Regulatory Matters

Regulatory Matters - (informal dispute resolutions [IDR]; appeals; administrative trials)

Best & Spruill represents various health care providers (physicians, nurses, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, assisted living facilities, ambulatory surgical centers, dialysis clinics, nursing home administrators, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and certified nurse/medication aides) in state and federal regulatory matters and before their respective licensing boards and agencies. Examples include: challenging state and federal regulatory findings through informal dispute resolution or informal reconsideration proceedings, civil money and/or administrative penalty appeals, challenging proposed termination of Medicare/Medicaid provider agreements, opposing regulatory agencies requests for injunctive relief and/or facility closure, license revocation, Medicaid fraud and abuse allegations, reimbursement disputes and state audit appeals.

Best & Spruill also represents individual defendants in non-health care proceedings before the State Office of Administrative Hearings.