Kevin Wood, Corinne Smith, Marshall Meringola and Michael Smith, transactional health care attorneys with years of experience, have joined Winstead PC’s health care industry group in the firm’s Austin office. The four new attorneys join the firm from Clark Hill and add to Winstead’s expanding health care practice, which handles a wide range of transactions, compliance and dispute resolution matters involving the growing and dynamic health care business sector. “We are dedicated to exceeding client expectations, and the addition of these highly respected health care practitioners will help us continue to do that while growing our practice,” said Sarah Churchill Llamas, head of Winstead’s health care industry group, in a statement by the firm. “We are really looking forward to working together.”

Wood helps all types of health care providers navigate the complex and ever-changing rules that control how providers enter business arrangements with each other. Most providers want to solely focus on delivering quality health care to their patients. As one of the most regulated industries, though, health care providers face many other challenges that demand their attention. Wood works to ensure he is aware of the latest challenges facing providers and others in the health care industry and is able to provide practical solutions. These challenges include complying with federal and state fraud and abuse laws, ensuring the privacy and security of patient information, and being prepared should federal or state agencies knock on the door.