Health Care
Preamble:
Committed to excellence, personal service, and responsiveness, our health care team advises hospitals, health systems, ambulatory surgical facilities, physician groups and other health care providers throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the adjoining region. Our team counsels physicians, practice administrators, health care leaders, executives, boards and their in-house counsel.
We strive to provide individual attention while managing complex legal matters.
Services:
Our extensive knowledge of and experience in both litigation and corporate transactional work provides our clients with a full range of services, which include:
Medical Staff
We counsel on all areas of the hospital-medical staff relationship. We regularly:
- Review and draft bylaws, fair hearing procedures, rules and regulations, and other related employment policies and procedures
- Represent physicians, hospitals, and health care organizations, during the fair hearing process and have served as the presiding officer in numerous hearings
- Advise on compliance with federal and state statutory and regulatory law, as well as industry standards, such as The Joint Commission and AAAHC
- Counsel on resident-physician due process and related policies
Litigation
Our clients have full access to our aggressive litigation team for matters related to:
- Antitrust/Medical Staff Disputes
- Breach of employment and/or physician contract
- Discrimination and harassment claims under state and federal law
- Restrictive covenants and trade secret agreements
Alternative Dispute Resolution
We offer neutral, comprehensive, and objective services to resolve disputes while minimizing litigation delay and cost:
Joseph A. Bubba regularly serves as a mediator/arbitrator for the American Health Law Association’s (AHLA) Alternative Dispute Resolution Service, as well as for the American Arbitration Association (AAA).
Contract Review and Preparation
We regularly prepare and negotiate agreements related to:
- The hospital-physician relationship
- The hospital-resident relationship
- Recruitment
- Exclusive Clinical relationships
- Practice acquisitions
- Joint ventures
- Vendor and licensing
- Employment relationships
- Senior and upper-level administration
- Group and institutional purchasing arrangements
Fraud and Abuse
Our team is current on the latest regulatory developments regarding:
- The Stark law
- Anti-kickback
- False claims
- Reimbursement arrangements
- Conflicts of interest
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