Harbuck Keith Hunt & Palmer understands that businesses in the health care industry face a challenging maze of interconnected and complex legal issues. The attorneys in our Health Care Practice Group have extensive experience combined with technical knowledge and provide a unique approach to assisting clients in navigating the complexities of health care law.
Our Health Care Practice Group also draws on the particular expertise of other practice groups in the firm including Labor and Employment, General and Complex Litigation, and Corporate Transactions, enabling us to provide a broad array of services to health care entities such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, specialty care assisted living facilities, surgery centers, hospitals, therapy providers and physicians.
Our Health Care Practice Group works closely with health care businesses on a wide variety of matters including:
• Certificate of Need
• Health Care Contracts and Vendor Agreements
• Health Care Collections and Billing Issues
• Health Care Labor and Employment
• Fraud and Abuse Concerns
• IDR, CMS Appeals, and DAB Appeals
• Investigations and Quality Assurance Review for Compliance with State and Federal Regulations
• Licensing Requirements
• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Medicare Eligibility
• Medicare Eligibility Determination Appeals
• On-the-Job-Injury Investigation and Defense
• Physician Practice Group Formation and Dissolution
• Privacy, HIPAA, and HITECH
• Professional and Licensing Board Issues and Credentialing
• Regulatory Compliance
• Stark and Anti-Kickback Statutes
• State and Federal Survey Issues, Plans of Correction, and Survey Response
• ZPIC, PBM Review, PERM Program Audits, and Audit Response