Health Care Law and Regulation

West Texas Health Care Law Attorneys

It is in the best interest of every health care professional and every health care organization to have knowledgeable legal counsel available to provide advice, ensure regulatory compliance and represent the organization's interests in the wide range of legal matters that touch the health care industry.

The health care law attorneys at Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, P.C., handle both the business and transactional needs of West Texas hospitals and health care professionals — as well as representing doctors, nurses and hospitals in administrative matters and civil litigation.

Led by attorney Darren S. Skyles, who serves as legal counsel to Midland Memorial Hospital, our health care law attorneys provide knowledgeable advice and legal representation to health care organizations large and small.

The types of legal issues with which we assist physicians' groups, hospitals and individual health care professionals include:

• Health care practice formation and dissolution
• Negotiation of corporate transactions and drafting of agreements to purchase or sell health care practices
• Internal audits to ensure compliance with the Stark Law, other anti-kickback and anti-referral statutes, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), investigations by the Texas Office of Inspector General (OIG) or the Texas Department of Health and Human Services
• Drafting of employment and contractor agreements, including medical director agreements
• Legal assistance with immigration procedures for physicians and other health care professionals
• Legal advice on questions relating to physician credentialing
• Advice and representation on nonprofit taxation issues
• HIPAA compliance
• Negotiation of accreditation and certification with the Joint Commission or JCAHO
• Management of investigations into Medicaid and Medicare coding issues
• Risk management assessments and medical malpractice claims prevention
• Managing collections for medical offices

For more information about our health care law practice, contact our office to schedule an appointment.