General Counsel Services

In an ideal world . . . every healthcare business should have its own General Counsel.

Wouldn’t it be nice to call your General Counsel when a legal issue develops -- instead of having to guess about what to do?

The responsiveness, familiarity, and trust derived from the continuity of an ongoing relationship with General Counsel necessarily enhance the performance of any healthcare business and the peace of mind of its owners. For smaller medical practices and healthcare businesses, however, full-time General Counsel is typically cost prohibitive. And hiring a private attorney on an ad hoc basis often results in time-consuming efforts to get the lawyer up to speed on the dynamics of your business. The alternative – guessing at the legal answer – creates unnecessary financial risks.  

Our health law firm provides the solution.

Hamil Little Outside General Counsel Services

Have a General Counsel on call. Our Outside General Counsel program makes your medical practice or healthcare business safer, reduces business risks, and leaves it in a better positioned to flourish and generate profits. We offer a unique, value-based opportunity for your medical practice or healthcare business to obtain Outside General Counsel Services. We provide tailored Outside General Counsel Services in several different packages that set a number of hours to be used over the course of a month or quarter at a substantially reduced hourly rate, paid for in a way that conforms to your budget. We become your General Counsel, on call and always available when you need legal help.

In this hyper-regulatory and litigious day, your medical practice deserves legal advice it can call on. Whether you are considering hiring a doctor, a new joint venture or other new opportunities, navigating difficult dynamics or need help understanding and negotiating contract terms, you will benefit most from having counsel who understands your business, budget and the specific issues that your medical practice deals with.

We Protect Your Business

Most medical practices do not look for a lawyer until they feel they have to. Many relationships with counsel begin with organizations asking for assistance to fix a specific problem or consider a proposed transaction. Healthier organizations proactively screen for legal issues and invite periodic compliance checks, establishing relationships with counsel so that reliable advice is easily accessible when needed.

Here’s just a summary of the types of legal work and tasks included in our On-Call General Counsel arrangements for our clients:

• Counsel on call 24/7 for day-to-day operations and emergency matters
• Unlimited email and phone consultations
• Contracts to help organizations negotiate for better terms and understand “industry standard” arrangements
• Risk assessment and management
• Prioritizing legal concerns
• Reviewing systems for compliance
• Quarterbacking HR matters (facilitating affordable review of employee handbooks, contracts and offer letters, employee benefit compliance, etc.)
• Real Estate and Equipment Leases
• Legal advice when considering new transactions and joint ventures
• Legal advice on handling governance and conflict of interest issues
• Bylaws review and revision
• Policy drafting and review
• Contract review and analysis
• Professional staff and employee issues
• Preparation of legal correspondence
• HIPAA and regulatory compliance questions
• Billing and coding issues
• Medicare issues
• STARK/AKS/Self-referral problems and issues

HOW IT WORKS

We will provide a written engagement agreement that ensures our availability to you with the predictable expense that meets your expectations, fits your budget, and remains flexible should your legal needs change. Our package options conform to your budget and can be canceled or amended to fit your level of need.

For complete details about our package options for Outside General Counsel Services, contact us today. We will provide a free evaluation ot determine the package of General Counsel Services that best fits your healthcare business needs.

RESPONSIVENESS ­ FAMILIARITY – TRUST

We are committed to protecting the financial interests of medical practices, physicians and other healthcare businesses. Our attorneys have extensive experience, and we are AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell, its highest rating.

Healthcare Law Firm

We serve our clients throughout the United States. We advise and represent medical practices and other healthcare providers.  Contact us at info@hamillittle.com, to schedule a confidential consultation.

DISCLAIMER: Any result this law firm or any lawyer of this law firm may achieve on behalf of one client in one matter does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients.