The attorneys at the Firm routinely serve as counsel to health care providers in business transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and partnerships.  Our attorneys are also experienced in drafting and reviewing all types of contracts that healthcare providers encounter including buy/sell agreements, partnership agreements, management agreements, lease agreements, vendor services agreements and employment agreements. Unlike general business transactions, healthcare transactions require additional scrutiny because of the complex regulations affecting healthcare providers.  We structure our clients’ transactions to comply with the numerous laws governing their relationships, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, the prohibition against the corporate practice of medicine and the Civil Monetary Penalties Law.  As an attorney who has been Certified in Health Care Compliance, worked as General Counsel to an Article 28 Federally Qualified Health Care Center, and works as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer to numerous medical centers in the metro area, Alexander Fear has the experience and practical knowledge necessary to assist the Firm’s clients in this complex area of law and regulation.  The Firm can provide the following healthcare services:

• Practice purchases and sales (asset purchase agreements and stock purchase agreements)
• Sale/transfer of physician practices to hospitals and hospital systems
• Employment Agreements/Contractor Agreements
• Formation, organization, purchase, sale and restructuring of business organizations, including professional corporations, business corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies
• Purchase of commercial real estate and negotiation and drafting of commercial leases
• Practice management, including drafting of employee handbooks and practice policies and procedures
• Compliance and regulatory guidance with respect to Stark Laws, Anti-Kickback Statutes, False Claims Act, HIPAA and HITECH