Specialties All Transactions Related to Practicing Medicine and Health Policy Issues for Physicians Including: - Managed Care Contracts and Negotiation - Employment Contracts - Purchase & Sale of Practice - Leases and Space-Sharing Agreements - Hospital Recruitment Contracts - Hospital Based Physician Contracts - Strategic Planning for Physicians and their Organizations Licensing, Credentialing and Peer Review Formation of, and Strategic Planning for: - Medical Groups - Partnerships - Professional Corporations - IPA's Medical Staff Bylaws & Discipline Advice to Medical & Specialty Societies Compliance with HIPAA Fraud and Abuse and Other Regulations Medicare/Medicaid Audits Antitrust Analysis Important Documents and Recent Litigation Regarding Hospital Medical Staffs "Community Memorial Hospital Second Amended Complaint" Hospital Lawyers Attack on Medical Staff: Letter to JCAHO from the American Health Lawyers Association with attachment Additional Comments on JCAHO Revised Medical Staff Standard BondCurtis LLP as Physicians' Advocates In the current climate, it is especially important for physicians to select attorneys who not only understand the complex economic and regulatory forces at work in physicians' lives, but whose viewpoint is staunchly pro-physician. BONDCURTIS LLP is the country's leading health law firm dedicated to physician advocacy. We are committed to representing the physician's perspective and advancing the physician's agenda. Our firm does not represent third-party payors or hospitals; we only represent doctors and allied healthcare professionals (and their groups), medical staffs and other professional organizations. We are committed to advancing the best long-term interests of our physician clients as well as the best interests of medicine as a whole, without any possible conflict of interest. By doing so, we are serving the best long-term interests of patients and promoting quality of care. For nearly thirty years, the partners of BONDCURTIS LLP have worked with physicians through the dramatic changes that have reshaped medicine--from the malpractice crisis of the 1970s to the present managed care crisis. In representing physicians throughout California and the country, our lawyers have developed a wealth of experience in all aspects of medical practice, from start-up to retirement and everything in between. As a result, we understand both the legal issues and the pragmatic business and management realities of conducting the day-to-day practice of medicine. Additionally, we are frequently positioned at the cutting edge of new issues affecting medicine. Drawing upon our practical knowledge of the profession, we fashion strategies to help physicians cope with changing times and conditions. Copyright BondCurtis LLP © 2002