Hospitals & Health Systems

Removing Your Legal and Regulatory Burdens to Allow for Excellent Patient Care

Hospitals, health systems, and academic medical centers are facing unprecedented business challenges and government scrutiny. Changes to reimbursement policy, digital health technology, and quality of care standards are just a few of the issues driving constant operational review. Mintz attorneys have exceptional depth providing comprehensive counsel to hospitals and health systems. Our team members have in-house experience and have been in your shoes. We can help you achieve your goals while managing your complex regulatory and financial environment.

Awards

Chambers USA 2023

Health Law Practice recognized Nationally and in Boston and Washington, DC

Legal 500 United States

Practice recommended in Health Care: Life Sciences, Health Care: Service Providers

U.S. News and Best Lawyers®

Nationally ranked Tier 1 for Health Care

BTI Industry Power Rankings

Recognized as a “Leading Core Firm” in the health care industry

Modern Healthcare 2023

Modern Healthcare Top Healthcare Law Firms 2023 Data Dive by the numbers.

Our Experience

Health Law Team is Trusted Advisor to Boston-Based System

Mintz represents a major Boston-based health care system that includes academic medical centers, community hospitals, physician practices, and a managed care plan. Mintz attorneys helped the system establish a specialty pharmacy and developed new provider contract templates for the health plan.

Former In-house counsel in hospitals / senior living facilities

Investigation and Qui Tam Matter against NY Health System

Mintz helped a health network and its two hospitals achieve a civil resolution and $4 million settlement of a federal and state criminal and civil investigation regarding the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, and Stark Law.

Our Approach

Mintz's Hospitals & Health Systems Practice has been serving the industry for decades. We work with hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, and the affiliated entities that comprise these systems, including teaching hospitals and medical schools.

Our team has handled transactions and strategic affiliations. We've defended hospitals and health systems in False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and litigation. And we've helped clients with complex regulatory matters, medical staff matters, tax-exempt bond issues, antitrust matters, and other sensitive issues. Members of our practice regularly supplement in-house legal teams by offering on-call counsel. We leverage the firm’s vast interdisciplinary industry experience to solve issues across topic areas — before they become problems.

Extensive Capabilities

Reductions in force
Antitrust counseling
Nonprofit tax issues
Corporate governance
Wage and hour relations
FCA investigations and litigation
Discrimination and harassment claims
Reimbursement analysis and compliance
Taxable and tax-exempt financing solutions
Technology, vendor, and supply agreements
Medical staff issues and disciplinary matters
Academic medical center clinical research activity
Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic affiliations
HIPAA and privacy and security matters, including data breach
Patent prosecution, technology transfer, licensing, and other intellectual property issues
Clinically integrated networks / accountable care organizations — including formation and implementation
Fraud and abuse laws, including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), the Stark Law, False Claims Act, and analogous state laws and regulations