Corporate/Business Law

This practice area includes:

• Employment Agreements for employers and employees
• Independent Contractor Agreements
• Incorporations
• Corporate structure decisions
• New associates Agreements
• Shareholders Agreements
• Physician recruitment Agreements
• Disgruntled patient management
• Practice start up or wind down matters
• Professional grievances matters
• Rent/lease/sublease Agreements
• Employee matters and dispute resolution
• Independent contractor arrangements for in-office services- Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Nutritionist, Occupational or Physical Therapist
• Medical record documentation compliance and liability
• Office policy issues
• Managed Care related matters
• Contract review and negotiations for:
  • Managed Care Organizations (MCO) contracts
  • Health care technology equipment purchase or lease (ex. computers, Dexascans, EKG units)
  • Computer healthcare software purchase or lease, especially electronic medical records and practice management software
  • Payment (credit cards and check scanning devices) and billing agreements
• Website review for compliance with professional guidelines, law and liability
• E-health matters (emailing patients, consultations, payment for e-services, office polices, professional websites, blogs, internet and Wi-Fi issues)
• Minimizing liability online - protecting your reputation online and social media assessment 
• Compliance with State and Federal law and evolving healthcare legislation such as:
  • Stark applications
  • Healthcare Reform legislation-the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
  • HIPAA and the HITECH Act 
  • ADA
  • FMLA
  • ERISA
  • Anti-kickback statutes
  • Fraud and Abuse statutes
  • Medicare 
• Medicare and commercial health insurance investigations and audits