Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP, Healthcare

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Provided by Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP

BSW’s depth of talent in the healthcare space provides a perfect blend of experience, and flexibility. Our lead attorneys assigned to a matter are able to draw on the wealth of specialized knowledge from the group to avoid “reinventing the wheel.” Our healthcare group assists healthcare providers from the smallest physician practice to large hospital systems with Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement issues; federal and state regulatory issues; negotiating acquisitions, mergers, licensing and managed care arrangements; and, when necessary, litigating healthcare disputes, antitrust issues and medical malpractice cases. Our law practice includes experienced lawyers in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, including a registered nurse.

Background & Experience

Antitrust Issues
Business Litigation
Collection Suits
Compliance
Credentialing & Peer Review
EMTALA
False Claims Act (FCA) & qui tam actions
Federal & State Anti-Kickback Statutes & Regulations
Fraud & Abuse
HCQIA
HIPAA Compliance
Insurance Defense
Licensure Accreditation
Litigation
Mental Health
Medicaid Supplemental Payments & Upper Payment Limit Reimbursement
Medical Malpractice Litigation
Medical Records Law
Medicare/Medicaid Administration, Participation & Compliance, and Reimbursement
Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures & Joint Ventures
Non-Profit Hospital Conversion
Privacy & Security Requirements
Public Policy
Real Estate
Regulatory
Stark Law Issues
State Licensing Regulations
State Self-Referral Prohibitions
Telemedicine

Chambers Review

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Healthcare - Louisiana

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP boasts a dominant healthcare practice offering expertise across the full spectrum of transactional, regulatory and litigation concerns. The firm acts for a broad provider client base, which includes major hospitals, physician practices and nursing homes. Its experience includes Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement disputes, licensing issues, public policy matters and HIPAA compliance. The team is regularly engaged to provide counsel in fraud and abuse and medical malpractice cases. It is also well equipped to handle healthcare-related real estate, employment, contractual and antitrust issues.

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Strengths

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Their strength in navigating Louisiana's complex healthcare laws has been invaluable, guiding us to make significant decisions for our organization.

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Breazeale have solid and reliable knowledge and are strategic for business transactions.

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Breazeale are the leading Louisiana lawyers for Medicaid supplemental payment programs.

Healthcare respondent
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Each attorney I've dealt with at Breazeale is extremely responsive, both time-wise and knowledge-wise.

Healthcare respondent
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Their strength in navigating Louisiana's complex healthcare laws has been invaluable, guiding us to make significant decisions for our organization.

Healthcare respondent
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Breazeale have solid and reliable knowledge and are strategic for business transactions.

Healthcare respondent
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Breazeale are the leading Louisiana lawyers for Medicaid supplemental payment programs.

Healthcare respondent
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Each attorney I've dealt with at Breazeale is extremely responsive, both time-wise and knowledge-wise.

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Notable Practitioners

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Emily Grey

Band 1

Emily Grey advises healthcare providers on compliance, transactional and licensing work.

Emily's extensive knowledge of healthcare law, combined with her meticulous attention to detail, is crucial for manoeuvring through intricate regulatory environments and safeguarding our interests.

Emily demonstrates unwavering dedication to her role and a strong commitment to our mission through her relentless efforts to provide effective legal counsel.

Emily is bright, astute, has great customer relationship skills and is very responsive. Her skill set is aligned with my legal needs.

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Gregory Frost

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Gregory Frost is well known for his strength in Medicaid reimbursement and also counsels clients on transactional matters and regulatory compliance.

Greg is Louisiana's leading subject matter expert on Medicaid supplemental finance programs.

Greg has served as a mentor to most of the junior team members in the department and is highly respected.

Greg's skill levels regarding HIPAA, Medicaid directed payment methodologies and industry alignments are impressive.

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Clay Countryman

Band 2

Clay Countryman is well equipped to handle transactional work in the healthcare sector, including joint ventures and acquisitions. He also frequently advises on regulatory compliance.

Clay is amazing, he does very strong work.

Clay is client service-oriented, very responsive to our particular needs and makes sure we are connected with the right people at the firm for each case.

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Catherine Maraist

Band 3

Catherine Maraist has experience in defending health care providers and other businesses in relation to federal regulatory statutes.

Catherine has the right skill set for this peculiar area of law.

Catherine is so knowledgeable and utilizes her past experience as a federal prosecutor to help assist and guide our agency though issues as they arise.

Catherine has particular insight into the US attorneys office in Louisiana and how to handle these cases and resolve them successfully. She is super-smart and on top of it.

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Catherine Moore

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Catherine Moore assists with a variety of regulatory and transactional matters in the healthcare sector, offering notable expertise in the managed care space.

Catherine has extremely strong organizational skills and the ability to undertake projects with hundreds of data subsets.

Catherine is great with clients and really nice to work with.

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Jacob Simpson

Band 3

Jacob Simpson advises providers on a range of issues including clinical research trials, regulatory compliance and transaction due diligence.

Jacob has a vast knowledge of research and grant contracting. He reviews the contracts but also reviews the protocol and consents to ensure congruence.

I have learned so much from working with Jacob and hope to continue to work with him in the future.

Jacob is open to addressing any questions the team has and patiently explains the rationale, allowing us to make informed business decisions.

Jacob's attention to detail sets him apart when it comes to hospital licensing. Largely because of his expertise and attention to detail, we met very short stand up deadlines.

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