Overview
Our clients know they can depend on Butzel’s Health Care Practice Department to bring an unparalleled level of in-depth experience and a wide range of resources to the table. When clients require counsel to deal with ongoing business issues, critical regulatory and litigation-related matters, and complex transactions, Butzel is the firm they trust. And the expertise our Department is renowned for is more important now than ever, as the health care industry faces continual economic challenges and significant governmental action.
We understand the unique legal, operational, and economic issues and relationships inherent in the health care industry and have the expertise to counsel a broad spectrum of clients, including hospital and health systems, physicians, dentists, nurses and other professionals, ambulatory surgical centers, home care and physical therapy providers, long term care and hospice facilities, nursing homes, managed care providers, medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, and many others.
Members of this Department are at the forefront of change in the health care industry, addressing matters that arise in technology, entrepreneurship, and rapid regulatory changes. We provide counsel and representation on a broad variety of issues pertinent to health care, including:
- Joint ventures
- M & A and restructuring
- Hospital-provider relations
- Real estate
- Labor
- Employment
- Employee benefits
- Health information technology
- HIPAA compliance
- Privacy issues
- Regulatory compliance
- Stark/anti-kickback
- Medical staff/fair hearing
- Peer review
- Professional licensure
- Taxation and exempt organization matters
- RAC audits
- Research agreements
- Anti-trust
- Bond financing
- Certificates of need
- Criminal and civil false claims, including Qui Tam actions and other criminal defense matters
- Environmental and medical hazardous waste issues
- Patent, trademark, and other intellectual property matters
The attorneys that comprise the Health Care Practice Department are dedicated to serving on the boards and committees of various industry and professional organizations and are members of state and national bar health care law sections.
Our attorneys frequently share their knowledge with clients and others, by serving as presenters and lecturers at various programs and seminars relating to health care law and have published articles in numerous health care law journals. We also regularly publish Client Alerts on current health care topics.
