A substantial percentage
of our practice is devoted to serving our health care clients. We represent
the largest hospital in Muskegon and are corporate counsel for more
than a dozen hospitals in Western and Southwestern Michigan. Our firm
represents and advises alternative health care services delivery systems
across the country, developing creative solutions to issues relating
to the interactions among tax-exempt and for-profit entities comprised
of providers, payers, and employers.
Our attorneys have experience
in all of the areas in which our health care clients require assistance.
These areas include:
- Medicare and Medicaid
law;
- Obtaining Certificates of Need;
- Third-party managed care contracting;
- Health care services contracting;
- Formation, mergers, and acquisitions;
- Healthcare joint ventures;
- Credentialing, peer review, and quality assurance;
- Professional and facility licensing;
- Antitrust counseling and representation;
- HIPAA, corporate compliance, and other regulatory matters;
and
- The complex questions of divulging confidential patient information
to prosecutorial and other legal authorities.
We have also assisted clients in establishing self insurance programs
for medical malpractice claims. Our knowledge and experience benefits
our healthcare clients not only in business and corporate matters, but
also in litigation and administrative proceedings.
Our attorneys who specialize
in this area are Richard C. Lague, and Todd
L. Helle, M.D. Our health care litigation specialists include
William M. Newman, and Charyn K. Hain.
