Mark T. Hechinger

Mark Hechinger, a healthcare attorney, has been general counsel for two national organizations including UNITEHERE Health, a hospitality industry welfare and benefit fund, and Sav-Rx, a pharmacy benefits management company. A former litigator, Mark focused on regulatory and corporate compliance.

Before becoming a partner at Georges & Synowiecki, Mark was the associate general counsel and chief health strategy officer at YMCA of the USA. In addition to handling legal and compliance work, Mark managed a team of 30 individuals who assisted in program development and implementation of chronic disease programs, payer contracting, and claims processing and submission in YMCA facilities across the United States.

Throughout his extensive legal career, Mark’s practice has focused on health care benefits consulting, contracting, corporate regulatory compliance, and litigation. In addition to providing clients with advice on multiple aspects of the Affordable Care Act and its regulations, Mark provided litigation support services to clients on various regulatory and compliance issues, including HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), Medicare fraud, waste and abuse, Stark law and anti-kickback provisions.

Mark has also been a litigation attorney at a large law firm and a prosecuting attorney with both the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Office of the Illinois Attorney General.

Education

• IIT - Chicago Kent College of Law, J.D.
• Georgetown University, B.A.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Professional Memberships

• Chicago Bar Association
• International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Committees and Awards

• Member Health Law Committee - Chicago Bar Association
• Former Member Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility
• Former Hearing Officer Illinois Department of Public Health