Andrew R. Ramirez

Andy Ramirez  is the Chair of the Business Division’s Health Care Department and served on the Executive Committee of Lathrop & Gage LLP. He is a frequent speaker and author on topics concerning Health Care policy and Hospital Management. He enjoys an outstanding reputation among his peers who have named him one of The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of Health Care law and is AV rated in Martindale-Hubbell®.

Mr. Ramirez  spends the majority of his professional time assisting Hospital and Pharmacy organization Directors, Trustees and Administrators as well as regional and national Health Care Associations and their members with a broad range of issues affecting the industry including Health Care Reform and Fraud and Abuse Compliance. He has negotiated numerous complex commercial transactions with an overlay of Health Care regulatory requirements.  He represents governmental and private Health Care Organizations.  His clients describe him as an exemplary attorney who strives to be their perfect legal partner.

Mr. Ramirez has been recognized for his public service including Chairing the  Kansas Civil Rights Commission; Chairing the Lawrence Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission; Serving as Judge pro tempore for the Municipal and Seventh Judicial District Court; Teaching as Adjunct Professor at the University of Kansas Law School. He is currently one of the longest serving members of the Kansas Supreme Court Board of Discipline, the body responsible for advising the court on the ethics and licensure of members of the Bar.

Court Memberships

• Kansas
• Kansas Supreme Court
• Missouri
• Missouri Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for District of Kansas
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri 
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Tax Court 

Honors

• Selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, 2006-2012
• Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2006-2011
• Martindale-Hubbell® “AV” Rating
• Appointed by Kansas Supreme Court, Board for Discipline of Attorneys
• Fellow, Kansas Bar Foundation
• Selected for Inclusion in the Guide to the Leading U.S. Healthcare Lawyers
  2005-2007

Professional Affiliations

• American Health Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association, Health and Business Law Sections
• Missouri Society of Health Care Attorneys
• Kansas Association of Health Care Executives
• Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys, Director
• Kansas City Society of Hospital Attorneys
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• Leadership Kansas

Presentations

• Chairman and Program coordinator, HCCA Midwest Area Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, September 2009
• Compliance Program Audits, Trustee Webinar, Kansas Hospital Association, November 2007
• The Role of the Health Care Lawyer in the Representation of Hospitals, Washburn Business Law Society, Washburn Law School, October 2007
• Chairman and Program coordinator, HCCA Midwest Area Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, September 2007
• Legal Issues for Independent Pharmacies, KPSC Mid-Year Meeting, April 2007
• The Kansas Attorney General’s Investigation of Hospital Billing and Collection Practices, Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys, Wichita, Kansas, September 2006
• The Role of the Board in the Medical Staff Process, 2006 Critical Issues Summit sponsored by Kansas Hospital Association, August 2006
• Hospitals and the Uninsured: Tending to Business While Demonstrating Community Benefit, Health Care Webinar, Overland Park, Kansas, May 2006
• Medicare Advantage/CAH Finance Seminar, Kansas Hospital Association, Junction City, Kansas, September 2005
• Stark Wars II, Awaiting the Final Episode, HCCA Midwest Area Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, August 2005
• The Stark Facts About the Phase II Regulations, The Missouri Strategic National Implementation Process (MoSNIP) and The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), October 2004
• The Stark Reality Physician Recruitment and Retention under Phase II, Health Care Webinar, Overland Park, Kansas, September 2004
• Patient Rights in Kansas Hospitals, Presented to: The Kansas Association For Risk and Quality Management and the Kansas Hospital Association, September 2004
• Stark II: Phase II – Return of the Regulators, Health Care Webinar, Overland Park, Kansas, April 2004
• Patient Rights from the Hospitals Perspective – The Patient’s Responsibilities, Alzheimer’s Association, Overland Park, Kansas September 2003
• New Regulations Impacting Physician Groups, Northland Medical Managers, Liberty, Missouri, December 2002
• Medical Staff Bylaws and Fair Hearing – A Fresh Look, Kansas Hospital Association, Topeka, Kansas, October 2002
• Stark II Update – Phase I Regulations, Health Care Compliance Association, Region VII Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, August 2002
• Fraud and Abuse Update, Health Care Compliance Association, Lawrence, Kansas, June 2002
• Legal Ethics, Dealing with Administrative Agencies, City of Lawrence, Kansas, October 2001