The Trusted Voice in Healthcare.
Bringing over 30 years of real-world insight to the industry, regulators, courts, and the national conversation.
30+
YEARS IN PRACTICE
4000+
ENGAGEMENTS
4
PUBLISHED BOOKS
- Expert Witness
- Healthcare Regulation
- Public Speaker
- Bestselling Author
- Board Advisor
- Opioid Crisis Authority
- Healthcare Fraud & Abuse
- Expert Witness
- Healthcare Regulation
- Public Speaker
- Bestselling Author
- Board Advisor
- Opioid Crisis Authority
- Healthcare Fraud & Abuse
- Expert Witness
- Healthcare Regulation
- Public Speaker
- Bestselling Author
- Board Advisor
- Opioid Crisis Authority
- Healthcare Fraud & Abuse
Areas of Expertise
What Harry Brings to the Table
Three decades of experience across the most complex intersections of healthcare law, policy, and regulation: deployed wherever the stakes are highest.
Expert
Witness
For over 30 years, Harry Nelson has advised healthcare providers, boards of directors, and regulators.
Speaking
Engagements
Harry Nelson delivers compelling, high-impact presentations on the legal and regulatory forces shaping the future of healthcare.
Teaching &
Training
Harry Nelson offers customized teaching and training sessions on healthcare legal and regulatory topics.
ABOUT HARRY
Where law meets
the real world.
Harry Nelson is a nationally recognized expert witness, speaker, educator, and media commentator with deep experience advising healthcare providers, policymakers, and the industry at large.
His work spans corporate structuring, regulatory strategy, fraud and abuse, reimbursement, privacy, and high-stakes healthcare disputes: the full spectrum of where medicine and law collide.
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LATEST WORK
The definitive
account of the
Opioid Crisis.
Harry’s latest book delivers critical insights and a roadmap for solutions. He shares an essential and fascinating history of how opioid addiction grew roots into our culture, and lays out a compelling case for change.
Media & Press
The National Conversation.
Time to Stop Gawping and Start Doing Something About the Opioid Crisis
Forbes Healthcare Council, 2023
Career Highlights
A Record of Distinction.
2015
California Department of Consumer Affairs
Invited to teach Medical Board experts on regulatory and appointed to multi-agency task force on aesthetic medical devices.
2016
Founded American Addiction Treatment Association
Developed e-learning resources, compliance materials and a certification for addiction treatment marketing to support behavioral health community.
2017
From ObamaCare to TrumpCare
Co-authors leading book analyzing history, politics, and future of U.S. healthcare policy
2018
Invited to serves on opioid crisis task forces
Harry participates in task forces with federal and state policymakers focused on opioid crisis challenges, addiction treatment, prescribing, access to care, and public policy reform.
2019
The United States of Opioids
Harry authors best-selling book that became a landmark contribution to the national dialogue on the opioid crisis and addiction policy.
2022
Keck Medicine of USC Assistant Clinical Professor
Harry begins developing and teaching courses for graduate health professionals on healthcare policy and compliance.
2026
Digital Diagnosis: The AI Revolution in Healthcare
Harry co-authors work assessing the path for healthcare organizations to integrate AI from a strategic and compliance perspective.
Today
National Voice
Continuing to shape the conversation on healthcare law and policy through speaking, expert witness work, and board advisory roles.
