Missouri Health Care Law Attorney
Starting and maintaining a health care or physician services business is a complicated process. From choosing the organizational structure of your business to contracting with physicians, other providers, and managed care, every aspect of a health care business will be strictly regulated under state and federal law. At the law offices of Van Matre, Harrison, Volkert, and Hollis, P.C., we represent health care entities and individual physicians in a variety of legal matters.
Contact our Columbia law offices if you have any questions regarding your health care contract or other matter.
Services for health care businesses
At Van Matre, Harrison, Volkert, and Hollis,, our lawyers have extensive experience advising physicians in business ventures. Whether you are starting a new business or operating an existing entity, we have the business acumen and legal knowledge to help your business succeed.
Health care businesses, in particular, are strictly regulated. Everything from the initial financing of your business to compensation arrangements between physicians, to allocating of profits and ancillary income is subject to regulation, and if improperly structured, can be grounds for hefty fines, criminal penalties, and exclusion from participation in federal health care programs, including Medicare. In many cases, financing and compensation agreements that seem to make perfect business sense violate federal or state laws. We can help your business with all of the following, and more:
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- Business dissolution, restructuring, and/or sale
- Stark compliance
- Federal Anti-Kick Back Act analysis and compliance
- State law compliance
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Compensation arrangements
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Physician and staff employment contracts and policies
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Non-compete agreements
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Managed Care contracts
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Physician recruitment agreements
Providing legal protection to physicians
If you have been suspended or are under investigation for a violation of professional standards or controlled substance laws, it is important that you hire a health care law attorney immediately. We have represented physicians in these types of investigations, and including in front of disciplinary and licensing boards, including the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) and the Missouri State board of Registration for the Healing Arts.
Contact a Columbia Health Care Lawyer
Are you starting a new health care business? Are you hiring or recruiting a new physician? Are you under investigation by the BNDD? Are you a new physician being hired or recruited? Are you trying to deal with managed care? Facing these issues is stressful. Put our more than thirty years of experience to work for you. Contact our Columbia law offices for a consultation and case evaluation
Van Matre, Harrison, Volkert, and Hollis, P.C.
1103 E. Broadway
Columbia, MO 65201
Phone: (573) 874-7777
Fax: (573) 875-0017
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At Van Matre, Harrison, Volkert, and Hollis, P.C., we serve clients throughout Missouri including the Mid-Missouri Region, Boone County, Howard County, Audrain County, Callaway County, Cole County, Monroe County, Randolph County, and Macon County, as well as the cities of Columbia, Jefferson City, Fulton, Osage Beach, Moberly, Macon, Mexico, Lake of the Ozarks, Camdenton, Boonville, Kansas City, and St. Louis.
