KAUFMAN | GILPIN | MCKENZIE
Kaufman, Gilpin, McKenzie, Thomas, Weiss, PC
Healthcare
The firm's Health Care Practice group consists of three lawyers with over 60 years collective experience in health care practice. We represent a variety of health care clients including hospitals, physicians, medical service and equipment providers, surgery centers, diagnostic centers, home health agencies, assisted living facilities and other providers. With the largest health care practice in central Alabama, the health care practice group is prepared to help clients sort through the complex issues associated with the regulatory and reimbursement challenges of the health care industry. Firmly rooted in the firm's core tax practice, several members of the health care group also have additional degrees in taxation and deal with corporate and business structures and planning for non-profit and for-profit medical facilities and providers. Combining practical experience with technical knowledge and understanding, our Health Care Practice group provides a unique approach to assisting clients in navigating the complex world of health law. Our Health Care Practice group also draws upon the expertise of others in the firm including Tax, Business Organizations and Transactions, Real Estate, Litigation and Public Finance, providing a broad array of services to health care clients dealing with:
- Stark
- Fraud and abuse
- EMTALA
- HIPAA
- Professional services and employment agreements for physicians
- Physician recruitment
- Medical Staff bylaws and credentialing
- Joint ventures (with physicians, hospitals and others)
- Medical practice acquisitions/dispositions
- Medical practice formation/dissolution
- Licensing and regulatory issues
- Corporate structure, compliance and governance issues
- Tax exempt and charitable entities
- Tax exempt and municipal bond financing
- Acquisition and disposition of health care facilities
- Administrative agencies and governmental issues
- Medicare reimbursement issues
- Retirement plans, deferred compensation and ERISA
- Employment disputes and EEOC matters
- Corporate and business structures and planning
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Structuring and closing real estate transactions