Health Care Law

Overview

Our Health Care Industry Group is structured to meet the unique needs of clients in the increasingly complex and highly regulated business of health care. Health care clients today are not confronting single issues; they simultaneously face multiple complex issues involving virtually every legal specialty and subspecialty.

Using a multi-specialty, holistic team approach, our nationally known attorneys apply their combined diverse experience and expertise to deliver the preventative and curative services you need to you avoid, confront, and overcome the innumerable complex challenges you face in the ever-changing business of health care. Our attorneys do not merely practice health law, they know and understand the business of health care. As such, they can provide the strategic insight and guidance needed to help you succeed. In fact, the group’s members routinely assist health care C-suite executives develop strategic plans for achieving their short- and long-term goals.

Whatever role you play in the health care industry, no matter your size or scope, our attorneys are ready to play an essential role in your success.

Our legal services include:

Managed care contracting and disputes
Payer Contract Reviews, Negotiation, and Drafting Termination and Post-Termination Issues Formation and Counseling of Clinically Integrated Networks and ACOs Overpayments and Recoupment Underpayments	Value-Based Contracting Risk-Sharing and Pay-For-Performance Billing, Reimbursement, and Payment Medicare and Medicaid Risk Settlement Disputes
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE and STRUCTURE
Governance Best Practices Drafting and Revising Governance Documents Structuring Joint Ventures Entity Selection and Formation	Structuring Joint Ventures Collaborative Consensus Building
Provider contracts
Employment Agreements Recruitment Agreements Non-competes and Restrictive Covenants Office Sharing and Lease Arrangements	Professional Services Agreements Practice Management Arrangements Advanced Practice Provider Agreements
regulatory compliance
Federal and State Fraud and Abuse Laws Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark) Anti-Kickback Statute Self-Disclosure HIPAA, SAMHSA, and Other Privacy Laws Business Associate Agreements Scope of Practice Medicare and Medicaid Compliance Medical Records Act	Antitrust Laws Certificates of Need Corporate Practice of Medicine Compliance Plans and Programs Nonprofit Conversions Licensure and Accreditation Medicare and Medicaid Compliance DIFS and CMS Regulatory Filings Health Plan and Insurance Compliance
Business transactions
Practice Sales and Purchases Mergers and Acquisitions Service Line Agreements	Payer-Provider Joint Ventures Stock and Asset Sales and Purchases
HEALTH Care real estate
Sales & Acquisitions Financing Leasing	Construction Joint Ventures
credentialing, peer review, and medical staff issues
Peer-Review Hearing Officer Services Medical Staff Bylaws and Policies	Credentialing Policies and Procedures National Practitioner Data Bank Issues
investigations and enforcement actions
Office of Inspector General (OIG) and U.S. Department of Justice Investigations Regulatory and Administrative Proceedings	Administrative and Civil Monetary Penalties Office for Civil Rights (OCR) HIPAA Breach Investigations and Enforcement Actions
PAYER audits
Commercial Payer Audits RAC, ZPIC and CERT Audits	Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Audits Pharmacy Audits
healthcare-related commercial litigation (plaintiff and defendant)
Shareholder and Member Disputes Contract and Vendor Disputes	Payer - Provider Litigation
alternative dispute resolution
Mediator Services Mediation Advocacy Peer-Review and Hearing Officer Services	Arbitrator Services Arbitration Advocacy
hipaa and state privacy and security laws
HIPAA Privacy Manuals and Training HIPAA OCR Audit and Investigation Defense	Data Breach Response and Notification Breach Risk Assessments and Incident Reports
Telemedicine
State Licensure and Practice Standards Payer and Coverage Issues	Face-to-Face and Supervision Requirements Vendor Contracting
labor and employment
Collective Bargaining Dispute Resolution Litigation Policies and Handbooks	Noncompetition OSHA Wage & Hour

professional liability	estate planning