Influential and Dynamic Advocates
We are leaders and innovators in one of the most sophisticated and demanding markets in the country. We use our extensive industry knowledge to give our health and human services an edge in regulatory proceedings and complex transactions. As one of the area’s premier health law groups, we have played a central role in strengthening the base of providers in the region.
Long-Term Client Relationships
We forge longstanding relationships with our clients, advising them from start up through growth and repositioning, business combinations and transfers, and restructurings and dispositions.
Extensive Range of Clients and Services
Our clients are key players in the health and human services business sector including:
- Acute and nonacute care hospitals and health systems
- Hospice and home health providers
- Nursing facilities
- Physicians and allied health professionals
- CCRCs and assisted living facilities
- Special education and early childhood providers
- Community health centers
- Human service providers
- Behavioral health organizations
- Imaging and Dialysis providers
- Industry consultants and contractors
- Nontraditional healthcare providers
We provide comprehensive representation, bringing together finance, non-profit tax, real estate, litigation, and employment expertise with our industry knowledge to address regulatory, business, financial, transactional and operational challenges effectively.
Major practice focuses include:
Transactional — Closing acquisitions and dispositions of assets including sales, mergers, joint ventures and affiliations.
Compliance — Advice as to the following:
- Licensure and certification standards of Medicare, Medicaid and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Drafting and review of service and employment contracts and leases for compliance with fraud and abuse laws (e.g. anti-kickback, Stark, payer regulations)
- Billing and payment issues
- Audits and investigations
- Federal intermediate sanctions and state laws regarding public charities
- Privacy and security (HIPAA and data breaches)
Corporate and Governance – Establishing and restructuring corporations including drafting and revising articles of organization, by-laws, applications for exemption from taxes and required policies and procedures; advice as to governance matters such as conflicts of interest and fiduciary responsibility; and drafting and negotiating contracts and leases.
Capital Formation – Obtaining tax exempt bond financing, conventional financing, REIT financing, and New Markets Tax Credits.
Innovative Programs — Establishing new means of expanding revenues while containing costs.
Distressed Entities — Assisting financially distressed hospitals, nursing facilities and community health centers in obtaining relief through legislative and regulatory strategies. Also serving as publically appointed receiver.
