD, cum laude, 2014
Michigan State University, BA, 2011
Admissions
Wisconsin
Illinois
Languages
English