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Our attorneys work closely with health care systems and their medical staffs. We have drafted and reviewed numerous medical staff bylaws, credentialing, fair hearing plans and peer review policies. We have assisted health care organizations with the fair hearing process and procedures when necessary. Our attorneys have provided guidance to governing boards on sensitive medical staff issues. For governmental entities, we have counseled on the open meetings and open records laws as applied to medical staff matters and peer review information.
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Services:
- Advise and assist in structuring relationships to conform to state medical practice requirements, self-referral issues, insurance concerns and other related issues
- Advise/counsel on and participate in peer review issues
- Advise on National Practitioner Data Bank issues
- Conduct legal audits of contracts and financial arrangements with physicians and other potential referral sources
- Draft medical staff bylaws, policies, procedures and fair hearings processes
- Negotiate employment contracts
- Negotiate settlement agreements
- Represent clients in licensing and peer review issues
- Represent medical staff members versus credentialing body and licensing entities
Industries Represented:
- General Medical & Surgical Hospitals
- Health Services
- Home Health Care Services
- Hospitals
- Medical Laboratories
- Misc. Health & Allied Services
- Nursing & Personal Care Facilities
- Offices & Clinics of Doctors of Medicine
- Skilled Nursing Care Facilities
- Specialty Outpatient Facilities
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Cases and Transactions:
- We have successfully represented various health care professionals before their licensing boards in actions to restrict their licenses.
- We investigated and provided counsel to a county hospital with regard to extensive medical staff and employment related issues.
- We have acted as general counsel to various governmental and private health care entities advising on regulatory, employment, licensure, and contractual issues.
- We are representing a health care entity on a negligent construction claim.
- We have successfully negotiated a consent decree with the State of Iowa preventing loss of a nursing facility’s license to operate.
- We have negotiated settlement agreements in breach of contract claims.
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