Health Care Law
JACK NELSON JONES & BRYANT, P.A. is Arkansas' preeminent health law firm. Our attorneys have provided legal services to some of Arkansas’ largest hospitals and best physicians in all facets of hospital operations and for an array of health care issues. Our attorneys have specific experience in health care issues, including, but not limited to the following:
- State and federal licensing and accreditation including the Arkansas Department of Health, CMS, JCAHO and NCQA for hospitals, surgery centers and other healthcare facilities.
- Organizing and counseling PHOs, IPAs, provider sponsored organizations, and other managed care organizations.
- Hospital acquisitions and joint ventures, including joint operating agreements among hospitals (both nonprofit and for-profit), physicians and other health care providers and entities.
- Tax exempt leasing and financing and revenue bonds for health care institutions.
- Health care issues involving EMTALA, COBRA, inpatient admission, court orders for treatment and blood transfusions, AIDS reporting, and custody and guardianship.
- Termination of treatment issues including right to die issues and the Terminally Ill/Permanently Unconscious Act.
- Peer review and Medical Staff issues, including due process, confidentiality, credentialing and staff admission and termination.
- Compliance with the Medicare and Medicaid Antifraud and Abuse provisions, child abuse reporting issues, the Stark physician self-referral prohibitions, as well as tax exempt organization issues and antitrust laws, including the FTC/DOJ Joint Statements on Antitrust Enforcement Policies in Health Care.
- Health care record issues including record retention and HIPAA.
- MIS issues and contracts.
- Risk management.
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