Hanson Bridgett's health care practice is one of California's largest, and serves clients in every segment of the health care industry, including hospitals and hospital systems, integrated delivery systems, physician groups, medical staffs, long-term care facilities, senior housing and care communities, home health agencies, hospices, and trade associations.
For more than 50 years, Hanson Bridgett has provided specialized legal representation in the health care field. Our attorneys are recognized experts in the issues that arise in this complex and competitive industry. We are routinely called upon to form health provider entities; assist in the business and regulatory aspects of mergers, acquisitions, affiliations and joint ventures; obtain and maintain providers' tax exemptions; negotiate with payors; and advise providers regarding the myriad laws regulating and restricting their ability to do business with other providers, payors, and vendors. A substantial part of our practice involves issues arising from our clients' operations, including dealing with federal and state regulators and taxing authorities; advising regarding reimbursement questions; managing relationships with patients, residents, and vendors; advising on labor, employment, and executive compensation issues; and performing medical staff credentialing and quality assurance activities. We also provide litigation and dispute resolution services that are oriented toward the specialized issues with which our clients must deal as providers of health care, long-term care, and senior housing services.
Industry Experience
- Hospitals
- Physician Groups
- Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Multi-Level and Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- Other Providers
Areas of Expertise
- Corporate Issues
- Tax and Tax Exemption
- Tax-Exempt Bond Financing
- Antitrust
- Licensure
- Fraud and Abuse
- Compliance Plans
- EMTALA
- ADA and Fair Housing
- Professional Contracts
- Managed Care Contracting
- Physician Recruitment
- Payment/Reimbursement
- Ancillary Services
- Medical Staff, Credentialing, and Peer Review
- Patient and Resident Care Issues
- Health Information and Privacy
- Labor, Employment, and Employee Benefits
- Health Litigation
For a more in-depth overview of our services, please refer to our health care brochure.
Publications
- Evictions and RCFES
- Enforcing Arbitration Agreements: California Supreme Court Expands Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements in Healthcare Context
- How to Preempt and Effectively Counteract Union Organizing Activities
- Inspector General Rules CCRC Referral Fees Do Not Violate Anti-Kickback Laws
- Jury Awards $12.5 Million Verdict
- “High” Levels of Care: Medicinal Marijuana in RCFES
- Arbitration and Other Contractual Provisions Designed to Decrease Provider Liability
- A Selective Review of the Intermediate Sanctions Temp. Regs. - Generally, Improved All Around
- Court of Appeals Rules That SNF Cannot Respect Patient's Racial Preferences
- Seniors Housing and Care Facilities: Development, Business and Operations
- Warning: Failure to Post Proper Smoke Exposure Signs Could Be Hazardous to Your Fiscal Health
- Managing Employee Use of Social Media
- Medicinal Marijuana in Senior Living: Complying at the Community Level
- Key Tax Benefits for Seniors Housing Residents
- Litigation Basics: Surviving the Dreaded Deposition
- Questions Regarding 9-1-1 Calls
- New Employment Law for 2010
- Pre-dispute Arbitration Agreements - An Imperfect Solution but Effective Nonetheless
- Clinical Trial Agreements at Community Hospitals
- Legal Issues Associated with Volunteers
- How to Decipher Public Information Available on the Medical Board of California License Lookup
- Fair Housing Compliance Guide - Charting the Way
- Nursing Home Insurance: Are Your Policy Limits Wasting Away?
- Impact of Recent Supreme Court Arbitration Decisions on Enforceability of Health Care Arbitration Provisions in California
- California Supreme Court Clears Way for Class Challenges to Local Taxes and Fees: McWilliams v. City of Long Beach
Brochures
- Health Care
- Health Care Litigation
- Senior Housing and Care
- Hanson Bridgett in Brief