Atlanta Healthcare Lawyers
The focus of our business law firm is representation of healthcare providers, including doctors, physician groups, federally qualified health centers, ambulance services, elder care entities, healthcare consultants and other healthcare businesses in Cobb County, Georgia. Our law firm represents healthcare and other specialty businesses in the following types of matters:
- Formation, Ownership Agreements and Joint Ventures
- Contracts and Transactions
- HIPAA/HITECH Privacy and Security
- Affordable Care Act
- Accountable Care Organizations
- Compliance Programs
- Medical Audits
- Reimbursement and Third Party Payer Contracting
- Medicare Reimbursement
- Litigation, Administrative Hearings and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Staffing and Employment Law
- Physician Employment Agreements
- STARK LAW/Self-Referral/Anti-Kickback
- Concierge Medicine
- Medical Practice Sales
Compliance, Compliance, Compliance
The healthcare industry was already the most heavily regulated industry in the United States. The enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), good intentions notwithstanding, has greatly increased the regulation of healthcare and will directly impact the business of every healthcare provider permanently. The ACA will radically transform healthcare delivery. Healthcare providers will likely have to double up efforts to be compliant with so many new federal and state regulations and learn to deliver care under the auspices of “Accountable Care Organizations.”
Generally speaking, the ACA mandates that all employers provide a particular type of health insurance (or pay penalties), all individuals have a particular type of health insurance (or pay penalties), and influences how providers render (or withhold) care by using financial incentives (and penalties). The details of how ACA will transform healthcare delivery over the next decade remain to be seen. Many healthcare providers, particularly doctors, have already had more regulation of how they deliver care than they can tolerate. In the years to come, healthcare delivery will likely be more complicated by red tape, due to the ACA. The ACA will present some business opportunities for physicians and other healthcare providers, however. Our law firm helps healthcare providers navigate the legal changes brought by the ACA.
Cobb County Healthcare Lawyers
The county seat of Cobb County is Marietta, located approximately 20 miles due north of Atlanta. Atlanta is Georgia’s capital City and lies in the north eastern part of the State in the Appalachian Mountain foothills. Atlanta’s population is about 5 million people. Cobb County is one of five counties in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The population of Cobb County is approximately 700,000. The largest single employer in Cobb County is the Cobb County School District.
We Provide Responsive Service to Our Healthcare Clients
We are a responsive, result-driven law firm. Our law practice is personalized and not built upon the billable hour. We have an Atlanta office convenient to Cobb County residents and serve clients throughout the States of Georgia and South Carolina. Our law firm has Martindale Hubbell’s AV-rating. We aspire to provide the highest quality of legal representation and very personalized, accessible service to all clients. Our law practice is geared toward helping healthcare providers make and protect money. To schedule a consultation, contact us at our office nearest you or email us at info@hamillittle.com.
