Our attorneys represent hospitals, HMOs, physician groups, individual physicians and other health practitioners in a broad range of legal matters, including:

• Managed care matters including corporate organization, governance, financing and operations; contracting with physicians, provider groups, medical facilities and benefits managers; HMO/provider comprehensive audits and related litigation; third party administrators and purchasers; compliance with government regulations; patient care issues
• Tax and corporate advice to exempt organizations
• Construction, development and financing for health care providers, including medical office building development, medical facilities financing, taxable and tax exempt equipment financing
• Advice to physicians and physician groups, including contracting with hospitals and other facilities, payment issues and relations with insurers, practice group agreements and business relations, Medicare and Medical fraud and abuse, and staff credentialing
• Medical staff matters, including representation of providers and professionals in disciplinary and credentialing matters, advice regarding New York State reporting obligations and the National Practitioner Data Bank reporting requirements
• Patient care issues, including advice to providers and individuals regarding placement problems, appointment of guardians, health care proxies, MOLSTS, Medicaid applications and appeals, medical treatment orders, surrogate decision-making and termination of care orders, confidentiality, ethics and professional conduct issues
• Critical care decision-making, including advice to hospitals, nursing homes and physicians
• Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP is a member of the National Health Lawyers Association, the American Association of Hospital Attorneys and the American Bar Association Forum on Health Law.