Biography
Eric Tower serves as a trusted advisor to healthcare clients on a wide range of corporate transactional and operational matters.
Previously serving as a former executive and senior in-house counsel for the largest healthcare system in Illinois, Eric is well versed in handling mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, fraud and abuse compliance, physician practice acquisitions, financing, litigation, and corporate governance matters. During his 16-year tenure in this role, he led mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in excess of $15 billion and worked extensively with the system's nationally recognized population health management and managed care initiatives.
Throughout his career, Eric has amassed significant experience handling government investigations and litigation, including reviews brought by the Federal Trade Commission, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Internal Revenue Service, and the Senate Finance Committee. He is skilled at navigating these reviews, interacting with government agencies and effectively responding to government inquiries and actions, including antitrust litigation.
Outside the Firm
Eric enjoys spending time with his family and three dogs and playing and watching soccer.
Experience
- Negotiated acquisitions of multiple hospitals and health systems on behalf of a large, national health system.
- Established process and completed numerous acquisitions in multiple states for nationally recognized advanced primary care provider.
News & Views
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Empowering Physicians & Provider Groups as they Navigate the Transition to Value-Based Care
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Speaking Engagement
Lessons Learned from the Last Decade of Value-Based Care
Lumeris 4th Value-Based Care Leadership Summit -
Speaking Engagement
Pros and Cons of Private Equity in the Spine Field
NASS 39th Annual Meeting -
Media Coverage
Judge Clears Way for Trial in Sutter Health FCA Case on Compensation
The Report on Medicare Compliance -
How Value-Based Care Models Affect Physician Practice Valuation
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Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers in America®
Seth D. Lamden, Barry Abrams, Kevin J. Baum, Matthew A. Homyk, Regina Stango Kelbon, Christopher A. Lewis
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Talking Spine: Changes in Spine Health Delivery and Medical Device Innovation
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Exploring the Role of Operating Partners in Private Equity
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The Great Reset in the Healthcare Industry
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Structuring and Maintaining Value-based Care Arrangements
Recognitions
- 2023, 2025, Healthcare Law, listed in The Best Lawyers in America©
Affiliations
Memberships
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys
Since 2002, Eric has served as a member of the editorial advisory board for the Health Care Compliance Association “Report on Patient Privacy.”
Credentials
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Illinois
Education
- Northwestern University, BA, with honors
- University of Wisconsin Law School, JD, cum laude
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, LLM
