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Hospitals, medical professionals, insurance organizations, and other service providers in the health care industry face a number of industry-specific legal challenges. Increased federal and state regulation, intensified government scrutiny, operational and financial concerns, as well as the rise of telehealth and artificial intelligence, are among the many issues shaping the way the health care industry conducts business.

Dickinson Wright’s interdisciplinary Health Care practice group provides sophisticated, cost-effective legal services to our health care clients by providing proactive advice and vigorously advocating to achieve their objectives. Working closely with each client, we provide comprehensive services, strategic planning advice, regulatory assistance, and litigation services to meet their specific goals in compliance with all applicable laws.

We represent a broad range of health care clients, including:

Ambulatory surgery centers	Investment bankers and private equity funds
Behavioral health providers	Long-term care facilities, including nursing care institutions
Clinically integrated networks	Manufacturers and sellers of health care products
Dental insurers	Medicaid managed care
Dental and physician practice management companies (including physician associations)	Medical device companies
Dialysis centers	Memory care centers
Disability insurers and lenders	Mobile health clinics
Group purchasing organizations	Out-patient treatment centers
Health care startups	Physical therapists
Health care-related data storage centers	Physicians, dentists, and other providers (as both individuals and in group practice settings
Health information exchanges	Practice management entities
Health insurers	Psychiatric hospitals and crisis centers
Home health care providers	Radiology and radiology management companies
Hospices	Substance abuse rehabilitation facilities
Hospitals and acute care providers	Third-party plan administrators

Through our representation of such a diverse clientele, we are familiar with the difficulties that arise, we have experience resolving them, and we are well positioned to anticipate industry trends and address the challenges they present. Lawyers in our Health Care group regularly speak at conferences and publish a Health Care Legal News newsletter and other articles that address current developments in this fast-changing area. In addition, our lawyers maintain a Health Law blog.

Our Services

Antitrust	Intellectual Property
Development & Facilities Acquisitions	Labor & Employment
Distressed Health Care Organizations	Litigation
Financial	Providers and Suppliers
Governance	Regulatory Compliance
Immigration	Telehealth
Information Technology	Transactional

To learn more about Dickinson Wright’s Health Care practice, please check out the firm’s Health Care Attorney Guide.

Representative Case Matters

–Counseled health care providers and suppliers, advising on structure and governance matters; joint ventures, ambulatory surgical centers, affiliations and contract matters; revenue enhancement and compensation structures; risk management; and fraud and abuse and HIPAA matters.

–Counseled health care industry clients on matters involving mergers and acquisitions; software agreements; physician referral rules; certificates of need, privacy, and security of health information; corporate documents; and compliance program elements.

–Served as lead counsel and coordinating legal counsel on a wide array of matters to mid-market healthcare companies including ambulatory surgery centers, skilled nursing facilities, and physician group practices

–Assisted behavioral health companies in strategically positioning themselves for health care reform and integration through diversification into physical health.

–Provided strategic business and operational guidance to medical practices, surgery centers, and skilled nursing facilities.

–Ongoing counsel to physician practices and hospitals in professional service arrangements, medical directorships and employment agreements.

– Advise manufacturers and sellers of health care products on regulatory compliance issues/

– Assisted in the formation and development of a large physician-owned freestanding multi-specialty outpatient surgical center.

–Drafted and negotiated the design, construction and consulting agreements for various hospital, outpatient, senior living and medical office facilities throughout the country.

–Negotiated documents that closed disputes involving electrical engineering and installation issues among others for the owner on a $40 million healthcare project. The disputes were favorably resolved for the client without having to engage in litigation.

–Served as counsel to a private medical research institute for development and regulatory approval of multiple medical technologies, including biomaterials, personalized medicine and anti-aging technologies.

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