Biography
A note from our Managing Partner, Dan Cahill: It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that I inform you that Wilson Hayman passed away on November 28, 2020. Wilson was a dedicated member of the Poyner Spruill family for 30 years.
Wilson represents health care providers in forming joint ventures, sales and acquisitions, entering into all types of financial relationships including management, services, employment, recruitment and managed care contracts. He represents health care providers in the formation and operation of provider-owned and controlled managed care organizations, including IPAs, PHOs, MSOs, and HMOs. He has represented medical device manufacturers and behavioral health providers, LMEs, and MCOs in a wide range of regulatory matters. Wilson represents nonprofit church organizations and their affiliates on corporate, employment, and other business issues and litigation.
Areas of Focus
+Administrative Health Care Law
- Represented self-funded plan sponsor in submission of Multiple Employer Welfare Association PPO filing for approval by NC Department of Insurance
- Represented health care providers in the formation and operation of provider-owned and controlled managed care organizations, including IPAs, PHOs, MSOs, and HMOs
+Health Care
- Represented public and private hospital systems as lead counsel in the acquisition and sale of hospitals, physician practices, and HMOs
- Represented hospitals and physicians in the drafting and negotiation of all types of professional services, recruitment, employment, and managed care contracts
+Trials, Hearings, & Mediation
- Represented area mental health authority or LME in federal litigation resulting from state mental health reform
- Represented church organizations and their affiliates in corporate, employment, and other litigation-related matters
Credentials
+Education
University of North Carolina, JD, 1979
Princeton University, BA, 1976, magna cum laude
+Notable Accomplishments
Recognized as a Leading Attorney by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Healthcare) 2014 – 2020
Ranked among Law & Politics magazine’s North Carolina “Super Lawyers,” 2006 (Health Care Law)
+Professional & Community Activities
President, United Methodist Church Conference Chancellors Association, 2017-2019
Vice Chairman and Director, NC Museum of History Foundation
Treasurer, Carolina Triangle Princeton Club
Vice Chair, NC Annual Conference Board of Institutions, Inc.
Director, L.L. Polk House Foundation
Chancellor, North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church
Past National Chair, Carolina Parents Council, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015-2016
Former Member, Board of Visitors of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003-2007
North Carolina Bar Association; former Editor, Prognosis, Health Law Section Newsletter; former member, Health Law Section Council
American Health Lawyers Association
North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys
Wake County Bar Association
Rotary Club of Raleigh; President 2001-2002
