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Specialties
· All Transactions Related to
Practicing Medicine and Health Policy Issues for Physicians Including:
- Managed Care Contracts and Negotiation
- Employment Contracts
- Purchase & Sale of Practice
- Leases and Space-Sharing
Agreements
- Hospital Recruitment Contracts
- Hospital
Based Physician Contracts
- Strategic Planning for Physicians and their Organizations
· Licensing, Credentialing and Peer
Review
· Formation of, and Strategic Planning
for:
- Medical Groups
- Partnerships
- Professional Corporations
- IPA's
· Medical Staff Bylaws &
Discipline
· Advice to Medical & Specialty
Societies
· Compliance with HIPAA Fraud and
Abuse and Other Regulations
· Medicare/Medicaid Audits
· Antitrust
Analysis
Important Documents
and Recent Litigation
Regarding Hospital Medical Staffs
"Community Memorial Hospital Second Amended Complaint"
Hospital Lawyers Attack on Medical Staff:
Letter to JCAHO from the
American Health Lawyers Association
with attachment Additional Comments on JCAHO Revised Medical Staff Standard
Physicians'
Advocates
In the current climate, it is especially important for
physicians to select attorneys who not only understand the complex economic
and regulatory forces at work in physicians' lives, but whose viewpoint is
staunchly pro-physician. Physicians’ Advocates is the country's
leading health law firm dedicated to physician advocacy. We are committed
to representing the physician's perspective and advancing the physician's
agenda. Our firm does not represent third-party payors or hospitals; we
only represent doctors and allied healthcare professionals (and their
groups), medical staffs and other professional organizations. We are
committed to advancing the best long-term interests of our physician
clients as well as the best interests of medicine as a whole, without any
possible conflict of interest. By doing so, we are serving the best
long-term interests of patients and promoting quality of care.
For nearly thirty years, the partners of Physicians’ Advocates
have worked with physicians through the dramatic changes that have reshaped
medicine--from the malpractice crisis of the 1970s to the present managed
care crisis. In representing physicians throughout California and the country, our lawyers
have developed a wealth of experience in all aspects of medical practice,
from start-up to retirement and everything in between.
As a result, we understand both the legal issues and the pragmatic business
and management realities of conducting the day-to-day practice of medicine.
Additionally, we are frequently positioned at the cutting edge of new
issues affecting medicine. Drawing upon our practical knowledge of the
profession, we fashion strategies to help physicians cope with changing
times and conditions.
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