Thomas W. Kahle

Tom Kahle is an experienced healthcare finance and transactional lawyer who focuses his practice on the needs of mission-driven, not-for-profit healthcare providers. He has represented clients on all sides of affiliation and financing transactions, giving him insight and understanding of the ways in which opposing sides may view an issue. Clients frequently retain Tom after initial representation because of his knowledge of his clients' industries, as well as the corporate climates surrounding them.

Tom is ranked in the 2013 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and has been named among The Best Lawyers in America© in the areas of both Corporate and Health Care Law. He is listed as one of Cincinnati's "Top 125 Leading Lawyers" by Cincy Magazine. He is the Business group Coordinator for BakerHostetler's Cincinnati office and for 10 years co-led the firm's nationwide Healthcare Industry team. His experience as a 13-year board member and three-year Board Chair of a multi-site provider of senior living, continuing care, and affordable living facilities, coupled with his extensive legal experience in the healthcare industry position Tom well to deliver value-added service to healthcare and senior living providers.

Experience

• Leads the BakerHostetler team in the physician integration efforts at the University of Louisville, which involves the establishment of a new, multi-specialty practice plan from the existing 24 single space practice plans. Works closely with the chairs of various academic departments, as well as with executives of the new entity, and the School of Medicine executives and their counsel throughout the transition of 450 physicians and more than 20 separate entities.
• Serving as lead counsel to McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital in its affiliation discussion.
• Serves as lead counsel during the representation of academic medical centers on Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) claims for medical residents. Assisted by attorneys from the healthcare, tax, and litigation groups, prepared a case for his clients that had him litigating and negotiating with the IRS and DOJ. A nationwide position in favor of clients was announced, subsequent to a number of significant decisions decided in favor of the academic medical centers.
• Represented healthcare providers, including hospital systems and senior living providers, on several billion dollars of taxable and tax exempt bond and other healthcare financings.
• Represents an extensive variety of healthcare providers, including hospitals, senior living providers, and skilled nursing facilities, on business and healthcare issues, including strategic planning, merger and affiliations, integration transactions and healthcare regulatory issues.

Memberships

• LeadingAge trade

Community

• Episcopal Retirement Homes, Inc.: 
  • Board Member (13 years)
  • past Chair (3 years)
• FreeStore Foodbank Foundation: Board Member
• Cyber International; former Director
• FreeStore Foodbank
  • former Trustee (9 years)
  • former Board Chair (2 years)