Children's hospitals face unique business and legal issues that set them apart from traditional hospitals. Our Children's Hospital Practice is ideally positioned to help you tackle these issues both as advisors and partners. We intend to add value that is in line with, and strengthens, your organization's mission to provide the very best in pediatric care. This team is led by a former chief legal officer at a prominent children's hospital and a former general counsel of a women's and children’s hospital abroad. Other attorneys on the team previously held senior roles at the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a state Medicaid program, as well as other hospitals, and industry associations relevant to children's hospitals.
The Children's Hospital Practice is regularly sought out by institutions to advise on issues related to reimbursement, compliance, mergers and strategic transactions, pediatric research, expanding children's hospitals' regional or global reach, and routine medical-legal and operational issues that children's hospital face. More specifically, many of the nation's top children's hospitals turn to Bass, Berry & Sims for advice on:
Physician practice acquisitions and integration
Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation
Reimbursement and payment issues, including Medicaid, CHIP, and managed care
Funds flow within academic medical center components
Clinical research
Medical staff and peer review compliance
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
Medical-legal issues such as consent to care and medical neglect
Stark Law and Ant-Kickback Statute compliance
False Claims Act (FCA) counseling and litigation
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance
Export controls
Legal and operational issues in international clinical, research, and humanitarian programs
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance
International expansion and programs
Joint Commission, ACGME, and AAHRPP accreditation issues
Health information technology and intellectual property matters
Technology and biological material transfer policies and transactions
Bond financing
Labor, employment, benefits, and executive compensation concerns
Exempt status issues
Private inurement and unrelated business income tax
Institutional and board governance issues, including committee structure, delegation of authority, and board information flow
Structuring taxable and tax-free acquisitions and joint ventures
Certificate of Need (CON), licensure and operational issues
Conflicts of interest
Compliance program design and implementation
Charitable giving
Faculty and resident issues
Academic affiliation agreements
Group purchasing organization and supply chain contracting
Antitrust issues
Structuring value-based care arrangements including the development of Clinically Integrated Networks and Accountable Care Organizations
Children's hospitals face unique business and legal issues that set them apart from traditional hospitals. Our Children's Hospital Practice is ideally positioned to help you tackle these issues both as advisors and partners. We intend to add value that is in line with, and strengthens, your organization's mission to provide the very best in pediatric care. This team is led by a former chief legal officer at a prominent children's hospital and a former general counsel of a women's and children’s hospital abroad. Other attorneys on the team previously held senior roles at the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a state Medicaid program, as well as other hospitals, and industry associations relevant to children's hospitals.
The Children's Hospital Practice is regularly sought out by institutions to advise on issues related to reimbursement, compliance, mergers and strategic transactions, pediatric research, expanding children's hospitals' regional or global reach, and routine medical-legal and operational issues that children's hospital face. More specifically, many of the nation's top children's hospitals turn to Bass, Berry & Sims for advice on:
Physician practice acquisitions and integration
Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation
Reimbursement and payment issues, including Medicaid, CHIP, and managed care
Funds flow within academic medical center components
Clinical research
Medical staff and peer review compliance
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
Medical-legal issues such as consent to care and medical neglect
Stark Law and Ant-Kickback Statute compliance
False Claims Act (FCA) counseling and litigation
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance
Export controls
Legal and operational issues in international clinical, research, and humanitarian programs
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance
International expansion and programs
Joint Commission, ACGME, and AAHRPP accreditation issues
Health information technology and intellectual property matters
Technology and biological material transfer policies and transactions
Bond financing
Labor, employment, benefits, and executive compensation concerns
Exempt status issues
Private inurement and unrelated business income tax
Institutional and board governance issues, including committee structure, delegation of authority, and board information flow
Structuring taxable and tax-free acquisitions and joint ventures
Certificate of Need (CON), licensure and operational issues
Conflicts of interest
Compliance program design and implementation
Charitable giving
Faculty and resident issues
Academic affiliation agreements
Group purchasing organization and supply chain contracting
Antitrust issues
Structuring value-based care arrangements including the development of Clinically Integrated Networks and Accountable Care Organizations
We represented Boston Children's Hospital with intellectual property, business, and government contracting issues associated with VaccineFinder. We also assisted Boston...
We represented a national children's research hospital in the negotiation of two agreements with Washington University. The parties are collaborating...
We represented Boston Children's Hospital with intellectual property, business, and government contracting issues associated with VaccineFinder. We also assisted Boston...
We represented a national children's research hospital in the negotiation of two agreements with Washington University. The parties are collaborating...
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Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
Visiting, or interacting with, this website does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Although we are always interested in hearing from visitors to our website, we cannot accept representation on a new matter from either existing clients or new clients until we know that we do not have a conflict of interest that would prevent us from doing so. Therefore, please do not send us any information about any new matter that may involve a potential legal representation until we have confirmed that a conflict of interest does not exist and we have expressly agreed in writing to the representation. Until there is such an agreement, we will not be deemed to have given you any advice, any information you send may not be deemed privileged and confidential, and we may be able to represent adverse parties.
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Children's hospitals face unique business and legal issues that set them apart from traditional hospitals. Our Children's Hospital Practice is ideally positioned to help you tackle these issues both as advisors and partners. We intend to add value that is in line with, and strengthens, your organization's mission to provide the very best in pediatric care. This team is led by a former chief legal officer at a prominent children's hospital and a former general counsel of a women's and children’s hospital abroad. Other attorneys on the team previously held senior roles at the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a state Medicaid program, as well as other hospitals, and industry associations relevant to children's hospitals.
