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The
firm’s attorneys have provided legal services to health
care providers and other individuals and businesses for
many years, with each of the firm's principal attorneys
in practice for more than twenty years. Our clients
include large and small medical groups, health care
systems and businesses, individual physicians, physician
organizations, mental health providers and
professionals, dental providers and professionals,
rehabilitation and medical equipment providers, home
health agencies, and other health care organizations and
professionals. Because of our expertise in business
matters and in resolving disputes, we also occasionally
represent clients in other areas of business.
Representative clients of the firm include: Millennium
Medical Group, P.C.; Oakland Medical Group, P.C.; B.O.N.,
P.C. (Beaumont Oncology Network); Professional Radiation
Oncology Services, P.L.L.C.; Mobile Dentists/Smile
Programs and affiliated entities; Henry Ford Health
System; Genesee County Community Mental Health;
Comprehensive Medical Center, PLLC; Primary Care
Partners, Inc.; and several home health agencies. Our
clients also include individual physicians and groups
including those practicing oncology, urology,
gynecologic oncology, radiation oncology,
internal medicine, family practice, cardiology,
gynecology, orthopedic surgery, general surgery,
thoracic surgery, ophthalmology/eye surgery,
gastroenterology, colorectal surgery, otolaryngology,
anesthesiology, podiatry, and chiropractic, and many
other health professionals such as dentists, social
workers, psychologists, counselors, radiation
therapists, nurses, nurse anesthetists and nurse
practitioners.
We
represent and advise clients in matters including:
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Organizing and operating profit and nonprofit business
entities and professional practices, including
corporations and limited liability companies, buying and
selling businesses and practices, and structuring joint
ventures.
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Negotiating, writing and enforcing contracts
such as employment and shareholder agreements, operating
agreements, joint venture agreements, management
services agreements, capitation arrangements,
participation agreements, medical director contracts,
consultant agreements, co-ownership arrangements for
medical equipment, and space sharing agreements.
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Professional licensing and credentialing, such as
licensing board disciplinary actions and investigations,
and hospital staff privilege actions, in Michigan and
other States.
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Medicare, Blue Cross, Medicaid and other third party
payer audits, reimbursement advice and departicipation
actions.
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Stark
Law and other fraud-and-abuse and self-referral issues.
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Establishing credentialing policies and practices for
physician organizations and other entities engaged in
credentialing.
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Developing, implementing and updating compliance
programs, and providing ongoing compliance advice.
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Obtaining regulatory approvals and certifications in
diverse areas such as Certificates of Need and CLIA
certification.
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Representing health professionals and entities in OIG
and other civil fraud investigations and cases, seizures
under search warrant, grand jury inquiries and other
criminal and quasi-criminal investigations and
proceedings.
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Antitrust compliance advice, and representing clients in
antitrust litigation and enforcement actions.
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HIPAA
compliance, and defense of HIPAA investigations and
enforcement actions.
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Obtaining regulatory approvals for clients engaged in
business in multiple states.
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Employment law and personnel matters.
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Representing providers, professionals and businesses in
contract disputes such as payments, noncompetition
agreements, and enforcement of other contract rights.
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Government relations matters, such as lobbying and
seeking changes in laws and regulations, testifying on
behalf of clients in legislative and administrative
proceedings, and negotiating with legislative,
regulatory and enforcement officials.
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Development of managed care programs and networks, and
negotiating and drafting contracts between employee
benefit plans and health care provider organizations.
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Establishing and enforcing intellectual property rights
such as trademarks and service marks.
We
are active in professional organizations relating to
health care and business, and we continually update our
knowledge of the law in our practice areas. Our
experience and attention to evolving issues enable us to
be creative when dealing with difficult legal issues
affecting our clients. We are usually familiar with the
kinds of organizations our clients operate, the
professions they practice, the markets in which they
compete, and the challenges and opportunities they
face. In responding to a client's immediate questions,
we keep in mind the client's business goals and
strategies for competition and growth, and try to
present alternatives that will achieve the client's
short-term and long-term objectives.
Each
of the firm's principal attorneys has been awarded the
AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review
Rating,
the highest rating available for legal ability
and general ethical standards, and they are regularly
engaged as speakers and authors on topics relating to
the firm's practice areas.
Our
firm represents clients before all courts and
administrative agencies relating to our practice areas,
including state and federal district, circuit,
bankruptcy and appellate courts. We also litigate
issues before state and federal administrative agencies
such as the Michigan Department of Community Health
(Bureau of Health Professions; Medical Assistance
(Medicaid) Program), Michigan Department of Labor &
Economic Growth (Office of Financial and Insurance
Services), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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