We place a strong emphasis on representing physician groups, especially in their relationships with hospitals, academic medical centers, managed care organizations and insurance providers. We also represent medical device and pharmaceutical companies, HMOs, hospitals, and other health facilities in corporate, regulatory, technology, and contractual matters.
Legal needs addressed by this practice area:
- Credentialing
- Medical licensure
- Physician contracts
- State regulations and certificates of need
- Fraud and abuse issues
- Stark and antifraud issues
- Billing issues
- Organizing physician practices and surgery centers
- Advising physicians on intellectual property
- Negotiating publishing contracts for physicians
- Physician employment contracts
- Consulting contracts
- Royalty agreements
- Technology agreements
- Research agreements
- Employee relations and employee handbooks
- Litigation dealing with physician practice
- HIPAA privacy and security issues
- Executive compensation
- Establishing and updating employee benefit and retirement plans
