Health Care

• A premier practice in Health Care Law
• A broad range of legal and health care business experience

A Healthy Focus For A Wide Variety Of Clients Dressman Benzinger LaVelle operates one of the premier health care law practices in the area, serving as general counsel to hospitals and physician groups around the Commonwealth of Kentucky and in Cincinnati.  The extensive practice, in which one-third of DBL attorneys work regularly, includes as clients:

• Hospitals and hospital systems
• Single and multi-specialty physician groups
• Integrated delivery systems
• Individual physicians
• Physician-hospital alliances
• Long term care facilities
• Home health agencies
• Numerous other health care providers

Involvement At All Levels of Health Care Law DBL attorneys have substantial involvement with all facets of health care law.  Every day our attorneys deal with the myriad of legal and business issues presented to the ever changing health care landscape.  DBL attorneys are actively involved in a variety of state and federal administrative proceedings that include licensure, survey and certification, certification of need, as well as Medicaid reimbursement and reimbursement appeals.  DBL trial attorneys handle a substantial number of medical malpractice claims, as well as managed care litigation, third-party reimbursement litigation, and other payment disputes.

Depth Of Experience And Excellence Prior to practicing law, some of the group’s attorneys have had experience in working for managed care organizations and hospital management.  The group’s staff also includes a number of nurse-paralegals.  Two of DBL’s Health Care attorneys have been listed repeatedly in the health care section of the Best Lawyers in America.

Health Matters The health care practice addresses the whole range of issues that arise in the health care field:

• Joint ventures and other transactional matters
• Professional credentialing
• Governance and organizational issues
• Medical staff bylaws
• Medical ethics
• Stark and fraud and abuse
• HIPAA
• Managed care contracts and other issues
• Medical malpractice defense
• Medicaid and Medicare
• Mergers, acquisitions and other transactions
• FDA regulations
• Antitrust questions
• Whistleblower actions
• Certificate of Need, licensure and other state regulatory concerns
• Compliance programs

Teaming Up For The Health Of Our Clients’ Business Since our health care clients often need assistance with general business and other areas of law, attorneys in the Health Care group collaborate with the firm’s Business Organizations & Taxation, Civil Litigation, Computer & Information Technology, Employment & Labor, Real Estate, and Estate Planning practice groups to provide comprehensive, cohesive service to the client.  Applying the teamwork of DBL attorneys, we are able to assist health care clients with:

• Business organization
• Taxation
• Real Estate
• Employment
• Estate planning
• Civil litigation
• Administrative law
• Third-party reimbursement (Medicare and Medicaid, as well as private payors)
• Hospital financing (including tax-exempt bond financing)