The health law attorneys at Kramer Green Zuckerman Greene & Buchsbaum, P.A., have over 30 years of experience representing physicians and other health care providers. We provide the full range of health law and related services designed to meet their needs.
Whether we are counseling a new physician negotiating their first employment agreement or planning for a physician’s retirement from medical practice, the health law attorneys at Kramer Green provide valuable assistance and experience in addressing our clients’ individual needs. Contact our offices today at (954) 966-2112 or reach out to us online and learn more about the legal services that our Hollywood health law attorneys can offer you.
Areas of Health Law Practice
Our health law attorneys serve as legal and business consultants to our health care clients and advise our physician clients on various matters about the business of operating a medical practice. We take care of your legal issues so you can focus on the practice of medicine.
Negotiating Contracts
When you start a medical practice or business, sell your practice, acquire another practice, or expand your existing practice, you will need to negotiate contracts. We can draft, analyze, negotiate, and execute contracts to cover all your business needs, including:
- Employment agreements
- Confidentiality agreements
- Covenants Not to Compete and other Restrictive Covenants
- Managed care contracts
- Hospital and physician contracts
- Buy/sell agreements
- Real estate leases
Complying with Health Care Laws and Regulations
Health care laws and regulations have become increasingly complex, to the point where physicians and other health care professionals may violate such laws without even knowing it. These situations result in unintentionally exposing themselves and their business to significant penalties.
Our health care attorneys advise our clients on the various federal and state health care laws and regulations, including:
- Medicare payment and reimbursement rules
- Private insurance regulations
- Federal and state fraud and abuse statutes
- Federal anti-kickback statutes
- HIPAA
- Stark Law, or the physician self-referral law
Our goal is to educate our clients to ensure compliance with these complicated laws and regulations and help them avoid the common traps that can lead to sanctions for noncompliance. We want you to be familiar with the critical laws and regulations that govern your industry and business. This knowledge will help you recognize when potential legal issues or problems arise. In addition, we want to empower you to deal with these issues in advance rather than after federal or state governmental agencies come knocking at your door.
Structuring Business Organizations
Whether you are opening your medical practice, merging with another practice, forming a partnership, or purchasing an existing practice, the choice of business entity and structure can make a significant difference on various levels. We can discuss the pros and cons of each available business structure and determine which structure best meets your needs.
In today’s complicated health care environment, with the alphabet soup of health care organizations, including ACOs, PHOs, IPAs, and MSOs, our health law attorneys will assist in determining what is best for our physician clients, including how to best structure such business organizations. We also can work with other legal counsel for your partners or colleagues if you choose to embark upon a joint venture.
Healthcare Personnel Matters
Like any other business, you must deal with personnel matters in your medical practice as they arise. For instance, you may need assistance with:
- Covenants not to complete
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Recruitment and retention agreements
- Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements
- EEOC matters
- Medical staff disputes
- Employee terminations
Handling personnel matters correctly from their outset can be vital to avoiding time-consuming and expensive litigation in the future. In addition, working with your legal team upfront can prevent negative situations from turning into unwanted legal matters.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Numerous state and federal laws and regulations apply when you sell or purchase a healthcare business. We are familiar with those legal requirements and how they apply to the sale or purchase of a healthcare-related business, whether a medical office or another healthcare service provider. Some of the functions that we can perform concerning mergers and acquisitions may include:
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating purchase and sale agreements and employment agreements, commercial real estate leases, together with other ancillary agreements
- Obtaining licensing as needed
- Ensuring physician compliance with Federal and state fraud and abuse statutes, Stark Law, or the physician self-referral law, together with Medicare statutes and other laws concerning medical billing
- Handling all matters related to billing and insurance
Look to the Miami Health Care Attorneys at Kramer Green for Help
When you embark on a new business venture, you will need legal help that only experienced Hollywood health care lawyers can offer you. Allow us to handle your legal need while you focus on the details of getting your practice up and running. Call our offices today at (954) 966-2112 or reach us online.