Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that John R. Higham, an experienced health care attorney, has joined the firm's Boston office as a member of the Health Care Section.

Before joining Mintz Levin, Mr. Higham was an attorney in the office of the General Counsel at Partners HealthCare System, Inc., a Boston-based non-profit organization comprised of academic medical centers, community hospitals and health centers, an academic and community-based physician network and other health related entities. While at Partners, Mr. Higham was in charge of negotiating the System's complex managed care arrangements along with negotiating physician practice acquisitions, affiliations and joint ventures. Mr. Higham also has experience with health care antitrust matters and counseled the System with regard to corporate governance matters, tax-exempt bond and equipment lease financing and pooled investments. Prior to joining Partners, he was Vice President, Chief of Staff for Providence Washington Insurance Company in Providence, RI where he managed the legal, human resources and corporate communications departments. Earlier in his career, Mr. Higham was a partner at Edwards & Angell in Providence, RI. At Edwards & Angell, Mr. Higham's practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and other financing transactions.

"Mintz Levin's national healthcare practice, comprised of nearly 50 highly-skilled attorneys represents a wide range of providers, suppliers, managed care organizations, and investors," said Susan Berson, head of the firm's Health Care Section. "As we continue to grow, and as the delivery of health care becomes even more complex, Jack's experience working for one of the premier health care systems in the country and his vast experience in handling a diverse array of corporate and managed care matters will be invaluable."

"Mintz Levin's health care section is considered by many in the industry to be among the very best," added Mr. Higham. "I'm thrilled to be joining this dynamic and growing practice."

Mr. Higham earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from Yale University, an M.A. from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

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