Health Care Practice

Overview

With the rapid pace of change in health care, it is essential to have legal counsel who can effectively and creatively navigate the maze of laws and regulations applicable to this complex sector. Our attorneys have served health care providers for over 30 years. We counsel clients on the full range of matters that raise legal questions from day-to-day operational issues, such as patients’ rights to refuse treatment or access to patient records, to broad strategic matters, such as whether and how to partner with or acquire another provider. Our advice is informed by in-depth knowledge of the New Hampshire health care system and its players, and our service is enhanced by our experience with both state and federal regulators.

Practice Focus

• Medical staff and practitioner professional licensing and credentialing for hospitals, clinics, Managed Care Organizations and insurers
• Licensure, Medicare/Medicaid certification, HMO qualification, and private accreditation-   (JCAHO)
• Corporate governance
• Tax exempt status and state charitable trust guidance
• Tax-exempt bond financing
• Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures
• Medicare and Medicaid payment and participation
• Fraud and abuse, including the Stark and Anti-Kickback statutes
• Compliance plan implementation and operation
• HIPAA and state confidentiality laws
• Health information technology
• Quality assurance and risk management
• Defense of medical negligence claims
• Medical ethics, including patient consent and competency
• Anti-dumping statute (EMTALA)
• Employment
• Immigration
• Antitrust counseling
• Provider-payor contracting
• Government and community relations

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