Practice Overview
John E. Diehl counsels and represents clients on a broad range of issues in corporate law, governance, state and federal regulatory compliance, business transactions, exempt organization tax laws and public policy development. Mr. Diehl's clients are primarily in the health care and insurance industries.
Representative Experience
- Designs, negotiates and documents business and professional relationships and transactions – including procurement and service contracts, mergers and acquisitions, and systems development.
- Advises clients in the health care sector on third-party payer credentialing and payment issues (for Medicare, Medicaid and private health plans); biomedical ethics; patient care; regulatory compliance; and risk management systems and disputes.
- Represents regulated individuals and corporate entities in addressing issues with their licensing boards and credentialing authorities.
- Extensive involvement in the development of health care policy and insurance law, including insurer solvency, health insurance, property and casualty insurance regulation, and protection of individual rights.
Bar Admissions
- Iowa, 1969
- Minnesota, 1969
- U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
Education
- University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA, 1969 J.D.
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1964 B.B.A.
Prior Professional Experience
- Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Minnesota, 1969 - 1972
- Chief, Minnesota Department of Health, HMO Unit, 1973 - 1975
- General Counsel, University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, 1975 - 1983
Professional Associations & Memberships
- Minnesota State Bar Association, Health Law Section, 1978 - present, Chairman of Governing Council, 1999 - 2000
- American Health Lawyers Association, 1976 - 2014
- Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, Board of Directors, 1993 - 2012, Chairman, 1998-2000
- City of Lilydale, Minnesota, City Councilman, 2011 - present
- City of Lilydale, Minnesota, Planning and Zoning Commission, 2007 - present; Chairman, 2007-2011
- East Metro Medical Society Foundation, Board of Directors, 2010 - 2015
- Minnesota Commission on End of Life Care, 2000 - 2002
- Minnesota Hospital Association, Associate Member, 1983 - 2015, Board of Directors, 2000-2005
- Minnesota Society of Hospital Attorneys, Founder, 1976-1996, Board of Directors, 1976-1980 and President, 1978-1980
- Minnesota Workers Compensation Insurers Association, Inc., Board of Directors (Employer Representative), 1998 - 2002
- National Association of HMO Regulators, Founder and First President, 1974-1975