Healthcare
GRSM’s healthcare practice is comprehensive and full-service. Clients rely on us throughout the life cycle of their business, from acquiring property and setting up operations through licensing and certification, employee relations and defense against professional liability claims. Our team includes lawyers with healthcare-related degrees and experience working for healthcare providers and government agencies. Wherever our national and regional healthcare clients do business, or plan to do business, we support them, every step of the way.
Our healthcare lawyers routinely represent providers in dispute resolution hearings and offer comprehensive legal support across a range of regulatory and compliance matters. They advise clients on both state and federal regulatory compliance, assist in obtaining necessary licenses and certifications, and provide guidance on adhering to HIPAA and other health privacy requirements. Our team also represents healthcare providers in False Claims Act litigation and offers counsel to help avoid fraud and abuse violations. In addition, we respond to government investigations, negotiate with regulatory agencies, and defend providers in Medicare and Medicaid hearings and appeals before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board, the Medicare Office of Hearings and Appeals, and various state agencies. We also help develop compliance plans, internal policies, and employee training programs to support ongoing regulatory adherence.
Healthcare employers face unique requirements in managing their workforces. To protect our clients and prevent claims from arising, we advise on wage-and-hour issues and personnel policies, and draft employee handbooks.
When employers must manage claims, we bring depth to the defense of allegations of harassment, discrimination and retaliation made by employees. And we have tried many employment cases to defense verdicts, including where plaintiffs claimed they were discharged for complaining about regulatory violations.
We also have extensive experience drafting and litigating non-competition agreements for doctors, practice groups and independent physician associations in the changing regulatory climate.
We have successfully defended health maintenance organizations, hospitals, doctors, nurses, surgical clinics, long-term care facilities, and other providers against wrongful death, medical malpractice, and other claims throughout every stage of litigation, including at trial, arbitration, or appeal.
Our lawyers understand that reputations, livelihoods and careers are at risk. Depending on each client’s situation, we take an aggressive defense strategy, seeking to knock out claims at an early stage whenever possible. We also have experience with administrative proceedings in hospitals and at state licensing boards.
We regularly handle healthcare-related commercial disputes at trial, on appeal, and through arbitration and mediation. Our experience spans a wide range of issues, including consumer protection and deceptive trade practices, unfair competition and antitrust concerns arising in mergers and acquisitions, and vendor contracting disputes. We also represent healthcare providers in class actions involving allegations of overbilling, understaffing, and other fraudulent practices.
Market consolidation and the rise of value-based healthcare have significantly reshaped the business and delivery of healthcare services. In response to these evolving dynamics, we advise clients on a wide range of strategic and structural matters, including enterprise structure and governance, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and affiliation arrangements. Our team also guides clients through business and corporate reorganizations, practice management joint ventures, and transactions involving both for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
We draw on our knowledge of the unique conditions of the healthcare industry, including privacy, reimbursement, antitrust, tax, and myriad local, state and federal regulations, to provide the best advice and counsel for our clients’ vital business transactions.
GRSM’s Correctional Healthcare lawyers provide a full suite of services to correctional healthcare providers across the country. Whether defending against claims of civil rights and constitutional violations, assisting our clients with submitting bids for contracts, or working with on site providers and court-ordered monitors to achieve compliance with a consent decree, our correctional healthcare team understands the nuances and legal challenges of providing care in this unique setting.