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The expertise of the attorneys at Kathleen L. DeBruhl & Associates extends to other practice areas, including experience handling the unique challenges and issues faced by Academic Medical Centers, as well as the creation of tax-exempt healthcare organizations and maintenance of tax-exempt status. Additionally, the Firm also provides representation to healthcare clients in litigation, mediation and arbitration, and administrative hearings.
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Academic Medical Organizations
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Academic Medical Centers are complex entities composed of various organizations, including academic hospitals, medical schools, faculty practice plans and research organizations. Kathleen L. DeBruhl & Associates represents components of academic medical organizations in the wide-ranging issues facing academic medicine. These issues include:
- Faculty Practice Plans
Billing and Reimbursement
- PATH Audits
- Stark compliance and fraud and abuse issues facing academic medical centers
- HIPAA and medical records and information systems issues
- Governing board issues
- Compensation issues
- Managed care and participation in provider organizations
- Investigational Review Boards
- Clinical research
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Non-Profit and Tax-Exempt Organizations
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The healthcare industry relies on non-profit and tax-exempt entities to provide care and services to various sectors of the community. These organizations face challenges to obtain and maintain tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code. Kathleen L. DeBruhl & Associates offers its non-profit and tax-exempt clients the expertise to identify and address issues particular to tax-exempt organizations, including:
- Preparation of corporate documents
- Preparation and filing of applications for tax-exempt status
- Evaluating unrelated business activities and income issues
- Physician recruitment arrangements
- Drafting agreements to satisfy tax-exempt requirements
- Analyzing joint venture arrangements
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Alternative Dispute Resolution and Litigation
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Physicians and other healthcare entities are sometimes faced with disputes that cannot be resolved informally. Resolution of these disputes may require participation in administrative hearings, formal litigation, or alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation and arbitration. Kathleen L. DeBruhl & Associates is equipped to handle most disputes that involve our physicians and other healthcare provider clients. These services have included:
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Litigation of business disputes in both state and federal court
- Arbitration and mediation of contractual disputes
- Qui Tam litigation defense
- Reimbursements and administrative disputes with payors, such as Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers
- Licensing issues with state licensing agencies
- Medical staff issues
- Impaired physician and disability issues
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