Ulmer & Berne’s health care lawyers continuously stay abreast of the ever-expanding regulatory laws in the health care industry and the wide range of civil and criminal enforcement risks faced by our health care clients. We represent hospitals and other institutional providers, emergency and hospitalists staffing companies, billing companies, single and multi-specialty physician groups, individual practitioners, preferred provider organizations, management service organizations, physician hospital organizations, clinics, nursing homes, pharmaceutical and durable medical equipment suppliers and other entities in the health care field.
Our range of experience includes representing various providers on federal and state physician self-referral laws, anti-kickback laws, false claims laws, civil monetary penalty laws and various compliance requirements and in structuring acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and other business transactions to be in compliance with those laws and requirements. We also have substantial experience in counseling our clients in connection with reimbursement issues, including claim denials, reassignment issues, medical necessity determinations, and payor-contract negotiations. We frequently represent health care provider employers, shareholders and employees in negotiating employment agreements, shareholder agreements, personal service agreements, management agreements, and corporate governance documents related to health care. We also represent clients on HIPAA and other federal and state privacy rules, EMTALA, and medical staff litigation and disputes.
Our health care practice lawyers frequently team up with our tax lawyers, litigators, employee benefits lawyers, antitrust lawyers, labor and employment lawyers, our merger and acquisition lawyers and lawyers in other practices to provide our clients a full range of services.