Legal counsel for healthcare practices.
HEALTHCARE LAW FOR PHYSICIAN PRACTICES AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS
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Speak directly with a healthcare regulatory attorney about your question. You'll learn what the issues are likely to be, whether we can help, and what the next step would be. There's no charge and no obligation.
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Bridging the gap between health care and health law.
We help physicians, nurses, allied healthcare professionals, practices and organizations stay compliant, add services and locations, navigate fraud and abuse and privacy laws, sign the right contracts, and respond when regulators call.
Firm founded 2012.
PRACTICE AREAS
Fraud and Abuse Compliance
Stark, Anti-Kickback, EKRA, False Claims, self-referral and fee-splitting rules
Telehealth Regulations
Federal and state telehealth rules and agreements
HIPAA and Healthcare Privacy
Privacy, security, breaches, technology & AI privacy, BAAs
Healthcare Investigations and Disputes
Board complaints, audits, OCR inquiries, peer review
Licensing, Certification and Accreditation
Professional and facility licensing, facility accreditation, board certification
Prescribing Controlled Substances
DEA and state rules, including telehealth prescribing
QUESTIONS CLIENTS BRING TO US
Start with the question you’re asking.
We got a letter. What now?
Audits, board complaints, OCR inquiries, subpoenas
Who owns the medical records?
Patient rights, departing physicians, closing a practice
Can we offer this new service?
Scope of practice, supervision, licensing, COPN
Are my processes compliant?
Billing, documentation, policies, supervision, credentialing
Should I sign this employment agreement?
Health-system offers for physicians
Can I sign this BAA?
Vendor contracts, AI tools, billing and EHR companies
Can we offer this new service?
Scope of practice, supervision, licensing, COPN
How can I prescribe ?
Telehealth, internet prescribing, controlled substances
HOW WE WORK
The Preventive Counsel Method
Healthcare is one of the most regulated businesses there is. Many of the problems we see started as an arrangement nobody reviewed. Every engagement follows the same three steps.
Step 1
Review
We read your documents and learn how your practice actually runs: who refers to whom, who gets paid for what, and where patient data goes.
Step 2
Diagnose
We identify the regulatory risks and explain them in plain terms, including the places where the law leaves room for judgment and the tradeoffs of each option.
Step 3
Protect
We fix the documents and the structure, and set up what you need to stay compliant as the practice grows.
WHY AN MD WHO BECAME A LAWYER
We understand the practice behind the paperwork.
Our founding attorney, Reza Ghafoorian, finished medical school, earned his MD, and chose law instead of clinical practice. He has practiced law since 2005, with a background in both patent law and healthcare law, and his practice has focused on healthcare law since 2009.
That background helps us read a contract the way it will play out in your office: in the schedule, the billing, the referrals and the chart.
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We represent individual healthcare professionals and providers, including:
We represent clinics and practices such as individual or group practices, including:
HOW AN ENGAGEMENT WORKS
It starts with a free 30-minute consultation.
Free 30-minute consultation. You talk through your question with Reza and learn whether we can help.
Document review. You send the agreement, letter or plan.
Capped fee estimate. After we review the documents, we give you an estimate with a cap before work begins.
Engagement letter and conflict check. Then the work starts.
Delivery. Most reviews are finished in about seven business days from receipt of the documents, depending on scope.
NEWSLETTER
The Healthcare Practice Brief
A short quarterly note on regulatory changes that affect healthcare practices and professionals. No sales pitch.
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“Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero