Experienced Florida Healthcare Law Attorney

Miami lawyer brings up-to-date knowledge of the law

As sweeping legislation and evolving regulations continually transform the healthcare system, understanding your rights and responsibilities requires legal counsel who continually monitors evolving case law, statutes, and regulations, and keeps abreast of the ever changing health care landscape through ongoing continuing legal education. Lewis W. Fishman Professional Association is dedicated to keeping up-to-date on the frequently changing laws that affect hospitals, physicians, dentists and other licensed health care professionals, as well as the patients and consumers they serve. The Firm acts as your link to the legal process, using our in-depth knowledge and experience to proactively address your business and practice needs, to render counsel and advise on your business practices and to resolve any legal issues that you may encounter.

Health care professionals’ legal and regulatory compliance

Physicians, dentists and other licensed health care professionals are continually challenged to comply with ever changing laws, regulations and healthcare policies, implemented by licensure and other federal and state agencies, hospitals, accountable care organizations and third party payors/insurers. Lewis W. Fishman Professional Association employs in-depth, current knowledge about the health care system and the relevant laws to ensure you remain in compliance with regulations and practice parameters and requirements, including but not limited to, such areas as:

PPACA — Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HITECH — Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
Stark Law
Anti-Kickback Statute
Florida Patient Self-Referral Act
Medicaid
Medicare
ACOs — Accountable Care Organizations
CINs — Clinically Integrated Networks
HMOs — Health Management Organizations
Florida Health Care Clinic Act
Pharmaceuticals, prescriptions and office dispensing regulations
Licensure
Business and billing practices

Institutional legal and regulatory compliance

Hospitals, nursing homes, adult living facilities (ALFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), home health agencies (HHAs) and hospices are confronted daily with federal and state laws and regulatory agencies requiring in depth knowledge to adhere to the myriad of requirements to remain licensed, including but not limited to:

Joint Commission Standards
Medicare regulations
Conditions of Participation
Licensure laws
Risk Management
Quality Assurance/Utilization Review
National Practitioner Data Bank

Areas of Practice

Lewis W. Fishman Professional Association are advocates and represent and provide legal counseling, guidance and services in all areas related to one’s health care profession, including:

Accountable Care Organizations
Administrative Hearings
Advanced Directives
Advisory Opinions
AHCA Investigations and Complaints
ALFs
Anti-Kickback
Baker Act
Bioethics
Business Law
Conditions of Participation
Contracts
Corporate Law
Corporate Compliance and Codes of Conduct
Credentialing Matters
DOH defense
EMTALA
Employment Law and Agreements
Experimental Protocols
Expert Witness
Fair Hearings
General Opinions
HIPAA
Hospital Bylaws
Hospital Privileges
IRB
Joint Commission Accreditation
Licensure Laws
Managed Care Contracting
Medicaid
Medical Malpractice Personal Counsel
Medical Staff Bylaws
Medicare
Mental Health
Mergers and Acquisitions
National Practitioner Data Bank
Non-Compete Agreements
OIG
Peer Review Hearings
Pharmacy Dispensing
Professional Licensure Matters
PRN
Public Records Law
Quality Assurance
RACs
Risk Management
Subpoena Response
Sunshine Law
Utilization Review
Workers Compensation Matters

Contact the dedicated Florida healthcare law firm

Call Lewis W. Fishman Professional Association at 305-670-2100 or contact me online to schedule a consultation at our Miami, Florida office.