Health Care

Mateer Harbert serves all types of health care clients, from large regional healthcare systems to individual health care providers. The firm represents clients in all federal and state courts and before administrative agencies. Services include the acquisition of certificates of need for the expansion of medical services, preparing and handling transactional matters involved in hospital construction and financing, preparation of contracts among health care providers and defense of professional liability claims.

Mateer Harbert also counsels clients in areas such as advice on compliance with federal and state laws affecting health care providers, implementation and proper operation of risk management departments, appropriate quality assurance guidelines, preparation of medical staff bylaws and policies and procedures for the operation, planning and implementation of appropriate credentialing criteria for physician evaluation.

The firm's attorneys also advise individual physician clients concerning patient confidentiality and access to medical records and appear before regulatory boards and agencies on a variety of administrative matters.

Mateer Harbert has considerable experience analyzing federal and Florida regulatory issues, including, but not limited to those involving Medicare/Medicaid fraud and abuse, patient self-referral, clinical laboratories and managed care.

In addition, the firm regularly participates in the planning and presentation of continuing medical education seminars on health care law for administrators, risk managers and physicians.

James B. Bogner
Mary A. Edenfield
David L. Evans
Ronald A. Harbert
Donald R. Henderson
William G. Mateer
Larry J. Townsend
Gregory C. Harrell