CLEVELAND, Ohio — The MetroHealth System has appointed a well-known Northeast Ohio health care attorneyas general counsel and senior vice president. Thomas J. Onusko replaces William West, who retired from MetroHealth at the end of June.
Onusko was of counsel in the Cleveland office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease from 2003 until earlier this year. He was a partner in Cleveland law firm Arter & Hadden from 1977 to 2003, when that firm closed its doors.
Onusko devoted his career to the representing health care providers in corporate and regulatory matters, health care mergers and acquisitions, hospital-physician joint ventures, physician practice acquisitions and recruitment, fraud and abuse counseling, tax exempt bond financing, and medical information regulatory (HIPAA) compliance, MetroHealth said in a written statement.
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“We were impressed with Tom’s depth and breadth of experience in health care law and his familiarity with the Cleveland area,” said Mark Moran, MetroHealth’s president and CEO, in the statement. “His is a strong addition to the senior team and we feel privileged to have him.”
Onusko is a frequent writer and speaker on health care issues, MetroHealth said. He is an adjunct professor in health care law at both the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the Cleveland State University’s Health Care Administration MBA program. Mr. Onusko has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America every year since 1991 and Ohio Super Lawyers every year since 2004. Mr. Onusko received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his law degree from Cornell Law School.
Onusko is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, American Health Lawyers Association, Society of Ohio Healthcare Attorneys, National Association of Bond Lawyers, Healthcare Financial Management Association, and Healthcare Executives Association of Northeast Ohio. He also serves on the boards of Magnificat High School and the American Red Cross, Northern Ohio Blood Services Region.
“I am very pleased and excited to have this opportunity to assist the MetroHealth System in meeting the challenges presented by today’s health care regulatory environment,” Onusko said in the hospital system’s statement. “In my thirty-plus years as a health care lawyer, I have served many different providers, but MetroHealth has always been a very special place to me because of its importance to the community.”
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MetroHealth is run by Cuyahoga County and is viewed by some as the health care safety-net for residents. “I look forward to working with MetroHealth’s management team and board of trustees to build on their success to date in ensuring the sustainability of this vital organization,” Onusko said.