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Magda C. Rodriguez
Magda C. Rodriguez
Partner
Miami, FL
| (305) 373-4010
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Overview

Magda C. Rodriguez is an experienced healthcare attorney who represents hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, physician practice groups, and healthcare business owners in regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters. She partners with clients to provide practical, business-minded solutions to complex operational and compliance challenges, focusing on strategies that promote growth while minimizing legal risk.

Magda advises clients on a wide range of healthcare regulatory issues, including compliance with the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, HIPAA, and state data privacy laws. She counsels healthcare organizations on structuring compliant physician-hospital relationships, developing governance frameworks, and addressing medical staff matters such as credentialing, peer review, and National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) reporting.

With experience spanning both regulatory and litigation arenas, Magda helps clients navigate the evolving healthcare landscape with an understanding of the operational realities facing providers and healthcare organizations.

Regulatory, Transactional, and Operational Guidance

Magda provides comprehensive guidance to healthcare providers, executives, and organizations on:

  • Structuring and negotiating physician-hospital relationships, employment agreements, and professional service arrangements.
  • Advising on corporate governance and compliance programs, including medical staff bylaws, credentialing, peer review, and NPDB reporting.
  • Counseling clients on exclusive contracts, closed medical staffs, and on-call coverage arrangements.
  • Guiding clients through HIPAA and state privacy compliance, breach investigations, and reporting obligations.
  • Assisting with the formation, governance, and strategic growth of healthcare entities, including management services organizations (MSOs).

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Magda represents healthcare providers and organizations in a variety of litigation and administrative matters, including:

  • Defending hospitals, surgery centers, and physician groups in complex commercial and class action litigation.
  • Representing healthcare providers in disciplinary actions.
  • Advising and defending Medical Executive Committees during investigations and formal proceedings.
  • Defending healthcare entities in disputes involving credentialing, professional conduct, and exclusive contracting arrangements.

Experience

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Counsel to the sellers in the sale of a primary care medical center to a venture-backed healthcare company, a complex transaction involving affiliated entities, payor-related contingencies, and negotiated deferred consideration components.

Represented a physician practice group in the sale of its practice to a national provider.

Successfully defended hospitals and surgery centers in a putative class action under Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act stemming from alleged balance billing claims, which was dismissed on summary judgment.

Represented a hospital in an action related to its credentialing activities of a medical provider.

Defended a hospital in a putative class action arising from a data breach resulting in patient identity theft.

Represented a hospital in a putative class action arising from surprise facility fees for emergency room visits.

Represented practitioners and cosmetic surgery centers before the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Board of Medicine in disciplinary and compliance proceedings.

Advised hospital committees on medical staff governance, credentialing, and wellness matters involving practitioners.

Provided counsel to healthcare entities regarding reports to the National Practitioner Data Bank and state licensing boards.

Education and Credentials

Education

  • St. Thomas University School of Law, J.D., St. Thomas Law Review, Articles Editor
  • University of Miami, B.A.

Admissions

  • State of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association, Health Law Section
  • The Florida Bar, Health Law Section
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Miami Dade Chapter, Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL), Co-Chair of Corporate Counsel Committee

Recognition and Community

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Recognitions

Selected to the list of Florida Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, Health Care, 2019, 2021-2023

Recognized as Woman of the Year Runner-Up by Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 2017

Community Involvement

Gulliver Prep Alumni Council, Executive Committee, 2023-Present

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Co-Chair for Miami Man & Woman of the Year Campaign, 2018

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Friends of St. Jude (FOSJ) Miami Steering Committee, 2008-2016

News & Insights

Thought Leadership

Events

News

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In The Media

Publications

  • Insights from 1st HHS Data Breach Reporting Settlement, Law360, April 24, 2017
  • How New Fla. Health Care Laws May Create More Confusion, Law360, April 27, 2016

Media Mentions

Speaking Engagements

  • Internal Data Theft & Whistleblowers, June 2015
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Practices & Industries

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