Health Law

The attorneys in KO’s health law practice provide counsel to hospitals, accountable care organizations, clinical laboratories, physician groups, individual physicians, imaging centers, managed care organizations, health insurers and payors, and surgical and outpatient centers.

With the significant changes in the healthcare landscape, driven by health care reform, our attorneys have the experience, perspective and understanding to serve our clients’ needs through these extraordinary times. It also enables us to develop effective solutions to address our clients’ needs and objectives within a complex framework that includes fraud and abuse, Stark, ACOs, joint ventures, licensure, Medicare/Medicaid compliance, SafeGurard Services review, HIPAA, corporate transactions and restructuring.

KO’s multidisciplinary team of attorneys is experienced in consulting, advising, structuring, and documenting the merger and acquisition of institutional and group providers. Federal healthcare reform will require understanding, careful and deliberate planning, and structuring of relationships and arrangements between healthcare providers in order to be eligible for such innovative approaches as “Medical Homes” and “Accountable Care Organizations.”

KO has substantial experience in representing parties in state and federal regulatory matters, including state licensing, Medicare and Medicaid certification and reimbursement, and in all aspects of compliance with federal and state statutes, including the anti-kickback statutes, false claims acts, the self-referral rules and safe harbors, and all issues related to HIPAA compliance.

KO has vast experience in all aspects of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Code Sets Rules as well as related state law requirements.

KO represents physicians and physician practices on a wide range of strategic and legal matters. Our team of lawyers and government affairs professionals have extensive experience in structuring arrangements to comply with federal and state antitrust and fraud and abuse statutes, including the anti-kickback statutes, false claims acts, the self-referral rules, fee-splitting, and safe harbors.

“Accountable Care Organizations.”

KO has substantial experience in representing parties in state and federal regulatory matters, including state licensing, Medicare and Medicaid certification and reimbursement, and in all aspects of compliance with federal and state statutes, including the anti-kickback statutes, false claims acts, the self-referral rules and safe harbors, and all issues related to HIPAA compliance.

KO has vast experience in all aspects of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Code Sets Rules as well as related state law requirements.

KO represents physicians and physician practices on a wide range of strategic and legal matters. Our team of lawyers and government affairs professionals have extensive experience in structuring arrangements to comply with federal and state antitrust and fraud and abuse statutes, including the anti-kickback statutes, false claims acts, the self-referral rules, fee-splitting, and safe harbors.