Telemedicine

We help clients

• Understand how COVID-19 waivers and emergency orders can enable them to treat patients using telehealth
• Comply with licensure and other state and local requirements
• Understand billing prerequisites and other limitations
• Meet requirements for HIPAA and safeguard the privacy and security of health information
• Sell or purchase telehealth companies and business lines
• Establish relationships with third parties that comply with federal and state fraud and abuse laws

Interdisciplinary team includes

• A team of healthcare attorneys with decades of experience in compliance and regulatory matters, operational counseling, and experience as outside general counsel to healthcare systems, providers, and suppliers of all sizes and specialties
• A team of technology lawyers with years of dedicated experience in the healthcare industry
• Several attorneys certified in Health Law by The Florida Bar
• Several attorneys certified in Health Care Compliance by the Health Care Compliance Association

Bringing healthcare and technology teams together to help clients with 

• Representation of telemedicine and telehealth vendors and platform providers
• Corporate and platform structuring
• Board representation and outside General Counsel services
• Reseller and partnering relationships
• Joint Ventures
• Financing arrangements
• Contract drafting and negotiation

Our clients span the healthcare industry 

• Hospitals and health systems
• Physicians and physician practices
• Nursing homes and assisted living facilities
• CCRCs
• Home health agencies and hospices
• Ambulatory surgery centers 
• Retail pharmacies 
• Telemedicine and telehealth vendors and platform providers
• Durable medical equipment suppliers 
• Insurers, TPAs, and employer health plans
• Retail clinics and urgent care centers
• Web-based healthcare entities 

Our experience with telemedicine can assist you with

• Using telehealth to triage or treat patients during the COVID-19 emergency
• Bringing telehealth services to market
• Organizing physician networks and hospital telehealth hubs
• Preparing terms of use and consent documents for use with patients 
• Negotiating telehealth services agreements between healthcare providers and telehealth technology vendors
• Advising on corporate organization in order to comply with state and federal fee-splitting, physician self-referral, licensure, and other laws
• Developing a telemedicine offering for your employees or insurance beneficiaries
• Creating appropriate billing protocols, processes, and audits
• Regulatory compliance

Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

• Advising providers on how they may offer and bill for telehealth services during the COVID-19 emergency
• Negotiating telehealth technology and services contracts 
• Advising on prescribing during telemedicine visits 
• Offering organizational advice for telehealth entities 
• Addressing professional licensure and corporate practice of medicine limitations for telehealth providers and management companies 
• Advising on billing and payment questions 
• Acquisition of telehealth services and telehealth providers
• Addressing regulatory compliance issues, including applicability of anti-kickback and physician self-referral laws