Compliance

Whether it’s HIPAA, Stark, Medicare, or any of the other healthcare regulation, providers must keep compliance in mind. The experienced health law attorneys at E|S can counsel and guide your organization in order to maintain compliance with the ever-changing rules and regulations.

Transaction

Healthcare business transactional documents must include various state and federal healthcare compliance provisions to better protect healthcare providers and organizations from regulatory violations. E|S’s experienced health law attorneys can be invaluable when navigating the intersection between corporate transactions and healthcare.

Licensure

Safely and accurately navigating licensure requirements and obligations can be daunting, even for the most experienced healthcare professionals. Erickson | Sederstrom’s health law attorneys are available to assist both in obtaining and defending licenses. 

Payment Appeals

Whether it's Medicaid reviews, Medicare investigations, insurance denials, or patients’ refusals to pay for services not covered by another payor, healthcare providers face an increasingly complex and convoluted payment and appeal structure. Erickson | Sederstrom’s health law attorneys are experienced at assisting providers with reimbursement and payment appeals ranging from internal insurance review determinations to federal administrative law proceedings for Medicare reimbursement.

The attorneys at Erickson | Sederstrom provide a full spectrum of legal services to healthcare providers and those working with healthcare professionals.  E|S provides counsel to many local  and regional clients located throughout Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, and South Dakota, including hospitals, individual physicians, physician groups, therapists, long-term care providers, home healthcare practitioners, medical suppliers and various other vendors providing goods and services to those in the medical field.

Erickson | Sederstrom's health law attorneys have been exposed to numerous legal issues ranging from compliance and regulatory matters, to reimbursement issues, real property and equipment leases, professional corporation formation and governance, and health care contracting issues.  Erickson | Sederstrom’s health law attorneys stay on top of the latest developments in health law and consistently attend national level seminars designed to keep the attorneys in front of quickly changing health law environment.

The attorneys at Erickson | Sederstrom are members of various trade groups and associations, including the American Health Lawyers Association, which provides a wealth of resources to make their practice more efficient and allow confidence in the work being provided to the firm’s clients.  Erickson | Sederstrom boasts health law attorneys that have gained valuable experience by holding positions in areas other than private practice, including service as the General Counsel for a major health system and service as a member of the Policy Cabinet and a Director of Agencies within the Nebraska Health and Human Services System.

Our Health attorneys assist clients in all areas of health representation including:

• Physician Self-Referral Laws (Stark Law) and Anti-Kickback Statute

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”)

• State and federal confidentiality laws, including 42 C.F.R. Part 2.

• Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labors Act (“EMTALA”)

• Informed Consent

• Corporate Compliance

• Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement

• Contracts and Leases

• Licensure and Regulation

• Medical Staff