Healthcare and Life Science

Gallop, Johnson & Neuman attorneys provide creative, cost-effective legal solutions and expertise to the healthcare industry at all levels, from individual physicians and practice groups to hospitals and healthcare systems.  We combine the breadth of expertise of a full-service law firm with the responsiveness and client-focus of a mid-sized entrepreneurial firm.  The expertise and services we offer include:

• Formation of healthcare businesses, practice groups, ambulatory surgical centers, (ASCs), corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and joint ventures; 
• Sales, acquisitions, affiliations, mergers and dissolutions of healthcare providers and sales and transfers of ownership interests or assets;
• Contracts for healthcare providers, including physician and medical director agreements, equipment and real estate leases, financial transactions;
• Regulatory and compliance issues;
• Defense of investigations, audits, fraud and whistleblower litigation;
• Stark (anti-self-referral) and anti-kickback regulations and compliance, including Inspector General advisory opinions;
• Medicare/Medicaid compliance, reimbursement and appeals;
• Development and implementation of compliance policies, procedures, and training;
• Human resource and medical staff issues;
• Financing healthcare businesses and transactions;
• Civil and professional liability, insurance, risk management, and litigation defense;
• Environmental regulation and litigation;
• Healthcare and life sciences intellectual property counseling, prosecution, strategy and litigation;
• Tax issues, exemptions and not-for-profit providers;
• Emergency service and first responder representations;
• Technology licensing;
• Institutional Review Board (IRB) compliance, policies, and representation;
• Healthcare and Life Sciences technology transfer;
• Government healthcare and life sciences contracts and grants, including those awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Where client needs require an interdisciplinary team, our healthcare lawyers can draw on the expertise of colleagues in our tax, corporate, business services, labor and employment, environmental, government regulatory, and litigation practice groups.