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Services for Healthcare Organizations

Organizational Governance – Effective governance is a must in today’s environment.  We advise Governing Boards to help them understand their legal obligations and to help them institute manageable processes and procedures to meet these obligations.  Issues may include: oversight of management, legal and regulatory compliance, community benefit, and conflicts of interest.

Medical Staff Governance – Physicians are vital to any healthcare organization.  Effective self-governance by a medical staff is equally vital. We work with medical staff leaders to teach effective self-governance and provide tools to enable them to meet their obligations in a manner that is professional, constructive, and sustainable.

Healthcare Transactions – Virtually all healthcare transactions are regulated to some extent.  We can help organizations understand and think through legal issues at the earliest possible time and then assist with transaction design and implementation in order ensure that business objectives and legal requirements are met.

Litigation Management – Litigation is expensive, uncertain, time consuming, and disruptive to any organization. Managing litigation requires an understanding of both the legal process and organizational culture. We can help ensure that litigation is managed responsibly, cost effectively, and in a manner that minimizes disruption.

Regulatory Compliance – Healthcare organizations face a complex array of State and Federal Regulations including the Stark rules, Anti-Kickback statute, EMTALA, HIPAA and state and federal rules relating to tax-exempt organizations. We provide practical advice to help clients understand how these rules impact their organization and how they can ensure compliance with them.

Operations Improvement – Day-to-day management pressures often make it difficult to evaluate and understand opportunities to improve business performance. We offer analysis of business and operational activity and we work with management to construct effective strategies for improvement.

General Counsel Services