Thomas R. Neal

Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, USA

Mr. Neal is the chair of the firm's Health Care Practice Group.  Mr. Neal's practice concentrates on strategic, corporate, organizational and management matters for physician practices, hospitals and various forms of health care provider organizations. He is a former Deputy Corporation Counsel for the City of Indianapolis and Deputy Attorney General for the State of Indiana.  Mr. Neal also served as general counsel for The Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County. He serves as counsel for hospitals, organized hospital medical staffs and a variety of physician practices, networks and physician-hospital organizations.  Mr. Neal is a past Chairman of the Health Care and Medicine Section of the Indiana State Bar Association and is a frequent speaker on physician practices and managed care issues for the Indiana State Medical Association. He is the author of numerous articles on law and medicine.  Mr. Neal has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1993.  He graduated from Indiana University and its School of Law.

Bar Admissions
Indiana (1972)


Education
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, J.D., 1972

Indiana University, A.B., 1967


Published Works
"Legal Issues in Managed Care Contracts"(edited by Steven F. Isenberg, M.D.), Managed Care, Capitation & Outcomes in Otolaryngology, Thieme Publications, 1997

"Provider Sponsored Networks: Real Change in the Health Care Market", Indianapolis CEO, 1996

"Managed Care Slowly Makes Inroads in Indiana", Indiana Medicine, Indiana State Medical Association, Vol. 88, No. 5, September-October 1995

"It''s Here, Now What? An Assessment of the Impact of AIDS in the Law in Indiana", Res Gestae, Indiana State Bar Association, Vol. 33, No. 1, 1989

"Informed Consent: Developments in Indiana", The Marion County Medical Society Bulletin, 1988

"A Duty to Warn", The Marion County Medical Society Bulletin, 1987

"Medicare Fraud & Abuse", Topics in Healthcare Financing, 1986

Classes / Seminars Taught
Guest Lecturer, Health Policy, I.U. School of Public & Environmental Affairs, 1985 - 1990

Numerous presentations for the Indiana State Medical Association and Indiana University School of Medicine as well as various trade and professional associations

Honors and Awards
Indiana Super Lawyers, 2006

The Best Lawyers in America 1993 - 2005


Professional Associations and Memberships
American Health Lawyers Association (Member)

Indianapolis Bar Association - Health Care Section (Member)

Indiana State Bar Association - Healthcare & Medicine Section (Past Chair)

American Bar Association - Health Care and Antitrust Sections (Member)