Overview of Services
Hanson Bridgett's health care practice is one of California's largest, and serves clients in every segment of the health care industry, including long-term care facilities, senior housing and care communities, federally qualified health centers, 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
- Air ambulance 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
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News & Resources
AB 1502 – Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Ownership and Management Reform Act of 2022
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Ownership and Management Reform Act of 2022
AB 890's Independent Nurse Practitioner and the Medical Staff
AB 890 gave Nurse Practitioners who meet certain requirements authority to practice more independently.
CMS Updates Skilled Nursing Survey Process to Cover Mandatory Staff Vaccination Requirements
CMS published an interim final rule regarding vaccination requirements for staff working for certified providers.
Skilled Nursing Facility Weekend Staffing Level and Staff Turnover Rates Made Public by CMS
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is posting each skilled nursing home's weekend staffing levels and staff turnover rates on its public-facing Care Compare website.
New Law Requires Certification of Medical Directors in Skilled Nursing Facilities and Imposes New Reporting Requirements
Skilled Nursing Facilities must ensure their medical directors are certified within five years of the date of hire or by January 1, 2027, for medical directors already working in a SNF
New California Law Imposes Additional Infection Preventionist and Reporting Requirements on Skilled Nursing Facilities
DOL recently stated that the use of private equity investments within professionally managed asset allocation funds is not inconsistent with the plan fiduciaries' ERISA fiduciary duties.
Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 Testing Requirements and Revised COVID-19 Focused Survey Tool
On Aug. 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published an interim final rule with a comment period (IFC) establishing new Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 Testing Requirements for Staff and Residents.