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Provided by Gallagher Evelius & Jones, LLP
Gallagher’s clients include hospitals and health care systems, long-term care facilities, home health and hospice agencies, academic medical centers, continuing care retirement communities, multi-specialty physician groups and other tax-exempt and for-profit health care organizations. Our lawyers serve on a number of health care entity boards, including Johns Hopkins Medicine, Mercy Health Services, Healthcare for the Homeless, and HealthCare Access Maryland.
We advise our clients in all aspects of their operations, including: (1) corporate matters and governance; (2) corporate structuring, mergers, affiliations and joint ventures; (3) compliance programs; (4) physician relationships; (5) health planning and licensure issues, including obtaining certificates of need and other regulatory approvals, such as licensure, certification and accreditation by The Joint Commission and other entities; (6) privacy issues under federal and state laws, including HIPAA; (7) health care litigation and risk management; (8) medical staff matters, including ensuring that the Medical Staff Bylaws and operations meet TJC and CMS requirements, and hospital/medical staff relations and disputes; (9) Medicare, Medicaid, and payor reimbursement regulations; (10) financing of health facilities; (11) tax issues specific to tax-exempt health care entities; (12) HR matters; and (13) real estate matters.
