Health Care
VFH has attorneys with in-depth knowledge of the rapidly changing issues that impact the health care industry. The health care industry is highly regulated and extremely complex. Our attorneys possess extensive experience representing health care clients' transactional, operational, regulatory, and administrative matters.
Our clientele includes:
Health care Professionals and Nursing Facilities
- Physicians and physician groups
- Dentists
- Pharmacists
- Chiropractors
- Equipment vendors
- Nursing home and care providers
- Assisted living facilities
- Residential care providers
- Home health care providers
VFH Attorneys
Having experience in representing a variety of physician practices and specialty joint venture hospitals, the attorneys at VFH have hands-on experience that has resulted in long-lasting relationships with clients in various sectors of the health care industry across the country. An interdisciplinary approach and expertise in various industries and practices affords our clients comprehensive and strategic representation in their health care legal needs.
The attorneys at VFH frequently counsel health care clients in a variety of legal issues including:
- Physician/Hospital transactions, including joint ventures
- Regulatory compliance
- Physician/Hospital integration models
- Health information systems and privacy
- Licensing
- Managed care contracting
- Real estate and construction
- Employment and employee benefit matters
Mergers and Acquisitions
Our attorneys serve as merger and acquisition counsel to many health care clients and assist them with all aspects of the acquisition or sale process including due diligence, deal structures and tax analysis, contract negotiation and drafting, regulatory approvals and transaction financing.
Health Care Professionals
Operating a medical practice requires microscopic attention to detail, and our attorneys have years of experience advising physicians and physician groups on the non-clinical aspects of their practices. Our attorneys stay up-to-date on the critical issues affecting our clients by monitoring the latest industry developments, including changes in state and federal health care laws and regulations that impact medical practices. Our clients include:
- Single specialty and multi-specialty physician groups
- Physicians employed by institutional health care providers
We routinely serve as outside general counsel for our physician clients, providing legal advice on general business matters such as:
- Entity selection and formation
- Corporate governance
- Succession planning (i.e., Shareholder Agreements, Stock Purchase Agreements, etc.)
- Employment issues
- Risk management
- Regulatory compliance
- Licensure
- Tax strategy
- Real estate matters
Our attorneys counsel physicians concerning the Stark Law, the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, state fraud and abuse statutes, and HIPAA. Our attorneys use their unique understanding of such laws to assist physician clients with structuring complex joint ventures, such as ambulatory surgery centers, cardiac catheterization labs, lithotripsy partnerships, and MRI labs.