The attorneys of Rogers & Associates, P.C. have provided legal services to health care providers and other individuals and businesses in the Metro Detroit, Saginaw, Flint, and other Michigan areas for many years, with the firm's founding attorney in practice for more than thirty years.
Our clients have included:
Large and small medical groups
Health care systems and businesses
Individual physicians and health care providers
Physician and Accountable Care Organizations
Mental health providers and professionals
Dental providers and professionals
Pharmacies
Clinical laboratories
Rehabilitation and medical equipment providers
Home health agencies
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 have included:
Michigan Healthcare Professionals, P.C.
Millennium Medical Group
Oakland Medical Group
Henry Ford Health System — Greenfield Health Systems
Comprehensive Medical Center
Primary Care Partners, Inc. (a member of Covenant HealthCare Partners)
Mobile Dentists/Smile Programs and affiliated entities
Home health agencies
Retail pharmacies
Individual physicians and groups including 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, neurosurgery, vascular surgery, obstetrics-gynecology, anesthesiology, podiatry, and chiropractic, and many other health professionals such as dentists, physicians assistants, social workers, psychologists, counselors, radiation therapists, nurses, nurse anesthetists and nurse practitioners.
We represent and advise clients in matters including:
Organizing and operating physician group practices and other profit and nonprofit business organizations and professional practices, including corporations and limited liability companies, buying and selling businesses and practices, and structuring joint ventures.
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, office leases, co-ownership arrangements for medical equipment, and space sharing agreements.
Professional licensing and credentialing, such as licensing board disciplinary actions and investigations, and hospital staff privilege actions in Michigan and other states.
Medicare, Blue Cross, Medicaid, and other third-party payer audits, reimbursement advice, and departicipation actions.
Stark Law and other fraud-and-abuse and self-referral issues.
Establishing credentialing policies and practices for physician organizations and other entities engaged in credentialing.
Developing, implementing and updating compliance programs, and providing ongoing compliance advice.
Obtaining regulatory approvals and certifications in diverse areas such as Certificates of Need and CLIA certification.
Representing health professionals and organizations 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.
Antitrust compliance advice, and representing clients in antitrust enforcement actions.
HIPAA compliance, and defense of HIPAA investigations and enforcement actions.
Obtaining regulatory approvals for clients engaged in business in multiple states.
Employment law and personnel matters.
Representing providers, professionals and businesses in contract disputes such as payments, noncompetition agreements, and enforcement of other contract rights.
Facilitation/Mediation in civil litigation matters.
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.
Negotiating and drafting contracts between employee benefit plans and health care provider organizations.
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 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. Our firm has been listed in Best Lawyers Best Law Firms in health care law by U.S. News and World Report.
David Rogers, the firm's principal attorney, has been named in Best Lawyers in America in health care law for many years, and has been awarded the AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating, the highest rating available for legal ability and general ethical standards. He has been selected as a Michigan Super Lawyer every year since Super Lawyers began rating Michigan lawyers. He has also been named as a DBusiness Top Lawyer for many years, and has been listed for many years in Best Lawyers in America in health care law. He is regularly engaged as a speaker and author 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 Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (Bureau of Professional Licensing; Bureau of Community and Health Systems), Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (Medical Assistance (Medicaid) Program), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
