Healthcare Industry

The healthcare industry in the United States is caught up in a period of unprecedented change. The Healthcare Industry Group at Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP has the knowledge and experience to deliver sound advice and value-added legal services in support of our clients.

Services Include:

Corporate Matters: Corporate governance issues; Mergers, acquisitions and affiliations; Joint ventures involving clinical and nonclinical services; Corporate bylaws, compliance policies, and other corporate policies; Corporate organizational issues, including restructurings.

Contracts: Third party payor and managed care contracts; Physician and other professional recruitment and employment contracts; Health care services contracts with independent contractors and third parties furnishing services; Executive and other employment contracts.

Medical Staff Matters: Drafting, review and advice on development and revision of hospital medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations; Medical staff peer review matters, including investigations, hearings and actions; Credentialing policies and issues that arise during credentialing.

Regulatory Matters: Medicare, Medicaid and AHCCCS (Arizona) reimbursement issues; Preventive counseling and advice on development of compliance programs related to federal and state fraud and abuse, compliance with federal and state anti-kickback and self referral laws, HIPAA, EMTALA and other laws regulating hospitals and health care entities; Antitrust advice and litigation.

Litigation: Health care antitrust matters; Defense of hospital and physician group tax exemptions and intermediate sanctions; Defense of medical staff peer review decisions in cases involving antitrust, civil rights and discrimination allegations; Physician contract litigation; Litigation to protect the confideniality of medical records.

Tax Matters: Organization of tax exempt entities and procuring recognition of tax exempt status; Advice concerning transactions raising issues related to tax exempt status.

Health Care Facilities Financing: Structure tax-exempt bond financing of projects; Prepare basic bond documentation; Assist in securing approval for bond issuance and sale; Negotiate business terms of financing; Render legal opinions regarding the exemption of interest on the bonds.

Managed Care Entities: Provider contracts; Formation and organization of integrated delivery systems; Advice on development of credentialing policies and procedures; Policies concerning utilization management and medical records.

Other Health Care and Hospital Legal Issues: Medical ethical issues; Patient care policies; HIPAA compliance; JCAHO accreditation and compliance issues.