John Golembesky Bio

John Golembesky is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Downtown San Diego office. He is also a member of the firm’s healthcare industry team, which has frequently been named as the Health Care Practice Group of the Year by Law360 and is annually ranked by Chambers and Legal 500 as among the best healthcare departments in the country. John has represented clients in the healthcare industry for over 25 years. His expertise encompasses guiding medical groups, health systems, management service organizations, academic medical centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and other health care service companies through affiliations, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and other business transactions, with a particular focus on structuring and implementing complex strategic affiliations among health systems, medical groups, and other healthcare service providers. He also frequently advises private equity firms and financial institutions with respect to their healthcare-related investments and credit arrangements. John also serves as "outside general counsel" for many of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in California, advising them with respect to a wide range of operational matters, including physician contracting and compensation, provider relations/peer review, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and contractual relationships. In this role, he regularly advises clients in connection with their professional services agreements and matters related to compensation, joint governance, and compliance. John often works with clients on value-based care strategies and structures to improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery, including the development of care team compensation models, co-management, pay-for-performance, and other incentive-based compensation arrangements. John is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys, and a co-editor and frequent contributor to the firm’s Healthcare Law Blog.