Our firm provides complete legal support for Medicaid/Medicare providers in connection with fraud and abuse compliance, state and federal anti-kickback, self-referral, unfair trade practices, false claims and secondary payor issues, including:

• Legal audits conducted of existing contracts and financial relationships
  
  
• Development of strategic legal plans for acquisitions of facilities and practices
  
  
• Preparation of legal opinions regarding new financial relationships
  
  
• Representation of clients who are subjects of preliminary inquiries and formal government investigations
  
  
• Development of corporate compliance plans
  
  
• Drafting investment documents, leases, services contracts and employment arrangements subject to fraud and abuse laws· Due diligence reviews for buyers and sellers of health care companies
  
  
• Interpretation of anti-kickback and self-referral laws at federal and state levels· Reviews of new financial offerings
  
  
• Representation before federal and state regulatory agencies
  
  Preparation and health regulatory review of offering memoranda and prospectus
  
• Reviews of policies and procedures of billing operations
  
  
• Client representation in litigation related to fraud and abuse laws such as false claims, qui tam cases, unfair trade practices and other possible enforcement activities