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The health care law practice group at Lathrop & Gage LLP. is recognized as one of the most respected teams of health care attorneys in the region. We have extensive experience in providing advice and counseling to health care providers regarding regulatory and reimbursement issues, litigation matters and complex transactions. Our health care department includes a former State Assistant Attorney General, a former United States Attorney, past and present presidents and directors of the Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys and the Missouri Society of Health Care Attorneys, attorneys selected for the health care section of "Best Lawyers in America" and a current Supreme Court Appointee to the Kansas Board of Discipline.

We represent many health care industry clients, including urban and rural hospitals and hospital systems, physician groups, residential care facilities, home care providers, nursing homes and managed care networks and organizations throughout the Midwest. Our attorneys have studied, lectured and written extensively on the unique challenges facing medical providers.

To assist hospitals and other health care providers in evaluating and enhancing the effectiveness of their compliance programs, we perform Compliance Program Audits. We draw on our decades of experience advising providers on a wide variety of issues and our extensive knowledge of government enforcement activities to provide our clients with a proactive and comprehensive look at their programs along with innovative enhancements and solutions.

CONSULTATIONS, COUNSELING AND REPRESENTATION
• Certificate of Need
• Patient Rights
• Patient care policies
• JCAHO, ADA and state accreditation issues
• Residency training program accreditation and other resident issues

CONTRACT ANALYSIS, PREPARATION & NEGOTIATION
• Hospital-physician contracts
• Physician recruitment and employment contracts
• Physician practice acquisition contracts
• Third-party payor and managed care contracts
• Employee contracts for CEOs and their staff

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE/BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
• Consultation and strategic planning for governing boards
• Joint ventures
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Compliance policies
• Corporate bylaws
• Corporate restructuring

FRAUD AND ABUSE
• Consultation regarding government program reimbursement
• False claims (Qui tam)
• Anti-kickback counseling
• Internal investigations
• Defense of clients in grand jury proceedings, enforcement litigation
and settlements

MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION AND REPRESENTATION
• Design, implementation, and representation of physician/hospital organizations, preferred provider organizations, managed care contracting organizations, physician networks and independent practice associations
• Secure licensing
• Drafting provider contracts
• Development of governance structures
• Payor and subscription contracts
• Developing risk-sharing arrangements
• Advising on the requirements of state insurance laws
• Counseling on antitrust compliance issues and provider managed care relationships

REGULATORY & STATUTORY COMPLIANCE
• Corporate compliance plans
• Regulatory and statutory compliance policies and audits
• Consultation with clients to structure transactions to avoid noncompliance
• Draft HIPAA compliance manuals
• Stark, EMTALA, fraud and abuse counseling

TAX EXEMPTION
• Consultations regarding tax exemption implications of transactions
• Preparation of tax exemption applications for hospitals, HMOs and
related companies
• Tax exemption and billing

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