GluckWalrath’s health care department is dedicated to finding creative and resourceful solutions to the complex problems that challenge health care entities. This department is comprised of attorneys whose practices focus solely on issues involving healthcare providers and payors. Together, in collaboration with attorneys from the Firm who specialize in other areas, but have also worked extensively with health care matters, they provide litigation, transactional, finance and other specialized support.
The Firm’s clients include a wide range of health care providers, including general hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, health maintenance organizations, health insurance companies, hospital-provider and other health care joint ventures, nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, licensed health care professionals (including physicians, chiropractors, and nurses), organ procurement agencies, and mental health care management entities.
Examples of services provided include:
- General representation of health care providers and entities
- Health care mergers and acquisitions
- Corporate Reorganizations
- Corporate Compliance Issues
- Reimbursement Matters
- Medicare and Medicaid Counseling
- Fraud and Abuse Matters
- Health Care Litigation
- Real Estate and Land Use Matters
- Government Relations
- Certificate of Need, Licensure and Regulatory Assistance
- Disputes of State and Federal survey and licensure actions
- Capital FinanceTax-Exemption Issues
- Patient Consent and Treatment Matters
- Guardianships
- Physician Contracts
- Consultation on medical staff by-laws and physician credentialing