Hogan Marren Babbo & Rose, Ltd

President: Michael Tecson

Partners: 15

Lawyers: 21

Firm Overview:

Founded in 1993 by attorneys previously affiliated with a large law firm, Hogan Marren Babbo & Rose, Ltd. (HMBR) has attracted a highly qualified group of attorneys who possess a broad range of proven expertise. As a smaller law firm, HMBR values excellence over size, and our focus is on practice areas in which we have developed real expertise and can add singular value. HMBR prides itself on the ability to offer clients solutions to strategic issues and problems as well as to respond to inquiries regarding regulatory and other legal questions. Our attorneys also understand the need to combine aggressive representation with rigorous cost controls.

Main Areas of Practice: Health Care, Education

HMBR Health Care Practice

The breadth and depth of the health law experience of the members of HMBR distinguishes the firm from its competitors. HMBR attorneys' experience, both as former in-house counsel and partners at large law firms, provides HMBR with an historical in-depth context for the changes taking place within the healthcare industry. The firm prides itself on its ability to offer clients solutions to problems from different perspectives and to advise them with respect to industry developments, as well as the legal questions that are transactional or regulatory in nature.

Advocacy:

HMBR represents its clients in investigations and/or seeking approval or opinions in front of various state agencies, state attorneys general and Federal agencies such as the US Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Health and Human Services. The firm’s representation includes practice before CMS and OIG with respect to issues such as Medicare reimbursement, Stark self-disclosures, RACs and other investigations, self-disclosure and whistleblower actions.

Clinical Integration/Accountable Care/Population Health Management:

HMBR has counseled clients extensively in clinical integration matters, and has assisted clients in establishing accountable care organizations. The firm also analyzes the compliance of such organizations with other regulatory laws, such as the Medicare Anti-Fraud and Abuse and the Stark law and any waivers by the federal government of the applicability of those laws.

Hospital/Physician/Joint Ventures/Collaborations:

HMBR has developed and assisted in the operation of countless hospital/physician joint ventures, including ambulatory surgery centers, medical office buildings, sleep laboratories, diagnostic imaging facilities and hospital/physician employment. This practice has focused extensively on co-management agreements, pay-for-performance arrangements, gainsharing and other arrangements to promote quality and efficiency, including the design and implementation of Hospital Quality and Efficiency Projects whereby hospitals recoup some of their investment in accountable care and clinically integrated organizations by rewarding efficiencies when treating hospital patients while preserving or enhancing quality and patient satisfaction.

Hospital Collaborations:

HMBR has assisted hospitals in collaborating through mergers, asset acquisitions, joint operating agreements and super-parent models. More recently, the firm has assisted hospitals to clinically integrate across service lines in compliance with antitrust laws. The firm is expert in the attendant legal issues related to these transactions, including certificates of need, licensure, change of ownership, tax, Medicare and the other regulatory issues which affect complex transactions. HMBR has received precedent-setting rulings and opinions in these transactions.

Antitrust:

HMBR has advised numerous clients regarding the antitrust implications of acquisitions, consolidations, mergers, affiliations and managed care contracting.

Managed Care: The firm’s attorneys have developed numerous IPAs, PHOs, HMOs, PPOs, Point of Service option plans and specialized risk plans. HMBR has also assisted many of their clients in negotiating innovative payment arrangements, including population health payments and shared savings.

Medicaid Managed Care:

The firm has extensive experience establishing networks to deliver services to the expanded Medicaid population under the Affordable Care Act. For example, it represents the largest managed care community network in a major metropolitan area, and several other provider networks servicing exclusively the Medicaid population.

Privacy & Security/EHR:

The firm counsels clients, including publicly-traded companies and providers, regarding legal issues arising with acquisition and use of healthcare information technology, including privacy and security laws. The firm has conducted internal investigations of breaches of protected health information and assisted clients with responding to governmental investigations of alleged violations of HIPAA/HITECH.

Academic Medical Centers:

The firm has advised clients on education-related regulatory matters, including eligibility to participate in the US Department of Education’s Title IV federal student aid program, compliance with standards of accrediting agencies, application of state authorization requirements and preparation for USDOE and accreditation site visits and response to compliance reviews.

General Corporate:

The firm reviews various business arrangements for its clients, including purchases and leases of equipment, land and supplies, medical director services, employment, management, construction and other types of service agreements.