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Profiles in Diversity

"I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an attorney and to practice in the health care field. Along with raising five daughters, my parents also owned a health care business. My sisters and I grew up working alongside our parents in their business. One day, my parents said to me that the health care industry was going to need lawyers to keep up with the changes in health care; since I liked to read and write, they thought I would make a good health care lawyer. And, just like that, my parents had planted the seed—that is when I decided to become a health care attorney. I studied health economics in college and chose The George Washington University Law School because, at the time, it actually offered two health care classes that other law schools did not.

As a woman, be bold and own your contributions so they can be recognized. - Lynn Shapiro Snyder

"While I was in law school, I wrote a paper on HMOs and was looking for lawyers to interview. There was an article in the National Journal that profiled boutique law firms, and it featured Steven Epstein and Epstein Becker Green. I had a friend who knew Steven Epstein and Bill Kopit, and she introduced us. After meeting them, I knew that I wanted to work at Epstein Becker Green upon finishing law school. I joined the firm in September 1979.

"I have spent my entire legal career at Epstein Becker Green. Each year, I reflect to determine if this firm is where I still want to be and if this is how I still want to spend my days. And I am pleased to say that the answers have always been 'yes.' The people and the culture at Epstein Becker Green are really special in terms of collaboration, mutual respect, and providing the resources to grow your business.

"As a woman, when you are looking for a place to start your career, you should consider how many women are already in leadership positions in that firm or organization. Additionally, you should look for a firm or an organization where the men are just as passionate about diversity as the women.

"When I started at Epstein Becker Green, it was a very small firm, and there were no women in senior management. A lot of very good men had to be willing to advance me as a woman. I know that I could not have found better champions for embracing and promoting women initiatives than at Epstein Becker Green."

— Lynn Shapiro Snyder

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Focus Areas

Experience

  • Serves as lead health care deal counsel for private equity firms and strategic partners, including as lead health regulatory counsel for the buyout of HCA by three private equity firms; the buyout of Biomet; and the creation of Ascensia globally, among many others.
  • Leads the defense of claims of health care fraud in Medicare/Medicaid False Claims Act investigations and litigation at the federal and state levels. Lynn has defended one of the largest pharmaceutical firms, one of the largest home health service firms, and one of the largest respiratory services firms.
  • Counsels all types of health care providers, including payors and pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. Lynn has advised on regulatory requirements for clients’ innovations in telemedicine and artificial intelligence.
  • Advises clients on strategies for Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, VA, and commercial payors. Areas of Lynn’s counsel also include coding, coverage, and payment issues and new payment methods, such as accountable care and pay for value, as well as HCPCS codes, CPT codes, J codes, and Q codes.
  • Represents national and state health care trade associations on policy issues and trends, including drafting federal and state legislation, advocacy documents, and studies to support policy positions.
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Credentials

Education

  • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Executive and Continuing Professional Education
    • Innovation with AI in Health Care (May 2023)
  • Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
    • Women Director Development Program (July 31 to August 2, 2002)
  • The George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1979)
  • Franklin & Marshall College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1976)
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Economics with Health Economics concentration

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Florida
  • New York

Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Board of Directors

  • AMCP (American Managed Care Pharmacy) Foundation (former)
  • Apria Healthcare (2019 to 2022) (Blackstone Portfolio Company)
  • Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. (2007 to present)
  • Magnolia Holdings/PT Solutions (2023 to present) (General Atlantic Portfolio Company)
  • Maryland/Israel Development Center (former)
  • Nashville Health Care Council (2021 to 2023)
  • National Hospice Foundation (former)
  • Trustmark Mutual Holding Company (2006 to present)
  • Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation, Inc. (2000 to present)

Board of Advisors

  • TPG International Health Academy (former)
  • Benjamin Rush Society, Franklin and Marshall College (former)
  • BNA Health Care Fraud Reporter (former)
  • BNA Health Insurance Report Advisory Board (former)
  • Harvard School of Public Health Policy and Management Executive Council (former)
  • HelpAround (former)
  • Primex Wireless (former)
  • Protocare Sciences, Advisory Board (former)
  • Savor Health (former)

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Food and Drug Law Institute
  • Health on Wednesday, a group of Women Health Policy Experts, Founding Member

Media

Events

Insights

Insights

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Certifications

  • The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization & Education, Board Certified in Health Law (1998 to Present)

Health Care Industry Recognition

  • Modern Healthcare, “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare,” inaugural issue (August 2002)
  • Modern Healthcare, Top 25 Women in Healthcare (2005)
  • Jewish Women International, Women to Watch Award (2007)
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