Garlington, Lohn & Robinson has a long tradition of advising and successfully representing health care providers in all aspects of health care law throughout the state and region. Our transactional attorneys also advise health care providers in all aspects of the business side of health care, including joint ventures, mergers, business entity formation and organization.
Our lawyers counsel and guide health care providers through the myriad of federal and state regulations. We provide comprehensive advice to hospitals and clinics about compliance with HIPAA, EMTALA, HCQIA, anti-kickback laws, and regulations governing electronic medical records and security to name a few. Further, we assist health care providers with internal and external investigations and audits and have represented providers in state and federal investigations and proceedings. We also conduct risk management audits and consult with providers on issues involving hospital privileges, credentialing, anti-trust concerns, rural hospital matters, peer review, licensing, due diligence, and physician and professional contracting.
Our practice also includes negotiating financial arrangements and mediating disputes between and among various health care practice groups or entities. We assist those groups, as well as individual physicians, in all aspects of business formation, contracting, joint ventures, mergers and tax planning. Our lawyers have also been successful in resolving disputes among such groups through legal counseling and mediation.
Given the breadth of our health care practice, our attorneys are frequently asked to provide risk management seminars for physicians, hospitals and insurance companies. Further, since 1994 we have written a legal column several times a year for the Montana Medical Association.
Finally, the firm also provides non-health care related services to our clients. These include representation in personal injury cases, property damage claims as well as a wide range of employment issues.