Benjamin P. Townsend

Benjamin P. Townsend is an attorney with Kozak & Gayer in Augusta, Maine who advises hospitals, affiliated organizations, physicians, and other health professionals on health care law. His work includes strategic and transactional planning, regulatory compliance, clinical issues, staff privileges, licensure, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, privacy, provider networks, and nonprofit matters. The work requires careful attention to the governing law, factual record, deadlines, and practical consequences for the client.

Townsend earned a B.A. in Geology from Harvard College in 1979 and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Maine School of Law in 1990. His academic training is complemented by decades of health law practice involving both institutional and professional health care clients. This background supports careful analysis, clear writing, and practical problem solving in matters involving health care law, regulatory compliance, provider transactions, reimbursement, and clinical legal issues.

Townsend has practiced with Kozak & Gayer since the firm’s founding in 1995. His matters include contracts, HIPAA and privacy, provider networks, affiliation transactions, nonprofit tax exemption, reimbursement, EMTALA, compliance programs, financing, and other regulatory or operational issues affecting health care organizations. Across these matters, Townsend evaluates the legal and factual issues that shape strategy, negotiation, and the available path toward resolution.

Benjamin P. Townsend has been listed in Best Lawyers for Health Care Law for many years and has received Lawyer of the Year recognition in that field. His practice brings together transactional planning, reimbursement, compliance, and regulatory analysis for clients operating in a complex health care environment. This approach keeps legal strategy connected to the client’s practical objectives and the specific demands of each matter.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Kozak & Gayer, P.A.
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Chair (two terms), Grievance Commission of the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar (8 years)
• Member, American Health Lawyers Association
• Board Member, Community Mediation Services
• Board Member, Kennebec Land Trust

Licensed State

• Maine
• New Hampshire
• Vermont

Education

• University of Maine School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) Magna Cum Laude
• Harvard College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Geology

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