WHAT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY A BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE/MEDICAID HEALTHCARE LAWYER?

Behavioral Healthcare and Medicaid Healthcare Services for Providers and Institutions, MCO's and Insurers 
The behavioral healthcare lawyers of Kelley & Murphy deal with all aspects of the healthcare profession including:

• Creation of the enterprise, including business entity determination, organization and maintenance;
• Administration of the enterprise, including contract negotiation; labor relations; human resources and employment; insurance oversight; risk management; counseling; management counseling; corporate governance issues;
• Management of regulatory issues dealing with local, state and federal regulators;
• Privacy Services – as a result of HIPAA and the more stringent state laws regarding disclosure of mental health records and information privacy services are a substantial part of the services provided; 
• Compliance – this works in hand with the regulatory services.  It is the in-house program by which an organization remains compliant in billing, billing coding, all regulatory activities as well as compliant with all its contract requirements and patient bill of rights issues;
• Fraud and Abuse Counselling and representation, including: False Claims Act Matters (QuiTam); Anti-kickback Statute and the Stock Laws;
• Merger and Acquisition Services including licensure and approvals of mergers and acquisitions, the tax implications and ramifications, corporate governance, and board replacement as a mechanism for acquisition;
• Non-Profit Tax Services including the federal and state tax exemption, and ad valorum and sales tax exemption services;
• Real Estate Acquisition and Leasing Services;
• Finance and Bond Services, including all legal aspects of the debt and equity financial transactions of the providers.  To the extent such are tax exempt organizations, the tax free bond industry becomes an alternative; and
• Litigation Services, including employment, discrimination, contract, health care fraud/abuse, licensure, qui tam, real estate, business torts, defense of patient abuse, malpractice and other claims.  These services are provided in both the regulatory environment as well as the civil and criminal litigation environment.