Health Law

We’re proud of our role in shaping health care in Maryland. In the past 50 years, we’ve represented hospitals and hospital 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 also serve on a number of health care boards, including Mercy Health Services, Healthcare for the Homeless, and Johns Hopkins Medicine.

We can advise you in all aspects of health law, including:

• Corporate matters and governance;
• Corporate structuring, mergers, affiliations and joint ventures;
• Corporate compliance programs, compliance reviews and investigations, education and training, and representation of clients before governmental agencies, including the HHS Office of Inspector General;
• Hospital and physician relationships, including physician practice acquisitions, recruiting and employment, all in the context of the federal anti-kickback statute, Stark law, and state referral laws;
• Health planning and licensure issues, including certificates of need; 
• Privacy issues under federal and state laws, including HIPAA;
• Medical staff matters, including medical staff bylaws and hospital/medical staff relations and disputes; 
• Medicare, Medicaid, and payor reimbursement regulations and policies;
• Financing of health facilities, including conventional loans, tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, and tax-exempt and taxable lease financing;
• Tax issues specific to non-profit tax-exempt health care entities;
• Human resource issues in the health care industry;
• Real estate matters; and
• Litigation and risk management.