Broad-spectrum legal coverage for professionals, practices, facilities, and suppliers in the highly-regulated and ever-changing healthcare industry.
For decades, KDDK has advised a vast array of clients across the spectrum of the healthcare industry, including:
Individual physicians
Physician groups
Hospitals
Health systems
Hospices
Home health agencies
Skilled nursing facilities
Assisted living facilities
Dental and orthodontic practices
Optometry and ophthalmology practices
Health maintenance organizations
Preferred provider organizations
Mental health centers
Durable medical equipment suppliers
Other healthcare professionals
We understand the needs of medical communities throughout the Tri-State region and are committed to providing our healthcare clients personalized, timely, and cost-effective services by applying a team-based, problem-solving approach. Our healthcare attorneys draw upon the expertise of KDDK’s labor and employment, tax, business, real estate, and intellectual property attorneys to effectively advise clients in a broad range of legal matters concerning the healthcare industry.
KDDK healthcare law attorneys provide a wide range of services to our healthcare clients, including the following:
Organization of professional corporations and limited liability companies for healthcare professionals
Operating agreements, shareholder agreements, and buy-sell agreements
Purchase and sale of medical practices
Physician employment, independent contractor, locum tenens, and non-competition agreements
Overseeing business contract draftingCompliance with fraud and abuse and physician self-referral issues, including Stark, Anti-Kickback, and False Claims Act
Joint venture arrangements between physicians and hospitals
Consultation and advice concerning Medicare and Medicaid compliance
Tax matters related to exempt organizations
Medical facility licensing
Development and implementation of compliance plans
Consultation and advice concerning peer review issues
Development of and advice concerning general personnel policies and procedures and employee handbooks
Real estate lease and purchase agreements
Corporate mergers and acquisitions
Consultation, advice and representation as corporate bond counsel
Consultation and advice concerning intellectual property issues
Retention and release of medical records, including HIPAA and HITECH compliance
Risk management
Consultation and advice concerning corporate and bylaw issues
