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.
Our Team Sets Us Apart
As one of the country’s go-to health care practices, 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 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 of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation, 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 programs, 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 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
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- BlogsPodcast: Advancements of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care – One Year After White House Executive Order – ...2 minute read
- BlogsSupreme Court Denies Two Certiorari Petitions on Federal Anti-Kickback Statute’s Willfulness Standard7 minute read
- BlogsImportance of Negotiating Exclusivity, Expansion and Relocation Provisions in Health Care Leases5 minute read
- BlogsD.C.’s Certificate of Need (CON) Process Could See Improvement with Proposed Legislation6 minute read
- BlogsInvestors, Researchers, and Business Leaders Take Note: $110M Awarded to Advance Women’s Health4 minute read
- PublicationsRevisions to HSR Form Released2 minute read
- BlogsStates Fill Gaps in Hospital Workplace Violence Laws—Requiring Law Enforcement Officers, Weapons Detection Screening ...9 minute read
- PublicationsAre We Ready for a Bird Flu Vaccination Campaign?2 minute read
- PublicationsThe US Supreme Court and the Uncertain Future of Preventive Care4 minute read
- BlogsA Win for Out-of-Network Providers3 minute read
- BlogsGeorgia & North Dakota: More State Judges Question the Constitutionality of Abortion Bans11 minute read
- PublicationsFTC Withdraws from Interagency Memorandum of Understanding2 minute read
- PublicationsFinal Mental Health Parity Rules Released: Next Steps for Employers8 minute read
- BlogsOCR Withdraws Appeal of District Court Order Declaring Unlawful and Vacating the “Proscribed Combination” Portion of ...4 minute read
- BlogsAs the Window for Comments Closes on ONC/ASTP’s HTI-2 Proposed Rule: What’s in HTI-2 and What Does It Mean for You ...12 minute read
- PublicationsApplication of New Mental Health Parity Rules to Provider Network Composition and Reimbursement: Perspective and Analysis ...14 minute read
- BlogsUnpacking Averages: Assessing FDA’s Postmarket Surveillance Under Section 52211 minute read
- Media Coverage
Bradley Merrill Thompson Featured in AHLA’s Speaking of Health Law Podcast, “AI in Health Care: Managing Algorithmic ...
2 minute read - Media CoverageRichard Hughes Quoted in “Gov't Looks to High Court to Preserve Free Preventive Care”2 minute read
- BlogsVideo: New State Legislation Increases Oversight of Health Care Transactions – Thought Leaders in Health Law2 minute read
- PublicationsFTC Disputes Whether States Can Effectively Displace Hospital Competition with COPA Regulation2 minute read
- BlogsPost-AB 3129, California Sponsored MSOs Must Focus on Compliance, Strategic Growth, and Exit Planning16 minute read
- BlogsVideo: New HIPAA Final Rule - Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy – Thought Leaders in Health Law3 minute read
- PublicationsMental Health Parity: Federal Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health Release Landmark Regulations12 minute read
- Media CoverageRichard Hughes Quoted in “DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Reverse Braidwood Ruling, Uphold ACA’s Preventative Mandate” ...3 minute read
- BlogsPreparing for the Cybersecurity and Fraud Risks of Deepfakes: What Executive Teams Need to Know6 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsKendria Lewis Selected for Nashville Bar Foundation’s 2025 Leadership Class2 minute read
- Media CoverageKevin Malone Quoted in “Mental Health Parity Rule Pushes Employers to Rethink Status Quo”3 minute read
- BlogsConsumer Privacy Update: What Organizations Need to Know About Impending State Privacy Laws Going into Effect in 2024 and ...7 minute read
- Media CoverageKate Heffernan Quoted in “Colleges Get More Leeway to Handle Research Misconduct”2 minute read
- Media CoverageRichard Hughes Quoted in “CMS Signals Preventive Services Coverage Update with Pending Rule”3 minute read
- PublicationsFTC and DOJ Signal Continued Interest in Labor Markets with New MOU2 minute read
- BlogsPodcast: Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing ...2 minute read
- BlogsGlobal Hospital Budgets: A New Trend?5 minute read
- Media CoverageBBA Spotlight Series: Get to Know Emerging Leaders in Boston Law–Marylana Saadeh Helou8 minute read
- BlogsImportance of Negotiating Tenant Improvement Allowance Provisions in Health Care Leases6 minute read
- BlogsPodcast: Navigating the Labyrinth of Private Equity Investments in Health Care – Diagnosing Health Care2 minute read
- Media CoverageHoward Wall Featured in “People on the Move”2 minute read
- Media Coverage
Richard Hughes Quoted in “DOJ Will Ask SCOTUS to Take Up Braidwood”
3 minute read - PublicationsInteragency Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing Holds First Public Meeting1 minute read
- Media CoverageChristopher Smith Quoted in “HDA 2024 Traceability Seminar: A Legal Perspective Regarding DSCSA”5 minute read
- Media CoverageChristine Worthen Featured in “Beltway Moves”1 minute read
- Media CoverageEpstein Becker Green Adds Healthcare Attorney Christine Burke Worthen in Washington, DC2 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Adds Health Care Regulatory Firepower with Attorney Christine Burke Worthen in Washington, DC ...2 minute read
- BlogsCMS Rules Propose Changes Regarding the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program, Refundable Drugs, Skin ...13 minute read
- PublicationsCMS Issues Mandatory “TEAM Model” for Acute Care Hospitals to Improve Episode-Based Alternative Payments and Advance ...17 minute read
- BlogsRecent Supreme Court Decisions and the DSCSA15 minute read
- PublicationsFTC Releases Controversial Interim Staff Report on PBMs’ Purported Impact on Drug Prices3 minute read
- BlogsMedical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Regulations Announced by DOJ Under Title II of ADA9 minute read
- BlogsAffordable Care Act Overpayments in the CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Implications for False ...10 minute read