Overview
To entities and individuals operating within the health care industry, Epstein Becker Green is a trusted and experienced business partner.
Since our founding, participants throughout the health care delivery system have relied on our sophisticated team and depth of experience as they grow and adapt within a highly regulated and rapidly changing environment. We guide clients through corporate transactions, health care regulatory compliance (including anti-kickback and Stark reforms), data privacy and cybersecurity protocols, government investigations, complex litigation, and much more.
Providers and payors value our extensive managed care experience, while venture capital and private equity funds seek our insight to evaluate health-related investment targets. As artificial intelligence, telehealth, and virtual solutions take center stage, we’re advising clients on safe and compliant ways to harness powerful technologies.
In addition, as employers across the health care industry implement policies and guidelines relating to vaccinations and a safe work environment, and prepare for similar circumstances in the future, they benefit from our in-depth knowledge of both employment and heath care law.
Our Team Sets Us Apart
As the country’s go-to health care practice, with approximately 150 lawyers fully focused on health care law, we know the industry inside and out. Our practice includes attorneys with real-world experience as former high-level government officials and health care industry in-house counsel. Our team has a diverse range of experience in corporate transactions (including pre- and post-acquisition compliance due diligence), fraud and abuse, government investigations, reimbursement, managed care, antitrust, tax, ERISA, and litigation, and members collaborate to provide clients with creative solutions to new and novel issues with a cost-efficient approach.
Fostering Innovation with Creative Solutions
The virtual health markets are racing to keep up with demand. New digital health entrants from across the country are turning to Epstein Becker Green for strategic solutions to conceptualize, launch, and grow their cutting-edge platforms. We draw on our in-depth regulatory knowledge to explain the federal and state laws and regulations our clients need to care about as they develop their market presence. (For practitioners interested in the online delivery of behavioral health services, we continue to update our invaluable app, Telemental Health Laws, a comprehensive collection of state regulatory requirements for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.) With our guidance, clients are enabled and empowered to make confident business decisions.
Guiding Clients Through Health Care Reforms
With each presidential administration comes changes, opportunities, and challenges to the health care system. Epstein Becker Green continues to operate at the center of this ever-changing health care landscape, providing strategic advice to help clients navigate the intricate compliance mandates, enforcement actions, and policy changes impacting their operations. Our lawyers collaborate with colleagues from our affiliate EBG Advisors, Inc., when necessary, to fulfill a client’s policy analysis, regulatory compliance, and other consulting needs.
Minimizing Client Risk with Effective Compliance Programs
Continued enforcement activity against health care organizations has placed a premium on sophisticated corporate compliance programs. Clients trust us to create and help them implement right-sized, effective corporate compliance programs before a governmental fraud investigation occurs. We design corporate compliance programs to conform to applicable federal and state laws and regulations, but aligned with a real-world operations and risks and adaptable as businesses grow. We also provide in-depth training for the client management teams and employees, addressing specific areas of vulnerability, program implementation, and ongoing oversight, when needed.
Defending Clients’ Interests in Government Investigations and Litigation
Government investigations and litigation in the health care industry are complex, high-stakes matters that typically involve business disruption and serious reputational and financial harm. Because we are knowledgeable, not just in government investigations and litigation but in all phases of health care financing, delivery, and reimbursement, we have the resources that frequently allow clients to resolve disputes with government agencies and payors at an early stage, often in conjunction with internal investigations that we conduct on behalf of management, boards of directors, and audit committees. Counting among our ranks former federal and state prosecutors, as well as lawyers with decades of health care litigation experience, we have accumulated an outstanding record of successes defending and resolving fraud and qui tam cases; regulatory inquiries; exclusion, debarment, and other administrative proceedings; and reimbursement, financing, and government contract-related matters.
Investing in the Future of Health Care
Our commitment to the health care industry extends far beyond our legal practice. Several team members have established nonprofit organizations devoted to improving the U.S. health care system. Lynn Shapiro Snyder founded the Women Business Leaders in Health Care, a premier national nonprofit organization of senior women health care industry executives. Carrie Valiant founded the Health Care Industry Access Initiative, which is dedicated to promoting collaborative action across the health care industry and improving access to health care coverage and services. In addition, Epstein Becker Green’s annual Health Law Writing Competition encourages law school students to prepare scholarly papers on current topics of interest relating to health law.
We also host the Future Lawyer’s Program for college students who are interested in pursuing a career in law or for students who have not decided but want to learn more about becoming a lawyer. These efforts, coupled with our 1L Diversity Pipeline and Summer Associates program, continue to cultivate the next generation of health care leaders.
