Health Care

We represent a broad spectrum of health care stakeholders, serving all of their complex legal needs. Some of the areas we can help your health care company include:

Regulatory

• Federal/state regulatory compliance and licensing
• False Claims Act liability
• Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute compliance
• Medicare, Medicaid and third-party payer contracting and compliance
• Affordable Care Act initiatives including accountable care organizations, medical homes, bundled payment and other alternative payment arrangements
• HIPAA/HITECH compliance

Transactional

• Joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, sales of practices
• Real estate and leasing transactions
• Physician buy-in and buy-out
• Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)
• Other health care business transactions

Medical Malpractice

• Strategic litigation defense
• Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)

Enterprise

• Patient safety issues
• Antitrust counseling and litigation
• Government investigations and enforcement actions

Operational

• Medical staff privileges and disputes
• Labor, employment and immigration matters
• Intellectual property and IT system licensing
• General contracting

 Our attorneys have broad experience in health care business transactions, trial advocacy and regulatory compliance, as well as an in-depth understanding of the health care industry and current trends. In litigation matters, we vigorously defend clients in cases involving medical malpractice, regulatory agency and enforcement actions, medical staff hearings and commercial disputes. Most importantly, our unique perspective allows us to counsel our clients in establishing risk management and compliance programs designed to avoid litigation while furthering our clients’ missions and successes.