Dilworth Paxson’s Health Care Practice is part of a broad and diverse firm with a rich tradition of providing effective, responsive legal services to regional and national organizations. The firm’s client base ranges from Fortune 500 companies and closely held businesses to governmental entities and individuals.
Our Health Care Practice counsels on a full range of regulatory, transactional, compliance and litigation matters affecting health care providers, payors, health care industry vendors, purchasers and consumers. Our attorney’s wealth of experience, including significant in-house service in health care provider and insurance settings, ensures that our clients receive timely, strategic and practical guidance.
The broad knowledge of Dilworth Paxson’s Health Care Practice Group is made stronger by the resources of our entire firm. Our Health Care Practice Group attorneys work closely with their colleagues in our Public Finance, Tax, Philanthropic & Non-Profits, Litigation, Bankruptcy & Insolvency, Labor & Employment, and Corporate practice groups. This means we are able to provide clients with many services that address issues of health law, including:
- Medicare and Medicaid fee-for-service and managed government programs
- Litigation including defense of class actions, coverage disputes and antitrust challenges
- Managed care reimbursement, contracting and disputes
- Professional and institutional licensure and certification surveys and adverse actions
- Health Care mergers and acquisitions, provider affiliations, joint ventures and network development
- Health information technology, including electronic health record implementation
- Fraud and abuse, including Anti-kickback, Stark and False Claims Act exposure
- Data breach avoidance and response under HITECH and state data breach notification requirements
- Government audits and investigations, including Corporate Integrity Agreements and Corporate Compliance Plans
- Academic medical center issues, including faculty relations, research and affiliation agreements
- Tax exempt issues, including private inurement and benefit
- Health care provider recruitment, including practice acquisition, disposition, governance and employment matters
- Medical staff matters, including bylaws, revision, credentialing, privileging and fair hearings
- Patient care and risk management issues, including care management initiatives, patient safety and event reporting
- Insurance and managed regulation, including licensure and regulatory review and approvals
Health Care Reform
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is historic legislation that expands access to health care coverage for millions of Americans, reshapes the provision of health insurance and creates new health care provider payment models. State health care reform initiatives are also changing aspects of the health care system.
Our Health Care Practice assists health care providers, insurers, employers and vendors to the health care industry in confronting the implications of federal and state reform initiatives.
WE HELP CLIENTS:
- Understand the variety of health reform regulations
- Develop strategic responses
- Evaluate new reimbursement and provider affiliation models
- Consider new business opportunities presented
To speak with a member of the Dilworth Paxson’s Health Care Practice Group please visit www.dilworthlaw.com or call us at (215) 575-7000. |