As an industry-specific enhancement to the traditional services offered through our Business Law, Commercial Litigation, and Labor & Employment Groups, the CSPG&F Healthcare/Non-Profit Group offers highly refined legal services targeted to complex legal needs of healthcare providers and non-profit organizations. For more than 25 years, the Group's members have worked closely with our healthcare and non-profit clients in successfully confronting the unique legal, business and regulatory issues these clients regularly encounter. In addition, our Group members have tremendous familiarity with the operations, goals, objectives and key business drivers of these clients through years of service as board members and officers at numerous healthcare providers and non-profit organizations. Our attorneys offer creative, strategic approaches and coordinated, interdisciplinary representation across a range of practice areas including:

Corporate and Transactional Matters: Forming and restructuring legal entities and corporate systems; mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, and joint ventures; contractual matters (such as physician employment agreements and practice acquisitions; reimbursement, insurance and third party payor agreements; loan and financing transactions; vendor contracts; technology transfers and licenses; executive compensation issues; service contracts; and management agreements); board structuring and corporate governance issues; access to capital.

Taxation and Tax Exemption: Proper design of business structures and transactions for tax purposes; analyzing the need for and securing desired tax exemptions (primarily income, sales, and real estate tax exemptions); securing guidance from the IRS; proper completion of returns (e.g. IRS Form 990); unrelated business income tax issues; avoidance of IRS "intermediate sanctions" for "excess benefit transactions".

Litigation:   Effective and efficient handling, management, and resolution of disputes and litigation involving virtually all aspects of the business and operations of our healthcare and non-profit clients; this is accomplished through the proper coupling of our extensive litigation skills with our comprehensive understanding of complex business and regulatory environment in which these clients operate.

Regulatory Matters and Compliance:  Compliance with Stark, the Anti-Kickback Rule and EMTALA; licensure and accreditation standards; HIPAA and HITECH; enrollment in the Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs and compliance with the relevant "Conditions of Participation"; reimbursement appeals including underpayment and overpayment claims and False Claims Act disputes; medical staff matters and fair hearing procedures; patient/resident rights and informed consent; lobbying activities.

Private and Government Funding: Appropriate design and enforcement of charitable gifts and bequests (including Orphans' Court proceedings); securing grants from foundations and governmental agencies; compliance with applicable charitable solicitation standards; proper structuring of charitable events and fundraisers; use of professional fundraisers; obtaining and enforcing government contracts.

Labor and Employment: Many of our healthcare and non-profit clients maintain large workforces and require sophisticated legal representation in labor and employment matters; we offer comprehensive services capable of meeting all of these needs including: union campaigns and collective bargaining agreements; unfair labor practice charges and grievance/arbitration proceedings; discrimination cases; wage and hour claims; wrongful discharge cases; executive compensation; severance claims and non-compete covenants; WARN Act compliance; development of Employment manuals; training programs.

Construction and Real Estate: We offer comprehensive services covering all aspects of our client's construction projects and real estate transactions.

The Group regularly represents a broad range of healthcare and non-profit clients including: hospitals and health systems; nursing homes, personal care homes, and assisted living facilities including CCRCs; home health and home care providers; physicians, physician groups and other healthcare practitioners; ancillary service providers; healthcare insurers; vendors of healthcare services and products; social service agencies; educational and religious organizations; regional development entities; cultural and historical programs; public and private foundations. Specific references will be provided at your request.