Texas Health Care and Professional Licensing Attorneys
Rivas Goldstein, LLP
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1100 East Jasmine Ave, Suite 105 McAllen, Texas 78501 USA |
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(512) 481-8000
www.rivasgoldstein.com/
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Law Firm Overview
Rivas Goldstein LLP, founded in 2003, is conveniently located in Austin, Texas. Our law firm provides representation and advocacy in health care law matters involving regulatory agencies, licensing boards, fraud charges, contract issues, mergers and acquisitions and business litigation. We know the importance of every case we handle. We understand that the issues our clients face require the highest level of discretion and we take great precautions to ensure our clients' privacy. We are committed to being accessible, informative and determined in pursuit of favorable outcomes for our clients.
Our legal practice focuses on health care matters on behalf of individual practitioners and businesses. We serve in a general counsel role for health care entities and assist in employment issues, contracts and general business issues. In addition, we assist clients with buying and selling health care companies, physician practices and other health care entities. Finally, we offer a vigorous defense against fraud charges when such allegations arise.
Our clients include health care entities such as, home health agencies, physician groups, DME companies, ambulance companies, pharmacies, adult day care facilities and nursing homes. We also represent individual medical practitioners such as physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses administrators and other licensed medical professionals.
Practice Areas
Additional Practice Areas: Physicians and Group Practices; Nurse Licensing; Home Health Agencies; Health Care Fraud; Physician Licensing; Nursing Home State & Regulatory Issues; Ambulance Companies; Healthcare Practitioners; Buying and Selling Health Care Companies
Practice Areas Description
At Rivas Goldstein, LLP, we represent organizations such as these in regulatory matters:- Physicians and Group Practices
Our law firm represents physician group practices in a wide range of regulatory, licensing and compliance matters. Our lawyers have extensive experience in health care law, advocating for a number of medical providers and businesses in south Texas. Our lawyers provide a wide range of legal services to physician group practices, including representation on matters such as these:
* Purchases and sales of health care businesses
* Physician licensing issues
* Nurse licensing issues
* Other healthcare provider licensing issues
* Healthcare fraud matters, including Medicaid and Medicare fraud, reimbursement disputes and billing issues
* Business formation assistance, including partnership matters
* Internal audits to monitor compliance with anti-kickback and anti-referral laws
* Preparation of employee contracts and other employment law matters
* Defense against lawsuits
* Issues related to HIPAA, Stark law, Anti-kickback statute, and other compliance matters
* Preparation of compliance manuals
* Equipment purchase and leasing
- Nurse Licensing
Our law firm represents licensed nurses in all types of licensing defense matters. A nurse whose license is threatened by a Texas Board of Nursing (TBN) disciplinary proceeding should immediately seek out an attorney who understands the processes and personnel involved. Our lawyers have years of experience assisting nurses and other medical practitioners with administrative licensing matters and use that experience to defend nurses against TBN actions. Our lawyers advocate for clients who face disciplinary actions because of misconduct allegations such as these:
* Displaying a lack of professionalism
* Failing to maintain patient records
* Being addicted to drugs or alcohol or accused of drug diversion
* Failing to maintain the proper standard of care
- Home Health Agencies
We represent home health care agencies. We offer experienced advocacy for individuals seeking administrative licensure or certification. We defend companies against charges of violating patient care standards or other operational requirements. And we act for these businesses in matters such as purchases and sales, changes of ownership and management agreements, providing needed due diligence to ensure the ongoing success of the company. Some of the matters we handle for home health care clients include:
* Initial licensing
* Defense in enforcement actions against the State, including revocations
* Reimbursement
* Compliance
* Over-billing and Medicare fraud
* Defense against kickback charges
- Physician Licensing
Our law firm represents physicians before the board in all matter related to their licensing. Our attorneys have been practicing in the health care and administrative law areas for more than a decade and have represented many physicians in a wide range of licensing and credentialing issues. In addition to licensing matters, we handle issues such as hospital privileges, Medicare certifications, peer review proceedings and much more. Physician licensing matters can crop up at any time during a doctor's career. Our attorneys provide advocacy and counsel on issues such as:
* Application for initial license, including collecting any documentation and testimony required
* License defense
* Representation before the Texas Board of Medical Examiners in disciplinary actions and investigations
* Criminal charges such as inappropriate sexual conduct or fraud
* Drug and alcohol abuse, including identifying facilities for chemical dependency treatment of impaired physicians
* Medical staff privilege hearings
* Physician peer review proceedings
* Stark law and Anti-kickback violations or consults
- Nursing Home State & Regulatory Issues
Our attorneys represent administrators in all types of federal and state regulatory and administrative matters. Our attorneys have been working in this field for many years and understand the rules and laws that apply to nursing homes and their employees. Our lawyers act as general counsel to nursing homes, advising them on a wide range of issues and helping them avoid problems that could lead to license terminations or other limits on the ability to operate. We also act for nursing homes on specific matters related to licensing and reimbursement, including these:
* Medicare and Medicaid appeals to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
* Licensing/Enforcement issues before the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)
* Annual surveys and plans of correction for deficiencies
* Informal dispute resolution before DADS
* License termination appeals
* Defense of clients against lawsuits
- Other Healthcare Practitioners
Our representation of licensed professionals includes a wide range of medical providers. In addition to acting on behalf of physicians and nurses in licensing matters, our Austin law firm provides advocacy and counsel to other individuals and businesses involved in the provision of health care services. The lawyers at Rivas Goldstein LLP are highly experienced in administrative law as it affects medical professionals; they have been practicing in this area for more than a decade and have the knowledge needed to obtain the best possible outcome for clients. We act for licensed professionals who face disciplinary action or the loss of their licenses or certifications. Our clients include individuals and companies such as these: Physicians, Nurses, Ambulance companies, Home health agencies, Dentists, Psychiatrists, Physician assistants, Physical therapists, Podiatrists, and Pharmacists.
- Ambulance Companies
Our lawyers defend private ambulance companies before federal, state and local regulatory agencies in matters related to misconduct and fraud. We have significant experience working with ambulance businesses and their personnel and have obtained many favorable outcomes for clients. We also assist ambulance companies with obtaining and renewing their licenses and certifications. In these and in all matters, our lawyers help clients navigate the regulatory maze and continue to provide services.
- Buying and Selling Health Care Companies
Our lawyers are highly knowledge able about the health care industry. Because of our representation of individuals and businesses in licensing and regulatory matters, we understand the regulatory climate in which the industry functions. This positions us to provide representation to organizations in the industry that seek to purchase or sell a business. Our lawyers are able to help health care companies expand through the purchase of a related organization. We perform due diligence, prepare the listing, draft purchase agreements, develop management agreements and identify businesses that are possible candidates for purchase. We prepare change of ownership (CHOWs) documents required by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) and 855 Applications required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) after purchase or sale of many health care businesses. We deal with licensing issues, such as Medicare certification and state licensing, that arise after a change in ownership.
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