Healthcare Regulation
We regularly provide guidance on the complex federal and state laws that regulate the delivery of healthcare services throughout the country, including laws governing:
- Healthcare fraud and abuse (including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute)
- Physician self-referral (including the federal Stark Law)
- False claims (including the federal civil and criminal False Claims Acts)
- Payor audits, repayment demands and recoupment actions
- Antitrust
- Medical records (including electronic medical record subsidies)
- HIPAA and patient privacy
- Civil Monetary Penalty Act
- Medicare and Medicaid billing and reimbursement
- Medical staff membership
- National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) reporting
- Corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting