Healthcare Regulation

Regulatory counsel for healthcare ownership, management, financial relationships, transactions, and operating changes.

Healthcare Regulation

Regulatory counsel for healthcare ownership, management, financial relationships, transactions, and operating changes.

Healthcare Regulation

Regulatory counsel for healthcare ownership, management, financial relationships, transactions, and operating changes.

The investment makes sense. See what the investor controls.

A management company offers capital, recruiting, and administrative support. The proposed agreement also gives it a say over staffing, budgets, and the practice's records.

Before signing, we examine the rights behind those promises. Who owns each entity? Who makes which decisions? How is compensation calculated? What happens when the relationship ends?

California's Medical Board identifies clinical and certain management decisions that must remain with licensed physicians in the medical-practice arrangements it addresses. The ownership chart and the actual allocation of control both deserve review. Medical Board of California: corporate practice of medicine guidance.

The investment makes sense. See what the investor controls.

A management company offers capital, recruiting, and administrative support. The proposed agreement also gives it a say over staffing, budgets, and the practice's records.

Before signing, we examine the rights behind those promises. Who owns each entity? Who makes which decisions? How is compensation calculated? What happens when the relationship ends?

California's Medical Board identifies clinical and certain management decisions that must remain with licensed physicians in the medical-practice arrangements it addresses. The ownership chart and the actual allocation of control both deserve review. Medical Board of California: corporate practice of medicine guidance.

The investment makes sense. See what the investor controls.

A management company offers capital, recruiting, and administrative support. The proposed agreement also gives it a say over staffing, budgets, and the practice's records.

Before signing, we examine the rights behind those promises. Who owns each entity? Who makes which decisions? How is compensation calculated? What happens when the relationship ends?

California's Medical Board identifies clinical and certain management decisions that must remain with licensed physicians in the medical-practice arrangements it addresses. The ownership chart and the actual allocation of control both deserve review. Medical Board of California: corporate practice of medicine guidance.

Regulatory counsel connected to the operation

Regulatory counsel connected to the operation

Regulatory counsel connected to the operation

Assess the proposed entity, owners, services, locations, and allocation of authority. Review professional-entity and corporate-practice issues under the rules applicable to the particular profession and business.

Assess the proposed entity, owners, services, locations, and allocation of authority. Review professional-entity and corporate-practice issues under the rules applicable to the particular profession and business.

Assess the proposed entity, owners, services, locations, and allocation of authority. Review professional-entity and corporate-practice issues under the rules applicable to the particular profession and business.

Draft and review management services agreements, professional services agreements, medical director arrangements, administrative support terms, and provisions governing records, staffing, compensation, and exit.

Draft and review management services agreements, professional services agreements, medical director arrangements, administrative support terms, and provisions governing records, staffing, compensation, and exit.

Draft and review management services agreements, professional services agreements, medical director arrangements, administrative support terms, and provisions governing records, staffing, compensation, and exit.

Analyze physician compensation, referral relationships, space and equipment arrangements, marketing payments, and related agreements. Assess applicable federal and California restrictions, including Stark and Anti-Kickback issues where relevant.

Analyze physician compensation, referral relationships, space and equipment arrangements, marketing payments, and related agreements. Assess applicable federal and California restrictions, including Stark and Anti-Kickback issues where relevant.

Analyze physician compensation, referral relationships, space and equipment arrangements, marketing payments, and related agreements. Assess applicable federal and California restrictions, including Stark and Anti-Kickback issues where relevant.

Identify the approvals, applications, notices, and enrollment questions raised by a new service, location, owner, or operating model. Plan the sequence with the transaction and proposed operations in view. For facility-specific applications and operating questions, see Long-Term Care & Senior Living.

Identify the approvals, applications, notices, and enrollment questions raised by a new service, location, owner, or operating model. Plan the sequence with the transaction and proposed operations in view. For facility-specific applications and operating questions, see Long-Term Care & Senior Living.

Identify the approvals, applications, notices, and enrollment questions raised by a new service, location, owner, or operating model. Plan the sequence with the transaction and proposed operations in view. For facility-specific applications and operating questions, see Long-Term Care & Senior Living.

Review regulatory risks in diligence, ownership and management changes, contract restrictions, and closing conditions. Assess applicable Office of Health Care Affordability notices and other transaction requirements.

