Health Care
Procopio’s Health Care Practice Group is known nationally for its representation of Hospitals, Physician Groups, Medical Staffs, Academic Medical Centers, Health Systems, Indian Tribal and Community Clinics, Health Plans, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), County Organized Health Systems (COHSs), Public Agencies, Medical Equipment and Device Companies, and Individual Providers. Our healthcare attorneys provide both consulting and litigation services on a wide variety of issues, including: Medical Staff, Regulatory and Governmental Compliance, Healthcare Transactions and Contracts, Privacy, Fraud and Abuse, Labor and Employment, and Accreditation, Licensing and Certification (view full list of services below). We are frequent speakers and authors on a wide range of healthcare issues, and we regularly participate in professional and industry organizations such as the California Association Medical Staff Services (CAMSS). In addition, we provide legal analysis for a California task force reviewing the issue of aging physicians.
Our Services
Our healthcare attorneys provide counsel on a wide range of issues including:
- Accreditation, Licensing and Certification
- Billing and Payment
- Business and Transactional Matters
- Fraud and Abuse
- HIPPA, Privacy and Security
- Labor
- Laboratories
- Healthcare litigation
- Managed Care
- Medical Staff
- Medical Technology
- Public Agency
- Regulatory and Governmental Compliance
Health Care Resources
Business and Transactional Matters
- Facilitation work for affiliation of healthcare organizations
- General corporate issues
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Corporate reorganizations
- Taxable and tax-exempt financing for public and private healthcare providers
- Vendor contract negotiation
- Intellectual property issues
- Tax, including nonprofit tax matters
- Antitrust analysis
- Real estate and land use matters
Representative Matters
Whistleblower. Represented our client against a physician plaintiff who brought a claim under Health & Safety Code Section 1278.5. We pursued a strategic and investigative approach and were successful in demonstrating that the plaintiff’s whistleblower claims were without merit. In a mere 3 ½ hours after a 4-week trial, we secured a unanimous verdict in favor of our client.
