Baker Donelson has named Howard L. Sollins leader of the Firm's Long Term Care Team.

A shareholder in Baker Donelson's Baltimore office, where he is a member of the BakerOber Health Law Group, Mr. Sollins represents health care providers, vendors and suppliers in a wide array of matters involving federal and state regulations; Medicare, Medicaid and other reimbursement; structuring business transactions and contracts; licensing, survey and certification; certificate of need; fraud and abuse; corporate compliance; and e-health and technology. His clients include long term care and post-acute care providers including skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, hospices, assisted living facilities and continuing care retirement communities; hospitals and health systems; ambulance suppliers; and physicians and other health care practitioners.

Mr. Sollins, who previously served as chair of the Maryland State Bar Association Section on Health Law, is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the Health Care Section of the American Bar Association, the American Health Care Association Legal Committee, and LeadingAge. He is recognized as a leading attorney in the field of health care law by The Best Lawyers in America®, Chambers USA, and Maryland Super Lawyers. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Sollins served as an assistant attorney general for the Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene.

Baker Donelson's Long Term Care Team is a multidisciplinary group of more than 70 attorneys across the Firm's 22 offices with substantial experience providing strategic counsel to the long term care, post-acute care, and seniors housing sectors within the entire spectrum of practice areas, including regulatory and reimbursement matters; acquisitions, commercial and HUD-insured financing transactions; distressed assets and creditors' rights; commercial and malpractice litigation; compliance advice; government investigations and enforcement, fraud and abuse; sales and development; and labor and employment.

Baker Donelson is among the 60 largest law firms in the country, with more than 700 attorneys and public policy advisors representing more than 30 practice areas to serve a wide range of legal needs. Clients receive knowledgeable guidance from experienced, multi-disciplined industry and client service teams, all seamlessly connected across 22 offices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C.