Nathaniel (Nate) Lacktman is a partner and Chair of Foley & Lardner’s national Telemedicine & Digital Health Industry Team. He is serves on the Board of Directors of the ATA, having held several leadership positions with the industry. Nate advises entrepreneurial health care providers and technology companies on business arrangements, compliance, and corporate matters in telemedicine, digital health, remote patient monitoring, and click-and-mortar services. Working with hospitals, health systems, providers, and start-ups to build telemedicine arrangements across the United States, his practice emphasizes strategic counseling, creative business modeling, and fresh approaches to realize clients’ ambitious and innovative goals.

For over a decade, his skills have been recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers (2013 – 2023), which states, “He is undoubtedly the foremost authority on telemedicine and direct-to-consumer issues in the country.” “He can problem-solve creatively, and cares about his clients as people.”Nate speaks and writes frequently on issues at the forefront of telehealth and is often quoted for his insight about legal and business developments in this area. He has written telehealth legislation, regulations, comments and policy input to lawmakers, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Congressional Research Service, state Medicaid Agencies, and state boards of medicine across several states. He has helped write telemedicine policy letters and position statements with such organizations as the ATA and the American Heart Association. He has appeared in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg, POLITICO, the Associated Press, Reuters, Modern Healthcare, Forbes, Huffington Post, MobiHealthNews, Wired, Inside Counsel, Buzzfeed, mHealthIntelligence, and Information Week, among others.