Healthcare Law

We guide physician clinics, physicians, and other health care providers through the complexity of federal and state laws and regulations. The scope of our practice includes:

• joint ventures, ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic imaging facilities, and medical office buildings;
• employment agreements, leases, professional service agreements, and other types of transactional contracts;
• establishment, merger, and dissolution of medical practices;
• personnel discipline, termination, and complaints;
• physician compensation and separation agreements;
• privacy and data security issues, including responses to subpoenas and HIPAA compliance;
• corporate compliance programs, with policies and procedures;
• fraud and abuse and regulatory compliance arising under the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, the False Claims Act, HIPAA, and other related federal and state laws and regulations;
• internal reviews, investigations, and defense against health care fraud investigations and audits by the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General, and other federal and state governmental authorities, including conducting internal reviews and investigations;
• federal, state, and commercial reimbursement, including challenges to regulatory actions and disputes;
• representation before state licensing boards.