Antitrust:
Affiliations and Joint VenturesBusiness Transactions:
Managed care networks and contracting practices
Government investigations of conduct and transactions
Civil litigation
Non-Profit and For Profit
Mergers and acquisitions
Divestiture transactions
Affiliation transactions
Joint Ventures
Hospital - Physician joint ventures
Joint Ventures among physicians
Ambulatory surgery centers (single and multi-specialty)
Oncology cath labs
Diagnostic imaging centers
Health care organizational structuringCompliance Counseling and Defense:
Regulatory analysis
Stock option agreements and disputes
Leasing agreements
Real estate transactions
Physician contracts
Contracts and negotiations with hospitals and physicians
State and Federal Fraud and Abuse Statutes
Anti-kickback statuteFalse Claims Act enforcement
Physician self referral laws (Stark)
Civil monetary penalties law
HIPAA privacy and security issues (under Privacy below)
Counseling in responding to government enforcement measures (False Claims Act and qui tam cases)
Corporate compliance plans (hospitals, physician groups, and laboratories)
Medicare/Medicaid payment issues
Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards Independent counsel investigation
Office of Inspector General (OIG) and/or Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigations and proceedings
E-Health and Technology:
Health Information Technology
Medical licensure
Reimbursement
Risk management
Negotiating software license, development, support and maintenance agreements
Bond counsel services
Strategic planning for facility expansions and relocation
Certificate of Need (CON)
Intellectual Property:
Research/Clinical Trials
Clinical trial agreements with industry
Physician investigator agreements
Clinical trial policies for health care entities
Patient Informed Consent
IP aspects of healthcare mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
Confidentiality agreements
Trade Secrets
Labor and Employment:
Physician Recruitment and Services Agreements
Physician employment agreements
Counsel of physician in termination of employment proceedings
Employment discrimination
Traditional labor work (e.g., union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining, NLRB, etc.)
ERISA and employee benefits
ADA counseling and litigation
Counseling, training, and representation with respect to various human resources issues
Employment contracts and restrictive covenant issues
FMLA counseling and litigation
Sexual harassment counseling and defense litigation
Substance abuse issues
Wrongful discharge matters
Litigation:
Healthcare fraud matters
Governmental investigations
ERISA litigationERISA fiduciary litigationCommercial litigation
Payor-Provider disputes
Reimbursement issuesReal estate and construction disputesFalse Claims Act/qui tam litigation
Non-Compete agreement violations
Physician disputes
Hospital and/or Physician Group litigationPeer review
Certificate of need proceedings
Licensure proceedings
Economic credentialing
Tax-exempt matters
Third Party Payor Relations:
Medicare enrollment services
Medicare revalidation
Contracting with third party payers
Advice and strategies for navigating out-of-network issues
Advice, negotiation and conflict resolution of payer disputes
Billing advice
Internal investigations
Facility licensing
Privacy:
HIPAA Privacy Rule complianceSafeguarding health information
Implementing privacy policies and training
Health information exchange networks
Counseling clients after an impermissible disclosure or privacy breach
Counseling clients and responding to DHHS/OCR investigations
HIPAA Security Rule complianceEstablishing data security and protection measures
Implementing security policies and training
Establishing audit policies
Counseling clients and responding to OIG investigations
HITECH Act Amendments to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
Electronic health records
E-prescribing technologies
State Privacy Laws
Tax and Benefits:
Who We Represent/Types of Health Care Clients:
Hospitals
Investor owned hospitals
Physicians and other healthcare professionals
Physician groups
Ambulance providers
Academic medial centers
Ambulatory surgery centers
Nursing homes
Assisted living facilities
Ancillary service providers
Health plans
Investor-owned imagining and diagnostic centers (MRI, CT, and PET scan services)
Pharmaceutical supply/distribution companies
Home health-care companies
Hospices
