The Hardwick Law Firm has a Healthcare Practice Group with a long-standing involvement in hospital financing and has expanded its practice to represent a wide range of healthcare professionals and facilities, not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals and clinics, and related organizations by advising and providing counsel on operations, benefits, corporate governance, regulatory issues, and other matters related to healthcare law. Hardwick understands that the healthcare sector must comply with applicable laws and regulations. To effectively advise our clients, our attorneys maintain a broad and significant knowledge of existing and proposed legislation and regulations impacting our clients.
We are qualified to represent:
- Hospitals
- Health insurers
- Long-term care facilities
- Physicians and physician organizations
- Managed care organizations/facilities
- Academic medical organizations
- Comprehensive and integrated health systems and networks
- Physical, occupational, speech, and rehabilitation providers
The Healthcare Practice Group provides counsel to boards and management on:
- Governance at the board level
- Hospital operations and administration
- Acquisition and disposition of real property, facilities, equipment, and other assets
- Creation and establishment of redevelopment plans for areas where client facilities are located
- Raising funds through the sale of tax-exempt and taxable securities
- Serving as bond counsel, issuer’s counsel, or disclosure counsel in public finance transactions
Hardwicks comprehensive approach includes advising healthcare clients on:
- Regulatory and compliance matters
- Corporate governance, including policy and procedure development
- Licensing and accreditation
- Billing and claims management, including Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement and other third-party sources
- Labor and employment issues
- Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
- Due diligence
- Real estate acquisition and disposition
- Vendor and service contracts
- Other healthcare-related issues
