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Healthcare Regulatory & Reimbursement: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Healthcare Regulatory & Reimbursement and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Health Care practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 69
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +14.1%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 44.9%
- Partner share of moves
- 44
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 69 lateral moves in Healthcare Regulatory & Reimbursement from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the count went from 64 to 73 (+14.1%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Health Care | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 44.9% | 36.3% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 7.2% | 11.5% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 47.8% | 50.1% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 12.5% | 14.8% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 15.1% | 17.3% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 47.8% | 48.5% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+14.1%) | rose (+14.5%) | rose (+9.0%) |
12 months to October 2026 unless the row says three years; a row switches to three years for every column when this page's 12-month value is not published. A dash is a value we do not publish. Flat means a change under 5% or inside the noise of the two counts.
Set against the Health Care practice as a whole, the partner share stands out most: 44.9% here against 36.3%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Health Care practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 216 lawyers moved in Healthcare Regulatory & Reimbursement, 102 of them partners (47.2%). They joined 110 different firms. 12.5% stepped up a level on the move and 23.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 40.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner44.9%
- Counsel7.2%
- Associate47.8%
This is a partner market: 44.9% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 35 to 34 (-2.9%), which we read as flat.
44 firms hired at least one lateral in Healthcare Regulatory & Reimbursement in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 50.7% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Polsinelli, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers40.0%
- 400-999 lawyers25.9%
- 150-399 lawyers20.0%
- under 150 lawyers14.1%
City figures here cover the three years to October 2026. By city, Washington, DC comes first (19.0% of arrivals), then New York (9.3%). A change of city came with 15.1% of moves (market 20.5%).
There were 52 open roles in Healthcare Regulatory & Reimbursement on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
With volume in Healthcare Regulatory & Reimbursement holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.
Firms by rank and band
Each firm appears as a rank and a band, never an exact count, and only with at least 10 moves in the window.
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polsinelli | 6-10 |
| 2 | Bass, Berry & Sims | 6-10 |
| 3 | Goodwin Procter | 3-5 |
| 4 | King & Spalding | 3-5 |
| 5 | Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman | 3-5 |
| 6 | Barnes & Thornburg | 3-5 |
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polsinelli | 6-10 |
| 2 | Epstein Becker & Green | 6-10 |
| 3 | Bass, Berry & Sims | 3-5 |
| 4 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | 3-5 |
| 5 | King & Spalding | 3-5 |
| 6 | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips | 3-5 |
| 7 | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | 3-5 |
| 8 | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | 3-5 |
Deals in Healthcare Regulatory & Reimbursement
Sartori & Partners data count 99 dated deals in Healthcare Regulatory & Reimbursement in the 12 months to October 2026 and 215 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 65.1% of them and Regulatory & antitrust in 15.8%.
By client industry, Healthcare Providers & Payors comes first with 69.3%.
Bass, Berry & Sims ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 61-100 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bass, Berry & Sims | 61-100 |
| 2 | King & Spalding | 11-20 |
| 3 | Jones Day | 11-20 |
| 4 | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | 6-10 |
| 5 | Berger Montague | 6-10 |
| 6 | Dentons | 3-5 |
| 7 | Alston & Bird | 3-5 |
| 8 | Polsinelli | 3-5 |
| 9 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 3-5 |
| 10 | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Healthcare Regulatory & Reimbursement
25 lawyers were promoted to partner in Healthcare Regulatory & Reimbursement in the 12 months to May 2026, 120 over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 10.0 years, with the middle half between 8.0 years and 12.2 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 75.0% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 112 promotions.
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Reports
- Healthcare Reimbursement Work Is a Disputes Practice, Hiring Flat
Disputes and investigations made up 65.1% of healthcare regulatory and reimbursement matters over three years, regulatory and antitrust work 15.8%. Hiring held flat (+14.1%) on the year, and partners are a larger share of the moves than in health care as a whole.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026
Edition November 2026. Window: November 2025 to October 2026. Source: Sartori & Partners, from public law-firm announcements, firm websites and professional profiles, checked monthly. Methodology. Spot an error? [email protected].
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