GluckWalrath’s health care department is dedicated to finding creative and resourceful solutions to the complex problems that challenge health care entities. The department is comprised of attorneys whose practices focus solely on issues involving providers and payors. Together, in collaboration with attorneys from the Firm who represent other clients, but have worked extensively with health care matters, they provide litigation, transactional, finance and other specialized support.

The Firm’s clients include a wide range of health care providers, including general hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, health maintenance organizations, health insurance companies, hospital-provider and other health care joint ventures, nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, licensed health care professionals (including physicians, chiropractors, and nurses), organ procurement agencies, and mental health care management entities. 

Examples of services provided include:

	General representation of health care providers and entities
	Health care mergers and acquisitions
	Corporate Reorganizations
	Corporate Compliance Issues
	Reimbursement Matters
	Medicare and Medicaid Counseling
	Fraud and Abuse Matters
	Health Care Litigation
	Real Estate and Land Use Matters
	Government Relations
	Certificate of Need, Licensure and Regulatory Assistance
	Disputes of State and Federal survey and licensure actions
	Capital FinanceTax-Exemption Issues
	Patient Consent and Treatment Matters
	Guardianships
	Physician Contracts
	Consultation on medical staff by-laws and physician credentialing