"YOUR LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE"

Practice Contact: Pat Seiter
patrick.seiter@taylorporter.com
225.381.0281

The American healthcare system faces enormous challenges. Fierce competition, complex regulations, intense government scrutiny, technological advances and financial and political uncertainty create unrelenting pressure to improve quality and lower costs. Standards, whether demanded by the public, the government or self-imposed, are extremely high. Failure to achieve them can be disastrous.

Taylor Porter understands these challenges and is focused on helping our clients find efficient, cost-effective solutions. Our Healthcare Practice Group is an integrated, multi-disciplinary team with extensive experience in virtually every aspect of healthcare delivery and financing. That experience includes areas with special application in healthcare, including tax, antitrust, labor and employment, environmental, governmental relations and all forms of litigation, administrative proceedings and alternative dispute resolution.

Dynamic. Complex. Competitive. Uncertain. All describe our healthcare system. And providing the full range of legal services necessary for our clients to succeed within that system is what the Taylor Porter Healthcare Practice Group does every day.

Taylor Porter’s Healthcare Practice Group advises and counsels clients in the following areas:

Healthcare Transactions

• Business Organizations and Contracts
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Joint Ventures and “Under Arrangements” Contracts
• Healthcare Financing
• Tax
• Antitrust

Fraud and Abuse

• Self Referrals/Stark
• Anti-Kickback Statute
• False Claims Act
• State Law Issues

Compliance Counseling – Help clients prevent, detect, investigate and remedy potential violations of the vast array of laws, regulations and standards to which healthcare providers, suppliers and payers are subject, including:

• Billing and Reimbursement
• Fraud and Abuse
• EMTALA
• HIPAA
• Clinical Research and Grant Integrity
• Licensure, Certification and Accreditation

Health Information and Technology

• Medical Records
• “e-Health” Issues
• HIPAA Privacy and Security

Medical Malpractice - Representing physicians, other healthcare professionals, pharmacists, nurses, etc., in disciplinary and malpractice matters, in licensure and accreditation disputes, and in other professional liability claims. These claims threaten not only a professional's ability to practice, but also the company or firm’s ability to operate effectively. We work to help professionals find resolution of these matters quickly and efficiently.

Medical Staff

• Bylaws
• Credentialing and Peer Review
• Fair Hearing Process
• HCQIA and State Law Immunity
• National Practitioner Data Bank Issues

Healthcare Reimbursement

• Medicare and Medicaid
• Managed Care
• ERISA

Licensure, Certification and Accreditation

• State Licensure and Agency Interface
• Medicare
• Joint Commission, NCQA, URAC 8. Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Professional Liability
• Manufacturer Liability (pharmaceuticals, devices, diagnostic, DME)
• HCQIA Litigation
• Qui Tam Litigation

Taylor Porter’s Healthcare Practice Group advises and counsels clients in the following healthcare sectors:

• Academic Medical Centers
• Private Nonprofit and For-Profit Hospitals
• Surgical Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers
• Physician Groups and Clinics
• Rehabilitation Hospitals
• HMOs, PPOs, Provider Networks and Other Managed Care Organizations
• Dialysis Clinics
• Long Term Care Facilities
• Home Health Agencies
• Hospice
• Medical Staffs
• Imaging Centers
• Pharmacies and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
• Device and Equipment Manufacturers

Healthcare Articles/Publications

• "That's An Order! CMS's Continuing Ban on Texting of Patient Orders," published in Louisiana Hospital Association Impact Lawbrief Newsletter, January 2018

• "Healthcare Providers Held Ransom by Surge of Cyber Attacks; What You Can Do to Protect Your Critical Data," Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge, September/October 2017

• ​"Taking Care of Your Own (E)State of Affairs - Estate Planning Requires Proper Preparation of Documents; Tips for Healthcare Professionals to Plan Ahead," Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge, July/August 2017

• "What's in the (Trump) Cards? - Healthcare Industry Labor and Employment Issues in Limbo Stack the Deck Under New Administration," Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge, May/June 2017

• Health IT News - “Be SAFER: ONC Updates Cyber Tips for Healthcare Companies,” April 2017

• "Back to the Future? Potential Impacts of Unraveling the Affordable Care Act," Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge, March/April 2017

• TP Healthcare Attorney Cindy Amedee Interviewed on Physician Owner Start-Up Businesses

• Healthcare Providers Score Significant Supreme Court Victory in False Claims Act Case

• Senate Approves Bill to Improve Electronic Healthcare System