Overview
The post-acute/long-term care industry is being challenged by the pressures of an aging population, more stringent governmental oversight, and cuts in government reimbursement.
Attorneys in Epstein Becker Green's Health Care and Life Sciences practice are experienced in helping post-acute/long-term care providers respond to the entire range of industry challenges: corporate/transactional; compliance, survey, and enforcement; reimbursement; fraud and abuse; litigation; health care decision-making; real estate; and labor and employment matters.
The firm works with all segments of the post-acute and long-term care industry, including sub-acute, skilled nursing, assisted living, home health, rehabilitation, infusion, and hospice. We tailor our representation to the needs of the individual provider based on the size of the organization and the nature of the legal matter.
Services/Scope of Practice
Epstein Becker Green's full array of legal services to post-acute/long-term care providers includes:
- Representation in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other business transactions
- Strategic analysis of affiliations and acquisitions
- Representation before state and federal regulatory agencies with respect to investigations, survey and certification, reimbursement, licensure, and certificate of need
- Representation in civil and criminal litigation
- Regulatory analysis and audits for compliance with federal and state laws and regulations
- Development and review of compliance plans
- Guidance regarding Medicare, Medicaid, and private third-party reimbursement issues
- Due diligence reviews for mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions
- Counsel and assistance regarding private placements, IPOs, and tax-exempt bond financings
- Representation with respect to labor, employment, and OSHA matters
- Counsel and assistance regarding health care decision-making issues, ethics committees, and guardianship proceedings
- Managed care contracting and development of innovative payment structures with payors
Read less
Focus Areas
Experience
Contacts
Member of the Firm
Board of Directors / Member of the Firm
Board of Directors / Member of the Firm
Media
Events
Past Events
- Fall 2024
Insights
Insights
- BlogsStates Fill Gaps in Hospital Workplace Violence Laws—Requiring Law Enforcement Officers, Weapons Detection Screening ...9 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsKendria Lewis Selected for Nashville Bar Foundation’s 2025 Leadership Class2 minute read
- BlogsPodcast: Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing ...2 minute read
- Media CoverageChristine Worthen Featured in “Beltway Moves”1 minute read
- Media CoverageEpstein Becker Green Adds Healthcare Attorney Christine Burke Worthen in Washington, DC2 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Adds Health Care Regulatory Firepower with Attorney Christine Burke Worthen in Washington, DC ...2 minute read
- PublicationsCMS Issues Mandatory “TEAM Model” for Acute Care Hospitals to Improve Episode-Based Alternative Payments and Advance ...17 minute read
- Publications
Supreme Court Alters the Administrative State: Loper and Relentless Decision Shifts Authority from Administrative ...
13 minute read - Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green’s Lisa Gora Named One of New Jersey’s “Forty Under 40”2 minute read
- PublicationsNew Wine into Old Wineskins: Artificial Intelligence Fraud and Abuse Enforcement3 minute read
- Media CoverageHelaine Fingold Quoted in “FMO Lawsuits Could Delay Agent and Broker Compensation Rules”3 minute read
- PublicationsCMS Finalizes Rule Establishing Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities17 minute read
- Media CoverageHelaine Fingold Quoted in “3 Years In, 'No Surprises' Gets Mixed Reviews from Providers”2 minute read
- BlogsSpilling Secrets Podcast: Latest Developments – Restrictive Covenants in the Health Care Industry3 minute read
- Publications
Striking a Balance: The Supreme Court and the Future of Chevron Deference
27 minute read - PublicationsMedicare Advantage, Part D, and More: Proposed Rule Outlines Significant Policy and Technical Changes for CY 2025 ...35 minute read
- Media CoverageEleanor Chung Quoted in “Senators Told That AI Is Already Harming Patients”Fall 20232 minute read
- Media CoverageRachel Snyder Good Featured in “The Top Mid-Law People Moves of 2023 So Far”2 minute read
- PublicationsFTC Says State Oversight Cannot Effectively Displace Competition Among Health Care Providers2 minute read
- PublicationsHidden in Plain Sight: Lesser-Known Exceptions Recently Adopted by Congress to the Federal Physician Self-Referral Law and ...8 minute read
- Firm Announcements
Epstein Becker Green Recognized Among Top 10 Largest Health Care Law Firms by Modern Healthcare
2 minute read - Firm AnnouncementsRachel Snyder Good, Health Care Attorney, Former Advisor to U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer ...3 minute read
- Media Coverage
Rachel Snyder Good Featured in Law360 Pulse
2 minute read - Media CoverageRyan Cochran Featured in “People on the Move”1 minute read
- Media CoverageJohn Tishler Quoted in “Nashville Is Biglaw's New Hot Spot”1 minute read
- Media CoverageJeb Gerth, Ryan Cochran Featured in “Laterals, Moves, In-House”1 minute read
- Media CoverageJohn Tishler Quoted in “Major Combinations in Nashville and Carolinas Signal Southeast's Emergence as Merger Hotspot” ...3 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Continues Focused Growth in Nashville with Health Care and Employment Hires4 minute read
- Media CoverageRyan Cochran, Jeb Gerth Featured in “Notes: Waller Partners Move to Epstein Becker Green”1 minute read
- Media Coverage
Beth Kastner, Shannon DeBra Discuss "Patient Steering" on Compliance Perspectives Podcast
3 minute read - Media CoverageRyan Cochran, Jeb Gerth Featured in “Epstein Becker Brings On 2 Members in Nashville”2 minute read
- Media CoverageRyan Cochran, Jeb Gerth Featured in “2 Waller Partners Join Epstein Becker Green”1 minute read
- Media CoverageGary Herschman Featured in Podcast: “Two Healthcare Transaction Specialists Give Us a Better Understanding of Private ...1 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Honored for Outstanding Leadership in Business by Northeast Business Group on HealthDecember 7, 20223 minute read
- PublicationsCOVID-19 PREP Act Litigation: The Tip of the Liability Iceberg3 minute read
- Media CoverageJayme Matchinski Featured in “Health Hires: Epstein Becker Green”2 minute read
- Media Coverage
Jayme Matchinski Featured in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s “People” Column
1 minute read - Media CoverageOffice Snapshot: Epstein Becker Green's New Nashville Outpost3 minute read
- Media CoverageJayme Matchinski Featured in “Laterals, Moves, In-House”1 minute read
- Media CoverageNashville Boom, Health Care Fuel Epstein Becker Green Growth Bet3 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsHealth Care Attorney Jayme R. Matchinski Joins Epstein Becker Green in Chicago3 minute read
- Media CoverageJohn Tishler Featured in “Amid Partner Hiring, Epstein Becker Sees High Demand in Health Care Heading Into 2023” ...4 minute read
- Media CoverageJohn Tishler Featured in “Ex-Waller Lansden Chair Joins Epstein Becker Green in Nashville”3 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Welcomes Nashville Attorney and Former Waller Chairman John TishlerNovember 1, 20224 minute read
- Media CoverageEpstein Becker Green Taps Former Waller Chairman John Tishler to Spur Growth4 minute read
- Media CoverageEpstein Becker Green Adds New Member and Expands Nashville Office to New, State-of-the-Art Space in the South Gulch ...3 minute read
- Media Coverage
John Tishler, Former Waller Chairman, Moves to Epstein Becker Green: Nashville Post, Bloomberg, and More
3 minute read - Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Announces 2023 PromotionsOctober 28, 20225 minute read
- Publications“Getting the Cart Before the Horse” – Failing to Integrate Federal Reimbursement Requirements Into the Programing ...2 minute read
- PublicationsFTC Maintains Strong Opposition to COPAsAugust 25, 20222 minute read