Health Care Law

Spilman has a large and diverse practice in the area of health care law. In our law offices situated throughout West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Florida, at least 35 of the firm’s attorneys practice in the field of health care law on a full or part time basis.

Few areas of law have changed as much in the past decade as health care, particularly with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related legislation, and our substantial health care practice has grown with these changes in health care law. We have helped clients form, develop and operate integrated delivery systems, managed care organizations, medical corporations and management services organizations.

We have substantial experience in corporate transactions in the healthcare space, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, corporate reorganizations and formation of health systems. We have defended hospitals and individuals in civil and criminal litigation matters, including employment litigation, medical malpractice actions, and government investigations. We have advised, assisted, and litigated issues concerning the revocation of physician Medicare privileges by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. As the federal Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse laws and regulations have developed over the past several years, we have counseled clients on structuring transactions and relationships to comply with this complex regulatory framework, including the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Law, and the False Claims Act. And as the relationships between hospitals and physicians have evolved and changed, we have helped them meet the challenges and opportunities afforded by these changes.

Our Health Care Legal Services

Some of the other areas covered by the health care practice include antitrust, bankruptcy, health care contracts, corporate law (including corporate governance), employment law, EMTALA, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, HIPAA compliance, integrated delivery systems, telemedicine, internal investigations, licensure and credentialing, regulatory matters, certificate of need proceedings, joint ventures, labor law, managed care, medical staff issues, nonprofit hospitals and other nonprofit health care businesses, and reimbursement issues.

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