Health Care

We represent physicians, medical group practices, dentists, physician billing and management companies, imaging centers, institutional health care providers, ambulatory surgical centers and other ancillary health care ventures.

The practice area includes board certified health lawyers, business lawyers, litigators, wealth preservation attorneys, and medical real estate lawyers.

Business and regulatory attorneys who specialize in assisting health care providers maximize profitability in their business.  For instance:

• Enhancing compliant Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance reimbursement
• Compliant and profitable joint ventures with hospitals, surgery centers and ancillary
  service providers
• Successful compensation plans
• Real estate developments and joint ventures
• Compliance programs

Conflict resolution attorneys who are skilled at developing successful workouts.  Examples:

• Owner and employer disputes
• Hospital/physician disputes
• Real estate ventures
• Payors (CMS, insurance companies, etc.)

Skilled and up-to-date on the ever-changing laws and regulations governing health care, including:

• Fraud and abuse
• Stark II and Florida Self Referral Act
• HIPAA
• Red Flag Rules
• Medicare/Medicaid
• Licensure
• Wealth preservation

Examples of major engagements include:

• Negotiations of sophisticated exclusive contracts between physician groups and hospitals.
• Formation and merger of large group practices, with integrated ancillary services.
• Sale and purchase of large surgery centers, medical practices, physician billing and management companies and imaging companies.
• Formation and sale of major medical office building projects.
• Successful resolutions of medical staff disputes.