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Focus Areas
Services
- Antitrust
- Artificial Intelligence
- Behavioral Health
- Corporate Practice of Medicine
- Digital Health
- Federal and State False Claims Act (Including Qui Tam)
- Federal Research Grants: Compliance, Investigations & Enforcement
- Fraud and Abuse Compliance Counseling and Defense
- General Counsel Services
- Government and Commercial Coding, Coverage, and Payment
- Health Care and Life Sciences Investigations and Enforcement
- Health Care and Life Sciences Investor Services
- Health Care Construction Law
- Health Care Litigation
- Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions
- Health Insurance Exchanges
- Health Policy and Legislation
- Managed Care
- Medical Staff, Peer Review
- Medicare Advantage
- Mental Health Parity
- Opioids
- Stark and Self-Referral Laws
- Telehealth
- Value-Based Purchasing and Accountable Care
- White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations
Industries
- Academic Medical Centers
- Ambulatory Care Facilities
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cannabis
- Health Care Industry
- Health Plans and Other Insurers
- Home Health, Hospice & Community-Based Providers
- Hospitals and Health Systems
- Life Sciences Industry
- Medical Devices
- Pharmaceuticals
- Pharmacies
- Physician Group Practices/Management
- Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Providers
- Psychedelics
- Suppliers & Distributors
Experience
Our Team
Media
Events
Upcoming Events
- Spring 2024
- June 10-12, 2024
Past Events
Insights
Insights
- Media CoverageWes Scott Featured in "In Charge 2024: Finance"1 minute read
- PublicationsFTC Continues Investigation into PBM Practices2 minute read
- PublicationsMade to Measure: Informal Remediation, Corrective Action, and Fair Hearings4 minute read
- BlogsConnecticut Bill Calls for Office of Health Strategy to Develop a Plan Regarding Private Equity Firms in Health Care ...6 minute read
- BlogsRevised OCR Guidance Provides New Examples, but Raises More Questions, Regarding Use of Online Tracking Technologies by ...8 minute read
- Media Coverage
Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Elected to Law360’s 2024 Editorial Advisory Boards
3 minute read - Media CoverageDavid Shillcutt Quoted in “Decline in EBSA Funding May Hurt Mental Health Parity Efforts”2 minute read
- Blogs2024 Update: Regulators Use “Carrots and Sticks” to Incentivize Healthcare Sector Cybersecurity Compliance7 minute read
- BlogsProposed Minnesota House Bill HF 4206 Would Prohibit Ownership Interests, Operational/Financial Control of Health Care ...3 minute read
- BlogsProposed CA Assembly Bill 3129: Notice & Consent for Private Equity, Hedge Funds Acquiring/Changing Control of Health Care ...6 minute read
- BlogsUpdate: Alabama Legislature Moves to Shield IVF from “Personhood” Ruling5 minute read
- BlogsTime Runs Out in the Oregon State Senate for HB 4130, but Will Likely Return in 20256 minute read
- BlogsImportance of Negotiating Operating Expense Provisions in Health Care Leases7 minute read
- BlogsImportance of Negotiating Initial Term and Renewal Terms in Health Care Leases4 minute read
- BlogsBioMarin Subpoena Potentially Signals Continued Investigations into Sponsored Testing Programs4 minute read
- PublicationsAgencies Focus on Private Equity in Health Care2 minute read
- BlogsUnpacking Averages: Analyzing FDA’s Performance in Finalizing Guidance Documents14 minute read
- BlogsSAMHSA Final Rule Regarding OTPs Expands Access, Increases Flexibility for Patients5 minute read
- Publications
Will Religious Freedom Claims Trump Public Health? Braidwood and HIV Prevention
2 minute read - Media CoverageRichard Hughes Quoted in “ObamaCare Faces Key Hearing After Texas Ruling”2 minute read
- BlogsVideo: Braidwood v. Becerra – Challenging the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Coverage Provision – ...2 minute read
- Media CoverageRichard Hughes Quoted in “4 Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch in March”4 minute read
- Media CoverageRichard Hughes Quoted in “Affordable Care Act Preventive Services Under Threat: Previewing Braidwood Oral Arguments” ...4 minute read
- BlogsIn Alabama, Pre-Embryos are “Extrauterine Children” Under the State’s Wrongful Death Statute11 minute read
- BlogsDOJ’s FY 2023 Statistics: Highest Number of Settlements, Judgments, and Civil Investigative Demands in History and a ...7 minute read
- Media CoverageRichard Hughes Quoted in “Doc Pay Patch Could Emerge in Scaled-Back Health Package; Budget Talks Continue”2 minute read
- PublicationsFTC Calls on Congress to “Modernize” HSR Act and Extend Waiting Periods2 minute read
- Publications
Striking a Balance: The Supreme Court and the Future of Chevron Deference
27 minute read - Media CoverageNashville Business Journal Counts Epstein Becker Green Among Largest Law Firms in the Region1 minute read
- BlogsCMS Announces Comprehensive Plan to Ensure EMTALA Compliance8 minute read
- PublicationsRevised HSR Thresholds Announced2 minute read
- BlogsTelehealth’s Roadblock: The Issue with State Licensure Requirements4 minute read
- PublicationsEnsure Equity and Feasibility in Updating Meningococcal Vaccine Recommendations2 minute read
- BlogsCMS Announces New Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration Demonstration Model5 minute read
- Firm Announcements
Five Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Named to the 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
3 minute read - Media CoverageKevin Elkins, Clay Lee, Ann Knuckles Mahoney Featured in “Legal Notes: Epstein Becker Green Names Partners” ...2 minute read
- BlogsNew Jersey Passes Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law10 minute read
- BlogsNew Jersey Becomes Most Recent State to Sign a Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law10 minute read
- PublicationsNew Coverage, Delivery, and Payment for Health-Related Social Needs Services Under New York’s Approved 1115 Medicaid ...13 minute read
- Media CoverageEpstein Becker Green Named One of Central Ohio’s Largest Law Firms1 minute read
- PublicationsUpdated Merger Guidelines Finalized2 minute read
- Media CoverageWes Scott Featured in “People on the Move”1 minute read
- Media CoverageWes Scott Featured in “Legal Notes: New Partners”2 minute read
- BlogsAn Overview of the CMS Approved New York 1115 Medicaid Waiver12 minute read
- Media CoverageElizabeth Harris, ’11, Featured in California Western School of Law Alumni News2 minute read
- PublicationsHospital and MA Plan Considerations for CMS Final Rule to Remedy 340B Drug Payment Policy11 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsSeventh Physician Transactions Conference Is Open for Registration4 minute read
- PublicationsRecap: Top 10 Antitrust Issues in 20232 minute read
- BlogsUnpacking Averages: The Seasonality of FDA 510(k) Decision-Making and the Impact of Michigan Playing for a National ...10 minute read
- Firm Announcements
Five Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Named to the 2024 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
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