Godfrey & Kahn’s Health Care Practice Group is organized around a core group of attorneys who provide legal services to clients in the health care industry. During 2016, our practice group worked on a wide spectrum of health care matters—only a few of which are recounted below. In these situations, and many others, we helped clients achieve positive outcomes, thereby reducing risk and increasing profitability. We look forward to an exciting 2017 and will continue to work hard to provide our current clients and new clients with outstanding results. If you or your company could benefit from our services, please contact a member of our Health Care Team.

• Negotiated the sale of an advanced care planning department at a regional health care system.
   
• Represented orthopedic group in the sale of its physical therapy division to a private equity-owned physical therapy company. 
   
• Negotiated and documented an agreement between a regional health care system and real estate developer to develop a hotel upon the system’s campus. 
   
• Assisted large pharmaceutical company in obtaining clearances from state and federal antitrust enforcers for acquisition of competitor. 
   
• Provided advice to health information entity on how to share price and outcome information with minimal antitrust risk.
   
• Amended a physician group’s health reimbursement arrangement to ensure compliance with Affordable Care Act “integration” requirements. 
   
• Assisted a health care employer with the structuring of post-employment health benefits to comply with Internal Revenue Code nondiscrimination rules.
   
• Provided analysis and document support in the redesign of the cash balance plan of a health care provider.
   
• Successfully petitioned the Internal Revenue Service to remove a substantial tax penalty imposed on a health care system.
   
• Assisted a regional health care system with the drafting and submission of a request for an advisory opinion letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General. 
   
• Negotiated and documented professional services agreements between physician specialty groups and hospitals. 
   
• Counseled a regional health care system regarding possible antitrust issues related to various deals.
   
• Assisted regional health care system with affiliation of rural hospital in WI. 
   
• Assisted HMO with response to federal antitrust investigation.
   
• Counseled a health care facility regarding a potential repayment to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 
   
• Advised a regional health care system regarding the health care fraud and abuse implications of an arrangement between it and various provider groups. 
   
• Counseled a hospital regarding state law issues related to an arrangement with ambulance providers. 
   
• Represented ambulance company in evaluating strategic partnerships. 
   
• Assisted regional health care system with the purchase and lease of a hospital facility. 
   
• Negotiated and documented an office lease in a newly constructed building for use for hospital’s administrative functions. 
   
• Represented hospital trade association, as amicus curiae, before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in action concerning the interpretation of “release of patient health care records” under chapter 146 and HIPAA. 
   
• Negotiated and structured sale of a multiple office physical therapy practice to a private equity firm’s national business.  
   
• Advised and negotiated on behalf of a hospital Board of Directors the amendment and restatement of an affiliation agreement with a hospital system. 
   
• Represented physician service corporations in connection with the merger of multiple physician practices. 
   
• Analyzed and advised physician groups regarding antitrust issues in regard to a potential merger. 
   
• Negotiated service agreements with hospitals on behalf of hospital-based physician groups. 
   
• Provided advice to physicians regarding dialysis center medical director agreements. 
   
• Presented discrimination/hiring practices training to several Residency programs to  provide information on recent government guidance and help the programs review compliance. 
   
• Advised hospital regarding land use covenants and restrictions in order to prevent construction of a neighboring building. 
   
• Reviewed and modified hospital and related foundation governance documents. 
   
• Advised general medical practice regarding application of Wisconsin’s new pain management clinic statute. 
   
• Represented borrowers in multiple Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority bond transactions, including both public sales and private placements.
   
• Prepared time share license agreements compliant with new Stark Law rules. 
   
• Reviewed medical device royalty agreements for regulatory compliance. 
   
• Negotiated, structured and documented the sale of a medical billing company. 
   
• Advised physician groups regarding cross-border practice restrictions, including with respect to teleradiology. 
   
• Tracked federal regulations and provided updates to several regional health care systems regarding recent regulatory changes to immigration H-1B cap exemptions. 
   
• Counseled a large health care system through issues related to unexpected legislative changes that significantly impacted strategy and potential revenues for the system.
   
• Successfully concluded a dispute that occurred related to a lease agreement when the physician was disciplined under an employment agreement. 
   
• Counseled numerous health care systems through claims of discrimination based on multiple theories filed with state and federal enforcement agencies. 
   
• Advised health care system through onboarding of member of medical staff with non-compete and other restrictive covenants from a prior employer. 
   
• Advised a physician clinic regarding the antitrust implications of sharing health care data.