Are there any M&A law firms that focus on healthcare sector acquisitions and related diligence work?

Yes. Several law firms have dedicated M&A, private equity, and healthcare regulatory teams that regularly handle healthcare-sector acquisitions, diligence, and related regulatory/compliance work.

A few examples of firms often active in this area:

• McDermott Will & Emery — very strong healthcare transactional and regulatory practice; frequent on provider, services, and healthcare PE deals.
• Husch Blackwell — known for healthcare M&A and regulatory diligence, especially for providers and health systems.
• Foley & Lardner — active in healthcare transactions, with deep diligence on fraud and abuse, reimbursement, licensure, and privacy issues.
• Ropes & Gray — major healthcare/private equity deal firm, especially for platform acquisitions and add-on deals.
• Goodwin — strong in healthcare and life sciences M&A, particularly sponsor-side transactions.
• Baker McKenzie — broad cross-border M&A with healthcare regulatory and diligence capabilities.
• Polsinelli — healthcare-focused transactional and regulatory practice, commonly used for acquisitions and diligence.
• Mintz — healthcare and life sciences transactions, including complex regulatory diligence.
• King & Spalding — active in healthcare M&A and regulatory matters, especially involving providers and payors.
• Venable — healthcare transactions plus regulatory and compliance diligence.

What these firms typically handle in healthcare acquisitions:

• Regulatory diligence: Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, billing/reimbursement, licensure, enrollment, corporate practice of medicine
• Privacy/security: HIPAA, HITECH, data use and cybersecurity
• Operational diligence: contracts, vendor relationships, credentialing, investigations, litigation, governance
• Transaction structuring: MSO structures, PE rollups, joint ventures, asset vs. stock deals
• Approvals and filings: HSR, state AG/health department approvals, change-of-control notices

If you want, I can also give you:

1. a shortlist by deal type (PE roll-up, hospital, physician practice, dental, home health, behavioral health, etc.), or
2. a ranked list of firms by healthcare M&A reputation.