Center for Healthcare Governance

Transformational Governance

Best Practices for Public and Nonprofit Hospitals and Health Systems

About the Author

Larry Gage has practiced law in Washington DC since 1972. He currently serves as Senior Counsel in the Washington D.C. office of the law firm of Alston+Bird LLP. He also serves as a Senior Advisor to the healthcare industry group of the consulting firm of Alvarez & Marsal. Following four years on the staff of the United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Larry served in the Administration of President Jimmy Carter as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Legislation (among other positions). In 1981, Mr. Gage founded the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH) and he served as President of that organization from 1981 to 2011. Mr. Gage has written and lectured extensively on the governance and legal structure of governmental and non-profit hospitals and health systems. In 2012, he was honored to receive the Board of Trustees Award of the American Hospital Association. Mr. Gage is a graduate of Harvard College and the Columbia University Law School. He can be reached at Larry.Gage@Alston.com.

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