Long term care refers to a broad range of services provided by skilled and intermediate care nursing facilities, long term acute care hospitals, assisted living centers, senior housing, and continuing care retirement communities among other providers.
Long term care providers face distinctive challenges because of the extended period of time care is provided and the relationship that develops between providers, residents and residents’ families.
Clark Hill attorneys possess the necessary experience, expertise and backgrounds to assist long term care providers maintain the balance between resident care and regulatory oversight.
Representing a broad range of nonprofit and for-profit long term care providers, Clark Hill attorneys can assist with certificates of need, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, resident rights complaints, licensure and certification surveys, plan of correction and survey appeals, clinical services and patient care issues, medical staff relationships, complaint investigations, and regulatory and compliance matters.
Clark Hill attorneys can also assist with acquisitions and mergers, defense of negligence claims, labor and employment issues, and vendor or supplier contracts among other legal issues unique to long term care providers.