Physician practice groups, individual doctors, long-term care facilities and other provider organizations turn to Doerner’s healthcare lawyers for their transactional, regulatory, reimbursement and dispute resolution needs. We have exceptional strength in dealing with peer review and licensing issues and in structuring physician employment arrangements. Often these arise when we advise providers and provider groups on the legal requirements and business realities of mergers, acquisitions or innovative co-management arrangements.
When healthcare providers are involved in disciplinary, licensing, reimbursement or commercial disputes, Doerner lawyers can offer experienced representation that reflects the sector’s unique regulatory structure. Our team includes an arbitrator with American Health Lawyers Association Alternate Dispute Resolution Service, who is also experienced at advocacy before the Oklahoma Medical Licensing Board.
Our firm is uniquely structured to deal with the realities of the Oklahoma healthcare sector. We work effectively with in-house counsel of larger hospitals, and we help physicians deal with day-to-day business issues and pursue new innovations like concierge health practices. Doerner lawyers provide personal attention, and clients have a high comfort level that comes from our in-depth knowledge of their practices. Because we understand the issues unique to healthcare and apply that insight to a practice’s business needs, we are more effective partners for our healthcare clients than are smaller generalist law firms.
- Representation for physicians in practice recruitment negotiations, peer review/medical staff disputes, challenges to post-employment restrictions, challenges to regulatory actions and Medicare reimbursement appeals.
- Guidance to physician practice groups on merger transaction, hospital co-management arrangements and group dissolutions.
- Representation in proceedings of the Departments of Health, State Medicaid agency, the Attorney General’s and Inspector General’s offices, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
- Preparation of medical staff bylaws, policies and related documents
- Designing and implementing corporate, HIPAA, Medicare reimbursement and other compliance programs
- Service as hearing officers for hospital in peer review/medical staff disputes and as arbitrators in numerous other healthcare industry disputes
