Hanson Bridgett's health care practice is one of California's largest, and serves clients in every segment of the health care industry, including hospitals and hospital systems, integrated delivery systems, physician groups, medical staffs, long-term care facilities, senior housing and care communities, home health agencies, hospices, and trade associations. Our healthcare practice has been ranked in Chambers USA since 2008.
For more than 50 years, Hanson Bridgett has provided specialized legal representation in the health care field. Our attorneys are recognized experts in the issues that arise in this complex and competitive industry. We are routinely called upon to form health provider entities; assist in the business and regulatory aspects of mergers, acquisitions, affiliations and joint ventures; obtain and maintain providers' tax exemptions; negotiate with payors; and advise providers regarding the myriad laws regulating and restricting their ability to do business with other providers, payors, and vendors. A substantial part of our practice involves issues arising from our clients' operations, including dealing with federal and state regulators and taxing authorities; advising regarding reimbursement questions; managing relationships with patients, residents, and vendors; advising on labor, employment, and executive compensation issues; and performing medical staff credentialing and quality assurance activities. We also provide litigation and dispute resolution services that are oriented toward the specialized issues with which our clients must deal as providers of health care, long-term care, and senior housing services.
Industry Experience
- Hospitals
- Physician Groups
- Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Federally Qualified Health Centers
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Multi-Level and Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- Airambulance Companies
Areas of Expertise
- Corporate Issues
- Tax and Tax Exemption
- Tax-Exempt Bond Financing
- Licensure
- Fraud and Abuse
- Compliance Plans
- EMTALA
- ADA and Fair Housing
- Professional Contracts
- Managed Care Contracting
- Physician Recruitment
- Payment/Reimbursement
- Ancillary Services
- Medical Staff, Credentialing, and Peer Review
- Patient and Resident Care Issues
- Health Information and Privacy
- Labor, Employment, and Employee Benefits
- Health Litigation
For a more in-depth overview of our services, please refer to our health care brochure.
Publications
- 21st Century Cures Act Holds Promise for Seniors and Senior Care Providers
- Sterile Compounding Pharmacy License Mandatory for California Pharmacies
- Supreme Court Reiterates Arbitration Agreements Must Be Placed on Equal Footing with Other Contracts
- IRS Notice Liberalizes Private Use Rules Governing Bond-Financed Facilities
- Update on Epple: California's "New" Procedure for Providing Medical Interventions Requiring Informed Consent to SNF Residents Who Lack Both Capacity and a Legal Representative
- Fourth Circuit Decides Closely Watched False Claims Act Case, Michaels v. Agape Senior Community, But Declines to Rule on Validity of Statistical Sampling
- OIG Report Scrutinizes Hospice Care Provided in Assisted Living Facilities
- A Path to Independence with Individual Service Plans
- California Urgent Care Centers Offer Opportunities for New Revenue, but Raise Legal Issues
- An Interview with New Hanson Bridgett Partner, Jillian Somers Donovan
- New California Law Expands Peer Review Requirements
- New York Court Rules Against Hospital Defendants in ACA “60-Day Rule” Case
- Court Reinstates End of Life Option Act Pending Further Hearings
- California Updates POLST Form
- SB 327 Renders Gerard v. Orange Coast Medical Center Moot
- Is This The End of the End of Life Option Act?
- IRS Extends Deadline for Providing Health Coverage Forms to Employees, But Not the IRS Filing Deadline
- Stark Regulations Updated to Include New Exception for Recruitment of Non-Physician Practitioners
- Finalized Medicare 60-Day Overpayment Rule Goes Into Effect Today – Providers Are You Ready?
- Evidence Code Section 1157 Expanded to Include Pharmacy Review Committees
- California Updates Practitioners' Ability To Complete POLST Form
- Long-Term Care Requirements of Participation - Phase 2 Implementation Effective November 28, 2017
- California Medical Staff Reporting Update
- California Statutes Expanded to Include Peer Review Protections and Requirements for Licensed Midwives
- Under New California Law, Health Care Entities Must Promptly Report Allegations of Sexual Abuse or Sexual Misconduct to Licensing Boards
- Legal Issues Associated with Volunteers
- Seniors Housing and Care Facilities: Development, Business and Operations
- A Selective Review of the Intermediate Sanctions Temp. Regs. - Generally, Improved All Around
- Medicinal Marijuana in Senior Living: Complying at the Community Level
- California Supreme Court Clears Way for Class Challenges to Local Taxes and Fees: McWilliams v. City of Long Beach
- Enforcing Arbitration Agreements: California Supreme Court Expands Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements in Healthcare Context
- Managing Employee Use of Social Media
- Arbitration and Other Contractual Provisions Designed to Decrease Provider Liability
- Will Your Arbitration Agreements Comply?
- Inspector General Rules CCRC Referral Fees Do Not Violate Anti-Kickback Laws
- Court Rejects Class Action for Health Information Security Breach
- Fair Housing Compliance Guide - Charting the Way
- Litigation Basics: Surviving the Dreaded Deposition
- Jury Awards $12.5 Million Verdict
- Warning: Failure to Post Proper Smoke Exposure Signs Could Be Hazardous to Your Fiscal Health
- Pre-dispute Arbitration Agreements - An Imperfect Solution but Effective Nonetheless
- What to Expect From a Medical Staff Hearing
- Clinical Trial Agreements at Community Hospitals
- Questions Regarding 9-1-1 Calls
- Impact of Recent Supreme Court Arbitration Decisions on Enforceability of Health Care Arbitration Provisions in California
- How to Decipher Public Information Available on the Medical Board of California License Lookup
- Court of Appeals Rules That SNF Cannot Respect Patient's Racial Preferences
- New Employment Law for 2010
- How to Preempt and Effectively Counteract Union Organizing Activities
- Nursing Home Insurance: Are Your Policy Limits Wasting Away?
- “High” Levels of Care: Medicinal Marijuana in RCFES
- Evictions and RCFES
- Key Tax Benefits for Seniors Housing Residents
- CMS-Mandated COVID-19 Reporting Requirements and Enforcement Actions Coming for Skilled Nursing
- CDPH Requires all California Skilled Nursing Facilities to Submit 'COVID-19 Mitigation Plan' Creating New Documentation Concerns
- CMS Reverses Its Position Regarding Arbitration Agreements in Long-Term Care
- COVID-19 Resource Center
Brochures
- Health Care
- Health Care Litigation
- Health Care Real Estate
- Senior Housing and Care