From a federal standpoint, the Firm’s attorneys have experience with the fraud and abuse laws, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, and the False Claims Act. Fraud and abuse experience ranges from white collar defense, to self-reporting overpayments, to general counseling concerning compliance policies and programs. Other federal regulatory programs in which attorneys have experience include the Anti-Dumping Law (EMTALA), HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and Sarbanes-Oxley.

From a state standpoint, the Firm’s attorneys regularly handle matters involving virtually any regulatory issue, including Certificate of Need, hospital rate regulation, health care financial disclosure, professional and facility licensing, and state fraud and abuse.

This practice group includes a multidisciplinary team of lawyers with extensive experience in structuring complex business arrangements for the healthcare industry. The Firm represents all types of healthcare providers across the country, including nonprofit and for-profit hospital organizations, health systems and academic medical centers, long-term care facilities, physician practices, imaging centers, infusion centers, pharmacies, dialysis providers, biotechnology and medical device companies, home health agencies, durable medical equipment providers, ambulatory surgery centers, and other ancillary service providers, in structuring and closing acquisition and other change-of-control transactions. Intimately familiar with the Affordable Care Act, our transaction counsel has been deeply engaged in helping clients adapt to and capitalize on the Affordable Care Act, knitting together the various legal challenges from an aggregate of perspectives.

Practice Group Leader

Lindsay D. Petrosky

Office: Pittsburgh

(O): 412.434.8814

(F): 412.434.8062

(C): 724.734.1410

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Practice Group Leader

Alaina N. Crislip

Office: Charleston

(O): 304.340.1372

(F): 304.340.1272

(C): 304.767.8987

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