Healthcare
With 18 Healthcare attorneys, we offer a fully-integrated, multidisciplinary approach to solving the complex problems faced by Healthcare systems in today’s highly regulated, fiercely competitive climate. The Firm offers significant experience in Joint Ventures, Mergers, and Acquisitions; Anti-Kickback and Stark Laws; Hospital, Physician, and Managed Care Contracting; Organization and Governance; Medical Staff Bylaws; HIPAA; EMTALA; CON; Clinical Research; Medical Malpractice; Risk Management; Medical Ethics; and Financing and Tax.
RECENT MATTERS
- Served as lead counsel in the Greenville Hospital System’s acquisition of a 20-physician multi-specialty group practice
- Re-wrote the medical staff bylaws of three hospitals to streamline and improve the organization, credentials, privileges, and dispute resolution provisions
- Defended a teaching hospital in a multi-million dollar dispute with Medicare over reimbursement for the cost of indirect medical education
- Formed a captive insurance company for physicians employed by a for-profit hospital
- Currently representing several hospitals in cases where the plaintiffs allege unfair pricing for uninsured patients and seek class action status
- Obtained a defense verdict for a hospital in a premises liability case alleging serious bodily injury
CLIENT ADVISORIES
IRS Issues Notice Regarding Community Health Needs Assessment for 501(c)(3) Hospital Organizations - July 2011
CMS Eases Requirements for Telemedicine Credentialing - May 2011
How the Healthcare Reform Act Impacts 501(C)(3) Hospitals - April 2010
2010 Proposed Medicare Physican Fee Schedule - January 2010
HITECH Alert - May 2009
2009 Final Physician Fee Schedule - March 2009
Nursing Homes Should Brace for Increased Regulation, Transparency in 2009 - January 2009
Red Flag Alert - October 2008
Final Stark Changes 2009 in Patient Prospective Payment System - August 2008
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