Nivedita B. Patel* Play Audio Recording of Name Pronunciation

Ms. Patel's clients include academic medical centers, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, physician groups, and other health care organizations. She represents clients in critical transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations, physician alignment deals, and other strategic efforts designed to position them for long-term success in an evolving health care marketplace. In addition, Ms. Patel is a trusted advisor to medical spas, delivering strategic guidance on both transactional and regulatory matters to help them thrive in a rapidly growing industry. Ms. Patel also draws on her regulatory knowledge to navigate clients through the nuanced certificate of need process in the District of Columbia.

For startups and companies without in-house legal teams, Ms. Patel offers general counsel services tailored to meet both their legal and business needs. Her strong business acumen, coupled with her practical legal experience, allows her to provide actionable advice that supports her clients' growth and success.

Prior to transitioning to private practice, Ms. Patel served as associate general counsel for the largest independent non-profit multispecialty physician practice in Washington, D.C.

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• Represented a non-profit health system with hospitals and facilities in Connecticut and New York in connection with an affiliation transaction with one of the largest non-profit health systems in New York.

• Represented a client in successfully obtaining certificates of need (CON) for five primary care offices located in Washington, D.C. The project involved developing a strategy, preparing applications and supplemental materials, and coordinating with regulators.

• Represented a national medspa client in successfully obtaining a CON in Washington, D.C.

• Represented a non-profit hospice provider located in the western United States in connection with an affiliation transaction with a large non-profit hospice provider located in the southeastern United States.

• Represented a regional health system in connection with the acquisition of a physician group.

• Represented a private equity-based national physician group in connection with the acquisition of various physician practices.

• Represented an orthopedic group practice in negotiating several agreements related to a strategic health partnership with two separate hospital systems.

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• Member – American Health Law Association
• Member – District of Columbia Bar, Health Law Section

• Chapter Author – AHLA's Representing Physicians Handbook, 5th Edition, "Medical Spas" , 5th Edition (September 2025)
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