Review regulatory risks in diligence, ownership and management changes, contract restrictions, and closing conditions. Assess applicable Office of Health Care Affordability notices and other transaction requirements.

Review regulatory risks in diligence, ownership and management changes, contract restrictions, and closing conditions. Assess applicable Office of Health Care Affordability notices and other transaction requirements.

Review a defined compliance issue, document the findings, and develop agreements, policies, or corrective steps appropriate to the scope. Work through the practical changes with the people responsible for carrying them out.

Review a defined compliance issue, document the findings, and develop agreements, policies, or corrective steps appropriate to the scope. Work through the practical changes with the people responsible for carrying them out.

Review a defined compliance issue, document the findings, and develop agreements, policies, or corrective steps appropriate to the scope. Work through the practical changes with the people responsible for carrying them out.

The federal Stark and Anti-Kickback frameworks address different conduct and have different conditions, exceptions, and safe harbors. We assess the actual financial relationship and services rather than treating one contract form as a universal answer. HHS Office of Inspector General: fraud and abuse laws.

The federal Stark and Anti-Kickback frameworks address different conduct and have different conditions, exceptions, and safe harbors. We assess the actual financial relationship and services rather than treating one contract form as a universal answer. HHS Office of Inspector General: fraud and abuse laws.

The federal Stark and Anti-Kickback frameworks address different conduct and have different conditions, exceptions, and safe harbors. We assess the actual financial relationship and services rather than treating one contract form as a universal answer. HHS Office of Inspector General: fraud and abuse laws.

Know which decisions need to move together.

A transaction plan, management agreement, license application, and payer enrollment may involve different entities and processes. We identify those dependencies before turning them into documents and an action plan.

Depending on the engagement, the work can include a regulatory assessment, entity and ownership chart, agreement revisions, diligence findings, a notice or application, or a compliance action list with responsibilities identified.

For transactions, OHCA's notice process requires an applicability review of the parties and the proposed change. Its current framework includes both healthcare entities and certain other noticing entities. OHCA material change notice portal.

Know which decisions need to move together.

A transaction plan, management agreement, license application, and payer enrollment may involve different entities and processes. We identify those dependencies before turning them into documents and an action plan.

Depending on the engagement, the work can include a regulatory assessment, entity and ownership chart, agreement revisions, diligence findings, a notice or application, or a compliance action list with responsibilities identified.

For transactions, OHCA's notice process requires an applicability review of the parties and the proposed change. Its current framework includes both healthcare entities and certain other noticing entities. OHCA material change notice portal.

Know which decisions need to move together.

A transaction plan, management agreement, license application, and payer enrollment may involve different entities and processes. We identify those dependencies before turning them into documents and an action plan.

Depending on the engagement, the work can include a regulatory assessment, entity and ownership chart, agreement revisions, diligence findings, a notice or application, or a compliance action list with responsibilities identified.

For transactions, OHCA's notice process requires an applicability review of the parties and the proposed change. Its current framework includes both healthcare entities and certain other noticing entities. OHCA material change notice portal.

Related practices

Related practices

Related practices

FAQ

FAQ

FAQ

Healthcare introduces the businesses we serve and the range of work they may need. This page addresses the regulatory work itself: ownership, management, financial relationships, approvals, and operating obligations.

Yes. Tell us about the services and proposed changes. The agreement and ownership information are useful background. We assess whether its terms match the actual arrangement and the current rules affecting it. Prior use of a form does not answer those questions.

It depends on the entities, facility or professional category, ownership change, transaction, and applicable rules. We assess required filings, restrictions, timing, and any conditions affecting the plan. Do not assume a license or enrollment follows a purchase automatically.

Yes. Start with a short account of the problem. Relevant agreements, notices, and prior analysis are useful background. We can scope an assessment and the resulting corrective work. If an agency inquiry is underway, Regulatory Investigations & Enforcement addresses the response.

A short description of the proposed decision and any deadline is enough to begin. The services, locations, owners, and management relationships provide useful context. Existing licenses, enrollment records, agreements, and an ownership chart help establish the current arrangement.

Your introduction to Cove

Start with a conversation about what you need.

If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.

Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.

Share what you’re working through or working toward.

Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.

Your introduction to Cove

Start with a conversation about what you need.

If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.

Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.

Share what you’re working through or working toward.

Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.

Your introduction to Cove

Start with a conversation about what you need.

If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.

Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.

Share what you’re working through or working toward.

Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.