CINCINNATI, OHIO – Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is pleased to announce that Mark A. McAndrew recently joined the firm’s Cincinnati office as a partner in the Health and Life Sciences and Business & Finance practice groups. He concentrates his practice on corporate, transactional and regulatory matters, counseling a wide variety of clients ranging from start-up entities to Fortune 500 companies, including drug manufacturers, health technology companies, hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, nursing homes and consumer product manufacturers.

In addition to working on mergers and acquisitions and other general corporate matters, a particular emphasis of McAndrew’s practice involves providing strategic legal advice to clients navigating complex transactional and regulatory health care issues, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs; anti-kickback, false claims and other fraud and abuse counseling; reimbursement and compliance audits; FDA and DEA requirements and health care information technology matters.

McAndrew is admitted to practice in Ohio, the District of Columbia and New York. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association. In addition, McAndrew is an advisory board member of the Duke Energy Children’s Museum and was recognized as a 2009 Ohio Rising Star.