About

Provided by Bowles Rice LLP

The Bowles Rice Health Care Group emphasizes quality advice based on a thorough understanding of the law and our clients' mission, goals and objectives. Our approach is to solve problems for the client by offering alternatives and solutions that meet those goals and objectives. Our ability to solve client problems requires not only the skill to guide the client through a highly complex maze of laws and regulations, but also an understanding of the political, social and economic factors that often underlie health care policy.

Bowles Rice has a special commitment to assisting health care providers, representing hospitals, physicians and physicians groups, behavioral health providers, long-term care facilities and child welfare agencies. Our clients also include health maintenance organizations, other managed care organizations and third-party administrators.

We provide services to health care clients in the following areas:

  • Disputes with Payors
  • Licensing and Certification
  • Medicaid/Medicare
  • HIPAA and Health Privacy Laws
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • Fraud and Abuse/Stark/False Claims
  • Certificate of Need
  • Rate Setting
  • Managed Care
  • Strategic Positioning
  • Health Care Contracting
  • Advance Directives
  • Acquisitions and Mergers
  • Antitrust
  • Medical Malpractice/Risk Management
  • Business Organization
  • Governance
  • Risk Arrangements
  • Informed Consent
  • Health Care Litigation
  • Affordable Care Act Compliance


Chambers Review

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Healthcare - West Virginia
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Band 1
What the team is known for

Bowles Rice LLP has an experienced group of healthcare attorneys with deep regulatory strength. The firm attracts an impressive roster of providers, advising on areas such as fraud and abuse, HIPAA and medical staffing concerns. It also acts for managed care entities. The group has notable capabilities in both West Virginia and federal regulatory concerns.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Benjamin Thomas
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Benjamin Thomas
2
Band 2

Benjamin Thomas leverages his expertise in M&A to advise clients on healthcare facility acquisitions. He is also well-versed in giving general business advice to healthcare clients.

Thomas A Heywood
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Thomas A Heywood
2
Band 2

Thomas Heywood's market-leading practice includes advising on transactions in the healthcare space.

Ranked Lawyers at
Bowles Rice LLP

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West Virginia

Healthcare

Benjamin Thomas
2
Benjamin Thomas
2
Band 2
Thomas A Heywood
2
Thomas A Heywood
2
Band 2

Members

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Brock Malcolm

Head of Department

Elizabeth M. Frame

Hannah N. French

Jennifer B. Hagedorn

Peter G. Markham

Industries

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Heath Care Litigation

Medical Malpractice Defense

Medical Records Privacy and Security (HIPAA)