Physician Organizations

Miller Canfield sees the legal landscape of the healthcare industry as constantly evolving and creating unique opportunities and challenges for physician organizations.  Our Health Law attorneys excel in finding those opportunities and navigating the challenges on behalf of physician organization clients throughout the world. 

Our Health Group attorneys represent physicians and physician organizations in all aspects of their businesses, including:

• Forming Group Practices and “Super groups," Multi-Specialty Groups and Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities
• Structuring Medical Consortiums, Affiliations, Acquisitions, Mergers, and Multi-Institutional Arrangements, Entity Governance Models and Joint Ventures involving:

Multiple Physicians or Groups  
Real Estate, including “Megamedaplexes”
Group Practices 
Sleep and Wellness Centers 
Hospitals 
Urgent Care
Laboratories
Surgical and Endo Centers
Imaging Centers
Durable Medical Equipment Providers

• Documenting Leasing Arrangements, Medical Waste Disposal Plans, Buy/Sell Agreements and Human Resources Policies
• Counseling about Stark, Anti-Kickback, Anti-Markup and State Self-Referral Laws or Rules, as well as related to Day-To-Day Operational And Contracting Challenges 
• Procuring Certificates of Need and Licensing Matters 
• Contracting for Health Information Technology
• Reviewing and Documenting Under Arrangements Agreements 
• Institutional Review Boards and Clinical Research Issues
• Medical Staff Membership, Privileges and Termination Practices
• Medicare, Medicaid, and Third Party Payment and Reimbursement
• Representation for Medical Staff Disputes, Hearings, and Litigation 
• Health Professional Licensing Representation
• Developing and documenting Corporate Compliance Plans, Privacy and Security of Protected Health Policies and Physician Employment Agreements