Corporate Transactions

Our attorneys are experienced at structuring a wide array of corporate transactions on behalf of health care clients and those in other industries. Transactional experiences include joint ventures, mergers, affiliations, and strategic alliances. With its unique regulatory and corporate experience in the health care field, we have been instrumental in expediting necessary approvals to facilitate transactions and operational integrations.

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Business Organizations

Our transactional practice includes the formation and dissolution of all types of business entities. We are also experienced in general corporate representation, including the filing of annual reports, the preparation of corporate resolutions and unanimous consents, the drafting and review of corporate minutes, the preparation of board summaries, the amendment of formation documents and bylaws, and the drafting and negotiation of shareholder and operating agreements.

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Health Care Contracting

Our attorneys have a wide range of experience in health care contracting, including managed care, independent contractor arrangements, physician and professional services, management services, grants and funding, employment, licensing, vendor contracts, equipment and real property leases, real estate purchases, strategic alliances, and publishing.

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Regulatory Compliance

We routinely provide guidance to health care organizations to assist them with licensure issues, reimbursement issues, and compliance with existing and newly-adopted state and federal regulations. Our attorneys are also uniquely qualified to provide guidance to behavioral health treatment providers on HIPAA compliance. We have conducted numerous trainings and have established HIPAA task forces for providers, as well as served as consultants to provider associations, DHS/DASA and DSAT on HIPAA compliance issues for health care providers.

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Fraud and Abuse

Our attorneys review proposed activities and relationships to advise health care providers on fraud and abuse, anti-kickback and self-referral restrictions.

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Corporate Compliance Programs

Our attorneys have created corporate compliance programs to meet the specific needs of health care providers. We are available to conduct presentations to health care providers on the steps required to implement a corporate compliance program, provide guidance on the formulation and implementation of compliance programs, and conduct in-house trainings for staff on various compliance program components.

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Confidentiality

We have researched and responded to medical record subpoenas and addressed issues pertaining to mental health, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS confidentiality. In addition, our attorneys have provided guidance concerning the mandate to report child abuse and neglect. We have also advised clients on MIS issues concerning the confidentiality of computerized records and information forwarded over the Internet.

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HIPAA Compliance

Our firm has unique expertise in the HIPAA compliance area. We have served as a subcontractor to the United States Department of Health and Human Services on developing a variety of HIPAA privacy technical assistance products for providers and state agencies. Our attorneys have also conducted regional trainings for state agencies across the country on HIPAA privacy regulations and compliance.

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Tax Exemption

Our attorneys have counseled health care providers regarding tax issues critical to tax-exempt organizations. We have reviewed various arrangements between tax-exempt health care providers to advise on the tax-exempt implications of such arrangements. Our attorneys have counseled on proposed restructuring arrangements to assist in compliance with tax exemption requirements.

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Network Development

Our attorneys have created new entities on behalf of groups of health care providers, allowing the providers to better position themselves in a managed care environment.

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Administrative and Regulatory Representation

Our attorneys have represented health care providers in select administrative and regulatory matters, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Internal Revenue Service, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Illinois Department of Human Services, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Illinois Department of Public Health, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, zoning boards, and other agencies involved in licensure, reimbursement, rule making and other administrative rules.

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Health Policy Issues

Our attorneys have assisted health care providers in advancing important health policy issues by participating in public policy initiatives, serving on state advisory committees, providing information on public policy initiatives, providing guidance concerning proposed legislation, and drafting legislative and regulatory provisions.

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About Popovits & Robinson

Healthcare providers today must contend with a rapidly changing environment. They are experiencing significant changes in federal and state regulatory requirements; changes in organizational structures; changes in reimbursement programs; changes in client demographics; and increased capital needs and competitive marketplace demands. In this increasingly complex and competitive environment, providers require specific legal expertise. Providers need access to attorneys with the legal focus and creativity to structure arrangements and advocate rights in a changing regulatory and competitive managed care environment.

The attorneys at Popovits & Robinson offer substantial experience in healthcare law, as well as a unique background of providing counsel on healthcare legal issues in an in-house setting. As former in-house counsel, the attorneys have an appreciation for the balancing of business, financial, political, clinical, medical, legal and ethical decisions that providers encounter. This experience enables the attorneys to provide comprehensive legal advice to their clients, while taking into consideration management, business and clinical issues. In addition, the attorneys at Popovits & Robinson are experienced transactional lawyers, working closely with their business clients to not only serve their legal needs, but to help accomplish their business goals in a variety of industries.

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