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Skilled nursing facilities, assisted and independent living facilities and continuing care retirement communities rely on Krieg DeVault for guidance on regulatory, governance, employment, corporate compliance, reimburesment, transactions, and litigation needs. Our lawyers understand and can resolve the important issues that confront long-term care providers.  We assist with Medicare, Medicaid, and state licensing filings that involve ownership change and business combinations. We successfully handle property tax exemption appeals for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities and we strongly advocate on behalf of nursing facilities, and licensed professionals confronted with licensure, certification, fraud, and negligence allegations, as well as reimburesement disputes.

Medical malpractice and premises liability defense
False claims and billing matters
General corporate counseling
Mergers and Acquisitions
Joint Ventures
Intellectual property protection, copyright, patent prosecution
Management of health care records (HIPAA)
Disaster planning and recovery
Development, formation, expansion, sales and mergers of long term care facilities, senior living communities, assisted living communities, and continuing care retirement communities
Federal and state government relations
Antitrust
Payor relations, audits, and appeals
Billing, coding, and coverage issues
Litigation, arbitration, mediation
Qui Tam defense and false claims investigations and litigation
Survey process and plans of correction
Licensure and certification
Medicare and Medicaid enrollment and reimbursement

Skilled nursing facilities, assisted and independent living facilities and continuing care retirement communities rely on Krieg DeVault for guidance on regulatory, governance, employment, corporate compliance, reimburesment, transactions, and litigation needs. Our lawyers understand and can resolve the important issues that confront long-term care providers.  We assist with Medicare, Medicaid, and state licensing filings that involve ownership change and business combinations. We successfully handle property tax exemption appeals for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities and we strongly advocate on behalf of nursing facilities, and licensed professionals confronted with licensure, certification, fraud, and negligence allegations, as well as reimburesement disputes.

Focus Areas

Medical malpractice and premises liability defense
False claims and billing matters
General corporate counseling
Mergers and Acquisitions
Joint Ventures
Intellectual property protection, copyright, patent prosecution
Management of health care records (HIPAA)
Disaster planning and recovery
Development, formation, expansion, sales and mergers of long term care facilities, senior living communities, assisted living communities, and continuing care retirement communities
Federal and state government relations
Antitrust
Payor relations, audits, and appeals
Billing, coding, and coverage issues
Litigation, arbitration, mediation
Qui Tam defense and false claims investigations and litigation
Survey process and plans of correction
Licensure and certification
Medicare and Medicaid enrollment and reimbursement