For more than 20 years, our coast-to-coast legal team has monitored continually shifting hospice & palliative care laws. Our hospice law and palliative care attorneys are nationally recognized thought leaders who anticipate industry issues in order to clear pathways for nonprofit and for-profit clients large and small. Our hospice attorneys implement optimal client positioning on proactive compliance, audits and investigations, licensing, corporate transactions, litigation, and growth. Familiar with the legal, clinical, and operational demands facing hospice and palliative care organizations, our legal teams efficiently address brief questions by phone as well as providing experienced negotiation during complex multimillion-dollar government audits.
Our hospice & palliative care tools and services include:
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Our Hospice Audit team has led the way in the vigorous defense of hospices in payor audits for over a decade, with consistently successful outcomes. Whether the audit relates to Medicare, Medicaid, or Medicare Advantage programs, the Hospice Audit team has the experience and skill to obtain the best result possible. The Hospice Audit team has also developed a number of analytical tools, including charts, guides, tracking spreadsheets, and tip-sheets for use by hospice personnel. These tools, together with our attorneys’ unrivaled experience in hospice audit, allows the Hospice Audit team to vigorously represent hospices in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
Our experienced and multidisciplinary hospice legal team collaborates to negotiate, draft, and review sophisticated and customized agreements that allow hospice and palliative care providers to conduct day-to-day business, adapt to regulations, and grow their organizations. Frequent services our hospice attorneys provide include:
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Is your hospice organization considering expanding and diversifying your scope of services or revenue sources into non-hospice palliative care or other opportunities for getting further “upstream” in patients’ illnesses? Are you considering partnering or contracting with a Medicare Advantage plan or other managed care payor for hospice or upstream care services? Our talented and cross-disciplined team of attorneys can help you navigate the various legal considerations that arise from such opportunities, from working through licensure, staffing, and other compliance issues to negotiating payment and other contract terms. Recently, our hospice legal team achieved favorable results for a hospice client negotiating a Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) contract with a large national payor, including a nearly 10 percent increase over the originally proposed rates.
Our attorneys stay current with the shifting regulatory landscape and how hospice organizations can remain licensed, certified, enrolled, and in compliance at a local, state, and federal level. Our hospice attorneys work to proactively streamline operations:
When unexpected claims destabilize ongoing business, our attorneys serve as fierce advocates and seasoned crisis managers. Our legal team navigates suspended payment, risk, and exposure while defending clients before local, state, and federal judicial, quasi-judicial, administrative, and legislative bodies regarding a wide range of issues including:
The victory was the most significant victory to date for the Madison, WI-based team, which arrived at С»ÆѼÊÓƵ in January 2020.
Big thanks to Meg Pekarske and the С»ÆѼÊÓƵ team for their assistance with a recent matter. The team's expertise in, and passion for, hospice matters was evident from the start. They are a great legal team.