Health Care Law

We provide advice to clients who are in the health care and hospital field, both on a consulting basis and in the capacity of general counsel.  Our clients in this field include:

• Acute-care, general hospitals
• Rehabilitation facilities
• Skilled and long-term care facilities
• Physician groups
• Medical staffs
• A variety of hospital/physician joint ventures in the health-care field

Our services in the health-care field include:

• Mergers
• Acquisitions and reorganizations of health-care facilities and physician practices
• Issues involving the organized medical staff, including participation in drafting medical staff bylaws and participation in staff disciplinary matters
• Issues related to federal, state and local tax exemptions, including proceedings before the Exempt Branch of the Internal Revenue Service, and state and local taxing bodies
• Issues involving third-party reimbursement, including issues related to Medicare and Medical Assistance, managed-care contracting and negotiation, and those involving Stark I and II and the Fraud and Abuse Amendments to the Social Security Act
• Issues involving, generally, hospital regulatory compliance in all facets of operations regulated by CMS, HHS, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Welfare and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations

In addition, the firm is active in the representation of medical professionals and hospitals in medical malpractice litigation and general litigation matters. In fact, one of the largest hospital centers in Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley’s largest employer is a client of Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino.

The Chairman of the firm’s health-care group is a member of the board of directors and past president of the Pennsylvania Society of Healthcare Attorneys.