Overview
With over 50 attorneys in Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell’s healthcare practice, our firm assists clients in achieving their business objectives and enabling them to navigate the legal and regulatory complexities unique to the healthcare industry. We possess extensive experience in healthcare law and a significant record of success in representing health industry clients on transactional, regulatory, enforcement, litigation, and insurance matters.
Our group’s corporate attorneys structure, negotiate, document and close health industry acquisitions and dispositions. In addition, we assist clients with complex healthcare regulatory challenges and compliance issues. Our trial lawyers have successfully defended health industry clients in cutting edge and high-stakes legal challenges. To further serve our clients’ comprehensive needs, our healthcare practice group draws upon the firm’s experience in handling and resolving disputes involving complex corporate and insurance transactions, antitrust, compliance, e-commerce, labor and employment, employee benefits, environmental, intellectual property, technology, real estate, tax and class action issues.
Our healthcare practice group also has significant experience in handling healthcare related insurance and reimbursement issues. We work with insurers, HMOs, third party administrators, self-insured plans and Medicare Advantage plans to provide guidance and representation in all phases of licensing, approvals and regulatory compliance. We advise and assist on managed care contract negotiations and are regularly involved in network development and management issues for our clients. We also provide counsel regarding the application of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement guidelines and interpretations, particularly in new and rapidly evolving areas of medical practice and technology.