Houston, Texas, Health Law Attorneys
Members of our firm have extensive experience in representing physicians, dentists, nurses, medical practices, medical groups, hospitals, durable medical equipment (DME) entities, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), free standing emergency centers, pharmacies, independent diagnostic testing facilities and other health care entities to meet a wide range of legal needs. Attorneys of Kerr & Hendershot, P.C. advise clients on regulatory compliance and issues such as the Fraud and Abuse statute (the Anti-Kickback Act), Stark (the self-referral law), the corporate practice of medicine doctrine, HIPAA regulations and the illegal remuneration law.
We help health care professionals with medical legal issues, such as:
- Medical Board hearings
- Medicare enrollment
- Facility accreditation applications
- Clinical laboratory certification
- Medical compliance
- Peer review and licensure hearings
- Credentialing matters
- Nursing Board issues
- Third party payors
Physician Recruitment Agreements and Physician Employment Agreements
We draft and review physician recruitment agreements that help hospitals and physicians develop productive relationships that are in compliance with Stark and fraud abuse prohibitions. We draft and review physician employment agreements and advise clients on the impact of compensation agreements, covenants not to compete, confidentiality agreements and non-solicitation agreements. Our goal is to create a means for our clients to accommodate growth in their practices or to replace retiring physicians. We also negotiate agreements to promote successful physician practices. We have extensive experience in establishing unique compensation plans, buy-in arrangements, bonus structures, exit strategies and buy-out formulas.
High-Tech Medical Equipment: Joint Ventures and Purchase Agreements
We assist physicians, hospitals, clinics and medical groups engaged in joint ventures to purchase and put into use high-tech equipment such as CT, CVCT, gamma knives, MRI's and ultrasounds. We assist and advise our health care clients in all aspects of the process of preparing joint venture agreements from syndication documents to negotiating purchase agreements, lease agreements and management agreements. We advise clients on the implications of Stark and fraud and abuse laws and other health care regulations.
Kerr & Hendershot, P.C., provides extensive services to clients in structuring and establishing medical practices and other health care-related entities in compliance with laws and regulations. Our lawyers can advise you about:
- Licensure
- Corporate compliance
- Medicare and Medicaid payment issues
- Managed care transactions
- Management agreements
- Stark
- Fraud and abuse
- HIPAA, medical records, patient confidentiality
- Collections from insurance companies
- Billing issues
- Pharmaceutical issues
- Tax exemption
- Employment issues
- Independent diagnostic testing facilities
Whether obtaining medical licenses and certifications or representing our clients through a license investigation, our firm has the experience to achieve the desired results. We are devoted to maintaining positive relationships with these licensing and certifying agencies and remaining knowledgeable about their requirements, deadlines and the length of processing times.
Contact us today to speak with a member of our health care legal services team. To serve you better, we offer office locations in Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas. We are available from our Corpus Christi office by appointment only. We help clients nationwide and locally, including Houston, Harris County, Fort Bend, Sugar Land, Galveston.
