Our services

The attorneys at Forbes Law Group, LLC monitor legislative, regulatory, and judicial changes affecting healthcare providers and offer their clients practical advice with the current and future medical-legal environment in mind.  Our experienced legal team represents hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory surgical centers, long-term care facilities, community mental health centers, critical access hospitals, rural health clinics, medical associations, and healthcare professionals by providing a range of services, including:
  • Corporate Law
  • Real Estate
  • Reimbursement
  • Business Transactions
  • Risk Management
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Policy and Procedure Development
  • Healthcare and General Litigation
  • Health Information Technology
  • Medical Staff Relations
  • Managed Care Contracting
  • Licensing and Credentialing
  • Appeals

Reimbursement

Our attorneys are familiar with the diagnostic and procedural coding rules and guidelines for healthcare providers and assist clients with understanding Medicare, Medicaid, and private payor coding and billing requirements and best practices in medical record documentation. We offer audit defense and appeals services for both government and private payor audits in addition to education on existing audit activity and assist with negotiating payor contracts. Our attorneys also monitor regulatory changes affecting provider reimbursement and offer education on current and proposed payment rules.

Regulatory Compliance

The firm counsels clients on the myriad of state and federal statutes and regulations, as well as payor-specific conditions of participation. In addition to responding to provider-specific questions on regulatory issues, Forbes Law Group, LLC attorneys provide general advice and education on Stark laws, Anti-kickback statutes, False Claims Act, EMTALA, HIPAA Privacy and Security, HITECH, and the Affordable Care Act. The firm assists providers in developing, refining, and implementing corporate compliance programs.

Health Information Technology

We assist providers in understanding the requirements for government incentive programs, including the e-prescription, HITECH meaningful use, accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes, and physician quality reporting system, and counsel clients during the planning and implementation process. As providers and facilities plan for electronic medical record implementation, we offer advice on the compliance, risk management, privacy and security, document integrity, and fraud and abuse implications of configuration options.