CORPORATE COUNSEL SERVICES

  • We carefully review contracts to ensure they align with your organization’s goals, mitigate potential risks, and comply with industry regulations. From vendor agreements to employment contracts and service partnerships. Our team also provides expert negotiation support to help secure favorable terms that protect your interests.

  • We help identify, evaluate, and mitigate potential risks that could impact patient safety, regulatory compliance, and overall operational efficiency.

  • We conduct thorough audits in areas such as billing practices, regulatory compliance, internal controls, and financial reporting. Our team provides clear, actionable recommendations, empowering healthcare entities to strengthen their processes, safeguard against fraud, and ensure a higher level of transparency and accountability.

  • We assist healthcare organizations in effectively managing communications with regulatory bodies, agencies, and government entities. Our team provides strategic guidance on drafting responses, submitting necessary documentation, and addressing any concerns from governmental authorities, minimizing potential disruptions and maintaining positive relationships with regulators.

  • We offer customized training programs in areas such as regulatory compliance, data privacy, and industry best practices. Our training is tailored to your organization’s specific needs, ensuring that your team is well-prepared to address challenges, reduce risks, and provide the highest quality of care.

PROACTIVE COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS, NOT REACTIVE PROBLEM CLEAN-UP

In the past, healthcare practices generally followed an “act now, hire legal counsel later” approach. Attorneys were called upon after mistakes had been made and asked to address the problem. However, the increasingly complex regulatory scheme imposed upon healthcare providers, paired with the requirements that they maintain written policies and procedures addressing some aspects of the law and regulations, defeats the continued utility of this approach. Healthcare entities are finding that there are problems their attorneys can’t clean up afterwards. Instead, they seek to avoid them in the first place.

That’s where Hurley Law Group comes in. Our focus is on helping those practices without full-scale legal teams manage full-scale compliance programs. Moreover, we seek to make that process as simple and painless as possible.

The in-house legal team solution for small healthcare entities.

Most hospitals and larger healthcare entities now maintain robust in-house counsel offices – a solution that is infeasible for smaller practices. Hurley Law Group offers all of the same benefits, but without an on-site, in-office legal team. Our corporate counsel services give you peace of mind: your legal and compliance needs are looked after by experienced healthcare professionals who understand your practice’s culture and needs.

Ready to learn more about how Hurley Law Group can streamline and support your organization’s operations? Schedule your free consultation today.

Healthcare Contracts

Contract Stages:

  1. Initial Review and/or Draft

  2. Review and Redline

  3. Strategize

  4. Initiate Negotiations

  5. Agree to Terms

  6. Fully Executed

When drafting and/or negotiating a contract, our goal is to empower the client to obtain the best result for them. We can help to maximize your negotiating power and protect your interests with respect to:

  • Employment Contracts

  • Commerical Contracts (goods and/or services)

  • Master Agreements

  • Statements of Work

  • Amendments/Addendums

  • Termination Letters

  • Business Associate Agreements

  • Confidentiality Agreements

  • Non-Disclosure Agreements

  • Payor Contracts

  • Software and Technology Contracts

  • Data Sharing/Processing Agreements

  • Real Estate Sale and Leasing Contracts

  • Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Contracts

  • Intellectual Property Contracts

  • Licensing Agreements

  • Business Formations (including ownership interests, vesting agreements, and non-competition agreements)

  • Shareholder and Stock Agreements

  • Stock and Asset Purchase or Sale Contracts

  • Business Mergers, Acquisitions, and Dissolutions (including divestment of interests, practice mergers, and practice closure)

  • Joint Ventures

Healthcare Regulatory compliance

Healthcare is one of the most heavily-regulated industries in the United States.  A complex network of state and federal laws regarding everything from patient privacy to labor standards covers nearly every aspect of your practice.  At Hurley Law Group, we are experienced in guiding our clients through this maze of legal statutes. 

We advise clients on a wide range of regulatory issues, including:

  • HIPAA compliance

  • Stark/Anti-Kickback Statute compliance

  • Fraud and Abuse compliance

  • Medicare/Medicaid Regulations

  • FLSA/FMLA employment issues

  • Licensing and Credentialing issues

  • OSHA compliance

  • Employee training

  • Policy and Procedure compliance

hipaa compliance

Since enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996, numerous regulations and guidance documents have been issued to attempt to clarify its provisions. Despite these efforts, the regulations are anything but simple. HIPAA has a significant effect on the way business is conducted in the United States. Organizations regulated by HIPAA, either as covered entities or as business associates, will want informed legal counsel to advise on the challenges. The HITECH Act of 2009, federal substance use disorder regulations (42 C.F.R. Part 2), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Health Breach Notification Rule for personal health records (PHRs), as well as state privacy laws, also impact how health information and other patient data may be used and disclosed.

At Hurley Law Group, we conduct, develop, and provide:

  • Customized privacy, security and incident-response policies

  • Day-to-day compliance counseling

  • Privacy compliance audits and security risk assessments

  • Compliance training

  • Privacy and security incident response guidance

  • Data and health information technology license agreements

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Don’t navigate legal challenges alone—schedule a free consultation today and get personalized advice that fits your needs and budget.