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Health Care

Our attorneys bring years of practical experience to the Health Care Practice Group. We possess a strong business and financial background providing an invaluable service to the unique needs of our health care clients.

Typical services rendered by the attorneys in our Health Care Practice Group include the following: 

  • Structuring of mergers, joint ventures and other practice affiliations
  • Managed care contracting matters
  • Arbitration of disputes pursuant to the rules of the American Health Lawyers Association
  • Research and compliance regarding Stark Law matters
  • Sales and acquisitions of health care practices
  • Corporate governance issues
  • Compensation and business succession issues for health care professionals
  • Medical records and HIPAA privacy issues
  • Informed Consent issues in patient treatment
  • Credentialing and hospital privilege issues
  • H1B visa sponsorship issues for health care entities
  • Structure of physician recruitment arrangements and incentives
  • Corporate practice of medicine prohibitions
  • Fee-splitting issues
  • Certificate of Need and New York State Department of Health Approvals
  • Review of anti-trust laws in connection with health care provider affiliations
  • Review and compliance with New York state and federal fraud and abuse laws
  • Employee benefit plan matters for health care professionals
  • Exclusive contracts for physicians and health care practice groups
  • Faculty practice plans
  • Formation of independent practice associations and other physician organizations
  • Dissolution and Liquidation of health care entities
  • Medical group practice issues and health care regulatory matters, including professional misconduct investigations
  • Medicare and Medicaid Compliance issues

In addition to our collaboration with the Business Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Tax Planning and Advocacy Practice Groups, we maintain a long standing relationship with the independent firm of Green & Seifter, Certified Public Accountants, PLLC, which offers our attorneys the ability to provide advice on the financial as well as the legal implications of the issues presented.

We take pride in having a thorough understanding of the law as well as a strong business understanding of the underlying transaction. Our business expertise provides our health care clients not only the technically correct answer, but also the practical and meaningful answer.

Attorneys

Laurence G. Bousquet
Jason J. Centolella
Christine Woodcock Dettor
Edward S. Green
David A. Holstein
Lowell A. Seifter