Health Care

Flora Pettit’s attorneys possess a wide range of experience in supporting health care organizations, ranging from large hospital systems to long term care facilities, home health care providers, assisted living facilities, and senior living/retirement communities (including CCRC-registered communities), as well as physician and dental practices.

We assist our health care clients in addressing complex issues unique to the industry, including:

• Regulatory compliance (HIPAA, Stark, anti-kickback, etc.)
• Managed care issues
• Patient and Resident care issues, such as informed consent, guardianship, Patient Bill of Rights, advance medical directives, and residence agreements
• Physician recruiting and contracting
• Practice transitions, mergers and separations
• Risk management and professional liability defense
• Credentialing and peer review
• Clinical trials and contract research organizations
• CCRC registration and disclosure statements

We supplement this specialized expertise with a close-knit team of professionals from various other practice groups to support the more general needs of our health care industry clients,  including:

• Corporate formation, mergers, acquisitions and other general corporate support
• Employee Benefits
• Labor and Employment Matters
• Real estate, including acquisitions, land use, development, leasing, and community associations
• Construction
• Federal, State and Local Tax Matters, including tax exemption, private inurement, and unrelated business income taxes
• Litigation
• Financing, including tax-exempt bond transactions
• Intellectual Property
• Cybersecurity
• Strengthening Foundations and Fundraising for Charities
• General contract and general counsel services

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