National Healthcare Defense Lawyers for Dentists & Dental Hygienists

Chapman Law Group’s dental defense attorneys have been representing dentists, dental hygienists, dental labs, and dental radiographers for 35 years throughout Michigan, Florida, and the United States.

The highly regulated health care industry has a vast amount of laws and regulations that can impact health care providers and their businesses. Our attorneys have immersed themselves in specific areas of health care law and who have developed a deep understanding of the nuisances, depth and breadth of the profession.

We can handle the most complex health care law matters, including:

• • Disciplinary actions: Suspensions, revocations, restrictions, administrative complaints, Board of Dentistry and Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hearings, investigations, appeals, modifications
  • Licensing: Denials, renewals issues, difficulty obtaining a license, reporting convictions, etc.
  • Criminal actions: Fraud, diversion, DUI, drug trafficking, unlawful prescribing, unlicensed practice of medicine, assault
  • Health care fraud and abuse: Medicare and Medicaid fraud, false claims, kickback, self-referral, and all other civil and criminal health care fraud allegations
  • Compliance: State regulations, fraud and abuse laws, CMS regulations, billing guidelines, DEA compliance, Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, HIPAA compliance, compliance program development, Medicare exclusion
  • Business matters: Dental business formation and acquisition, practice buy-in and buy-outs, purchase and sales agreements, adding ancillary services, kickback and Stark compliance review, medical director agreements, health care employment contracts and disputes, clinic and lab permitting licensing, accreditation, CMS and Medicaid participation, business and contract disputes, regulatory compliance, reimbursement issues, business disputes
  • Health care audits: Medicare, Medicaid, third party, state, DEA
  • Payment matters: Reimbursement issues, overpayment issues, audits, administrative actions, criminal actions, disclosure, compliance plans
  • NPDB issues
  • Credentialing and privileging: Credentialing denials and revocations, staff privileges denial and revocation, OIG/CMS exclusion
  • Healthcare employment: Medical director agreements, physician contracts, locum agreements, NP collaboration agreements, staff contracts, health care employment disputes, termination issues, non-compete agreements, credentialing, harassment claims, disciplinary action, retaliation, residency program issues, contract disputes
  • DEA: Applications, renewal issues, show cause orders, DEA inspections, DEA Registration issues, enforcement actions, inspections
  • Professional liability: Dental malpractice, civil and criminal negligence
  • Policy and procedure: Daily operations, hiring, background screening, record keeping, adverse incident reporting
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