The health care and life sciences industries are not only highly regulated, but also very complex. From managed care, corporate practice of medicine, HIPAA compliance and breach reporting, to product liability litigation, licensing, research and intellectual property, our award-winning lawyers identify potential risks, keep our clients ahead of the curve, and defend them when litigation arises.
We represent virtually all types of providers across the continuum of acute and post-acute care including health care systems, hospitals and physician practice groups, as well as individual physicians, nurses and other medical professionals. We also represent pharmaceutical and medical device companies, universities and research institutions, scientists and health care practitioners as well as clients active in disciplines such as tissue transplantation, plant and animal biotechnology, and FDA trials management.
Further, our health care litigators have secured a number of successful defense verdicts around the country, some of which ranked among the highest in at least a dozen years. Practicing in both liberal and conservative venues nationwide, our lawyers have an extraordinary record of obtaining defense verdicts in courts that are considered notoriously difficult.
Our lawyers have a broad range of medical, scientific, technical and corporate backgrounds, and work closely together to provide integrated legal representation. Our team of qualified professionals includes J.D. RNs and several paralegal RNs who have over 50 years of combined clinical experience in various areas of medicine.
Compliance and Government Regulations
- Regulatory compliance and state licensure
- Fraud and abuse, including compliance with the Stark law and Anti-Kickback Statute
- FDA compliance
- Legislative and governmental affairs
- Internal investigations
- COVID-19 response investigations / counseling
Corporate
- Formation and corporate structure
- Corporate governance
- Corporate practice of medicine
- Tax-exempt and other financing matters
- Arrangements and contracts
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Joint venture agreements
- Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement
- Real estate services
Licensing and Governance
- State certificate of need (CON) licensure
- Physician licensure
- Medical marijuana licensure
- Charity care policies
- Residential care, assisted living, and skilled nursing facility guidance
Litigation
- Tort and catastrophic loss
- Personal injury
- Medical malpractice
- Product liability
- HIPAA breach investigations and litigation
- ERISA welfare benefits litigation
- Antitrust and qui tam litigation
- Pharmaceutical litigation
- Medical device litigation
- Reimbursement litigation
Staffing
- Retention and recruitment incentives
- Office of Civil Rights investigative matters
- Medical staff issues and policies
- Labor and employment
Technology and Research
- Intellectual property
- Informed consent, HIPAA privacy and security rules, and HITECH Act compliance
- Institutional research
- Graduate medical education and other clinical education programs
