Overview
Health care law is an ever-evolving field encompassing extensive state and federal regulation. Over the years, our attorneys have developed knowledge and skills in discrete areas of health care law. While the original focus of the practice of our attorneys in this area related to administrative actions of many types (for example, license denials and discipline, peer review, Missouri and Federal Administrative Sanctions, Employee Disqualification Lists, Certificate of Need, National Practitioner Data Bank), our experience has broadened to include legal counseling, opinions, and transactional aspects of health care operations, such as Stark Act and Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA and patient privacy, regulatory compliance and professional non-compete agreements.
Our Clients
- Individual health care providers
- Practice groups
- Hospitals
- Clinics and ambulatory surgery centers
- Health Carriers
- Long-term care facilities
- Practitioner Associations
Services We Provide
- Professional licensing
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Stark Act and Anti-Kickback Statute counseling, compliance and opinions
- Merger and acquisition counseling
- Health care/allied health company counseling
- HIPAA and patient privacy compliance, including Business Associate Agreements
- Peer review and credentialing actions
- Provider–health carrier reimbursement disputes
- National Practitioner Data Bank filings, responses and appeals
- Long-term care facility sanctions appeals (state and federal administrative actions)
- Employee Disqualification List appeals
- Certificate of Need
- Non-compete Agreements
- Legislation drafting and review
- Regulation promulgation drafting, review, comments, petitions
Where We Represent Clients
- State Administrative License and Regulatory Agencies (including but not limited to, State Healthcare Practitioner Licensing Boards and Commissions, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee)
- Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission
- State and Federal Trial and Appellate Courts
- Missouri Legislature (excluding lobbying)
- Transactional Documents