Overview

Lawyers Who Understand the Business of Health Care

Attorneys in Fredrikson & Byron's Health Law Group represent the business and personal interests of health care providers and health-related businesses. This representation includes structuring businesses, handling transactions, dealing with regulatory and governmental concerns, and advising clients on other problems specific to the health care industry.

The group's experience encompasses tax and business planning, provider networks, joint ventures, third-party reimbursement, (including Medicare and Medicaid), health care contracting, and management of relationships among providers and between providers and patients. The group actively works with clients to anticipate the impact of health reform legislation and to prepare for its effects on the health care industry. Our health litigation team has extensive experience resolving and litigating both civil and criminal disputes in the health care arena.

To assist clients who are confronted with any health-related investigation, we created Health Care Fraud & Compliance Group. We help clients work with health care regulators and state and federal investigative agencies. We help clients respond to a wide range of investigations involving the FBI, the Office of Inspector General, the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, Board of Medical Practice and other licensing boards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Drug Administration, and other governmental agencies.

The firm has long been active in the representation of health care clients and historically has represented large numbers of physicians and group practices. We serve physician groups, professional corporations and health care providers throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. We also represent urban and rural hospitals, numerous medical device companies, and many other health care organizations, including diagnostic imaging centers, medical joint ventures, independent clinical laboratories, pharmacies, and health maintenance organizations.

The attorneys in Fredrikson & Byron's Health Law Group hold leadership positions in health law and tax sections of national, state and local bar associations, as well as the National Health Lawyers Association, the American Academy of Hospital Attorneys and the Minnesota Society of Hospital Attorneys.

We represent

• Clinics
• Health Care Joint Ventures
• Health Maintenance Organizations
• Home Health Care Organizations
• Hospitals
• Imaging Centers
• Independent Laboratories
• Individual Physicians
• Medical Device Manufacturers
• Nursing Homes
• Pharmacies
• Professional Corporations
• Surgery Centers
• Urgent Care Centers
  

Health Law Activities

• Audits & Investigations
• Biomedical Ethics Issues
• Corporate Governance and Ownership Issues
• Doctor/Clinic Disputes
• Employment and Human Resource Issues
• Health Enterprise Joint Venturing
• HIV Policies & Implications for Health Care
• Licensing Board
• Litigation
• Managed Care and Third-Party Payor Contracting
• Medicare Fraud & Abuse
• Medical Device Approval
• New and Pending Legislation
• Physician Compensation and Benefits
• Physician Recruitment and Contracts
• Practice Reorganizations, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Reimbursement: Medicare, Medicaid & Third Party Payors
• Risk Management Issues

Bios

Primary Attorneys

Briar A. Andresen
Steven N. Beck, Chair
Robert C. Boisvert
Gail F. Brandt
Heather L. Campbell
Katherine J. Douglas
David M. Glaser
Laurie E. Hartman
Katherine B. Ilten
Ryan S. Johnson
Catherine E. London
Warren E. Mack
Samuel D. Orbovich
James B. Platt
Neil A. Weikart

Supporting Attorneys

Lisa Holter
Bruce A. Johnson, Of Counsel
Karen G. Schanfield

Other Professionals

Jane C. Ball