Healthcare Counsel

Brick Gentry P.C. is a well-recognized provider of healthcare legal representation throughout the state of Iowa.

Brick Gentry attorneys work with healthcare clients including physicians and physician groups, clinics, residential care facilities, home care providers, senior care facilities, medical societies, and other healthcare alliances or associations. We pride ourselves on our ability to work with the medical community.

Providing Healthcare Counsel

Brick Gentry P.C. is a well-recognized provider of healthcare legal representation throughout the state of Iowa. Brick Gentry attorneys work with healthcare clients including physicians and physician groups, clinics, residential care facilities, home care providers, senior care facilities, medical societies, and other healthcare alliances or associations. We pride ourselves on our ability to work with the medical community. In representing our clients, Brick Gentry routinely advises and counsels on the following types of healthcare issues:

• ACO-related issues
• Acquisitions or mergers
• Co-management services agreements
• Entity governance and structure
• Formation and organization of physician entities
• Certificate of Need (CON) issues
• Joint venture arrangements
• Medical Staff Bylaws and credentialing
• Physician contracts (employment or independent contractor agreements)
• Physician licensing issues
• Physician payment arrangements
• Physician service agreements or arrangements
• Regulatory audits, compliance and investigations
• Regulatory matters, such as HIPAA, HITECH, and state privacy, STARK, Anti-kickback, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues
• Representation before the IPHP and/or IBM

Brick Gentry has represented its healthcare clients in these transactional situations with hospitals, care systems and insurance companies. It has also routinely represented clients before healthcare agencies and boards, including IBM, health and human service entities, as well as before the courts of the State of Iowa.

Brick Gentry attorneys are often requested to speak on healthcare-related topics,including:

• Healthcare Reform: What It Means to Business Clients
• Electronic Health Records
• Overview of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Physician Contracting 101: What You Need to Know
• Issues in Health Information Privacy
• Legal Issues Related to Patient Advance Directives
• Hospital/Physician Perspectives on the Federal Affordable Care Act
• Healthcare Reform and Its Impact on Employers