Biography

Peter Urbanowicz is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group in Washington, D.C. Mr. Urbanowicz brings more than 20 years of experience in solving challenging healthcare matters in government and private industry. He advises management, boards of directors, investors and lenders on healthcare compliance and regulatory issues, performance improvement, corporate governance and government and internal investigations.

Most recently serving as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC), Mr. Urbanowicz was responsible for successfully resolving all federal and state investigations and criminal and civil lawsuits facing Tenet by the United States Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and several state attorneys general and United States Attorneys' Offices.

Prior to this, Mr. Urbanowicz served as Deputy General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Mr. Urbanowicz served as the Senior Legal Adviser to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on Medicare, Medicaid and other pressing healthcare policy issues and was also part of the team that drafted the historic Medicare Prescription Drug Act of 2003. As Deputy General Counsel he helped direct HHS's regulatory and legal positions in areas such as Medicare and Medicaid payment policy, fraud and abuse, as well as regulatory enforcement.

Prior to his service in government, Mr. Urbanowicz was a partner in the law firm of Locke, Lord, Bissell and Liddell, LLP. He served as the Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Federation of American Hospitals.

Mr. Urbanowicz earned a bachelor's degree and a juris doctor degree from Tulane University. He is member of the Bar of the District of Columbia, the United States Supreme Court, the Louisiana Supreme Court and is a member of the American Law Institute.

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