At Egerton, McAfee, our Healthcare law practice encompasses a wide range of legal services in the rapidly changing and highly regulated health care industry.  The services we offer include: 

• Regulatory compliance and related advice, including complex compliance issues and concerning compliance plans and procedures.
• Defending and managing audits and investigations of potential False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback, Stark Law or other fraud and abuse violations; advising on self-disclosures; and negotiation of settlements and corporate integrity agreements (CIAs) with government agencies.
• Assisting with corporate and strategic issues, such as corporate structure, new business models, governance, licensure, certification and accreditation, and medical staff structures, as well as surveillance committee agreements, clinical study agreements, and host facility agreements. 
• Contract negotiation, drafting and review, and practice or entity management issues, as well as agreements and regulatory compliance relating to employment issues, as well as any of other host of issues that confront a healthcare business providing services to the public. 
• Medical device registration and intellectual property registration.
• Financing and restructuring for healthcare providers, including capital access, venture capital and/or private equity investments and partnerships. 
• Transactions such as mergers and acquisitions of medical providers, hospitals and health care companies; designing and negotiating physician-hospital contracts and arrangements; and joint ventures and partnerships among health care providers and with health plans. 
• Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, including appeals, and updates on any new developments. 
• Privacy and security compliance, including counseling clients on HIPAA and HITECH ActRed Flags rules; designing compliance policies and procedures; assisting with internal compliance audits; responding to Office of Civil Rights investigations; and assistance with managing and reporting data breaches. 
• Issues relating to health information technology, such as contracting for electronic health records, cloud computing, software licensing and IT services and outsourcing.
• Health care business negotiations and dispute resolution.

Over the years, Egerton McAfee has performed these services for a variety of clients, including physician groups, ambulatory service centers, and other ancillary health service providers, institutional health care providers such as academic and community hospitals and health systems, senior living, and post-acute care facilities including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, community care retirement facilities and home care and hospice facilities, physician practice and health service management companies, health care facility developers, medical device manufacturers, and pharmaceutical companies. 

Healthcare compliance involves a complex matrix of rules that weave through both the individual and business levels of the healthcare industry.  Whether a company is in the business of providing healthcare services to the general public, or in the business of providing services to other medical service providers, such as a medical device manufacturer, our attorneys can assist in navigating the complex issues faced by the individuals or entities operating in the medical industry.   

At Egerton McAfee, attorneys practicing in the Corporate Finance & Securities practice group advise clients on a wide range of capital market transactions. Our attorneys are skilled transactional and business attorneys who assist clients in all aspects of corporate and financial transactions, including purchasing and selling businesses and companies and raising the capital to purchase those businesses and companies. 

Egerton McAfee attorneys practicing in this practice area advise borrowers, lenders, lending institutions and other traditional and non-traditional capital providers in a wide variety of transactions including but not limited to:

Attorneys in the Corporate Finance & Securities practice area advise clients on the regulatory and transactional aspects of securities offerings and corporate governance in an efficient and effective manner.  

Businesses of any size and industry engage in a wide variety of business and commercial transactions, both large and small, at every stage of the business life cycle, including transactions related to formation, acquisition and divesture, equity purchases and sales, asset purchases and sales, restructuring, real estate purchases and leases, equipment leases, joint ventures, distributorship and representative arrangements, supplier arrangements, packaging arrangements, licensing arrangements, consulting and service provider arrangements, debt and equity financing, tax-free reorganizations and share exchanges, 1031 exchanges, owner relations and compensation, ownership changes and new owner admission, business succession planning, business dissolution and liquidation, and various other general business matters.   

At Egerton McAfee, attorneys practicing in the Business & Commercial Transactions practice group are skilled transactional and business attorneys who have experience representing business clients ranging from small, closely held businesses to large, publicly traded businesses in a diverse array of transactions.  These attorneys are therefore uniquely situated to provide full-service counsel to business entities, business owners, and prospective business owners as they consider and engage in any business and commercial transaction. 

Egerton McAfee attorneys practicing in this practice area have the expertise to timely and efficiently provide guidance during all stages of a transaction, including negotiation of major deal points, preparation of transaction documents, and closing.  Our attorneys proactively address any issues or concerns that may arise during a transaction and counsel clients on potential risks and benefits associated with particular transaction terms and with a transaction generally.  Throughout all stages of a transaction, we deliver candid advice to clients that incorporates not just legal considerations but also practical business considerations. 

Attorneys in the Business & Commercial Transactions practice area also have a wealth of experience and knowledge to draw upon that spans several different businesses and industries such as manufacturing, banking and financial, professional services, insurance, healthcare practices, chemical manufacturing, medical equipment manufacturing and distribution, transportation and logistics, real estate development and management, construction and contracting, software development, professional services, and retail goods and services.  Given this wide breadth of experiences, an attorney working in this practice area most likely has relevant transactional experience in a client’s specific industry, which makes Egerton McAfee well-positioned to provide both legal and practical insight within the context of any business and commercial transaction. 

Additionally, as necessary and appropriate based on the issues implicated in a particular business and commercial transaction, attorneys in the Business & Commercial practice area have the ability to collaborate with, and leverage the knowledge and expertise of attorneys in the firm’s other practice areas such as the Banking & Commercial Lending/Borrowing, Contracts, Corporate Finance & Securities, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Real Estate, and Taxation.  The multi-disciplinary knowledge and experience of the attorneys within Egerton McAfee’s various practice areas enable the firm to provide comprehensive representation and to address sophisticated and novel issues that may arise in the course of a transaction. 

Egerton McAfee has had the pleasure of representing numerous clients in a wide range of business and commercial transactions throughout its lengthy history.  Egerton McAfee attorneys have always approached such representations with a client-driven mindset.  Attorneys within the Business & Commercial Transactions practice area look forward to continuing this client-driven legacy in the context of your business and commercial transaction.