Healthcare

The healthcare industry is undergoing constant change, requiring that hospitals, nursing homes, retirement centers, physicians and other professionals in the healthcare field adapt their business on an on-going basis. At Ogden Murphy Wallace, P.L.L.C., we have the long-term experience and insight to offer practical and cost-effective advice and counsel to diverse sectors of the healthcare industry. Our healthcare clients include:

• Hospitals and medical centers
• Hospital districts
• Physicians
• Physician group practices and clinics
• Other healthcare service providers and professionals
• Healthcare foundations and suppliers engaged in the healthcare field

In our Healthcare Practice, we take a multidisciplinary approach to addressing complex issues unique to this highly regulated field. Areas of practice include:

• Government regulation
• Taxation
• Medical staff issues
• Corporate and medical staff organization and reorganization
• Compliance
• Physician practice organization
• Employment agreements
• Professional service agreements

We routinely negotiate and draft agreements involving hospitals, physicians, and managed care organizations.

Our specialized healthcare knowledge and expertise covers the following key issues:

• Acquisitions
• Affiliations & Mergers
• AIDS-related legal issues
• Alternative Care
• Certificate of Need
• Compliance Plans & Advice
• Corporate issues (restructuring)
• Contracting
• Fraud & abuse
• Joint ventures
• Licensing
• Long-term care facilities
• Medical records & confidentiality issues (federal privacy; security regulations)
• Medical staff issues (by-laws & credentialing)
• Medicare payment
• Payor contracting issues
• Physician Compensation
• Physician group formation & representation
• Regulatory compliance
• Skilled nursing facilities