Caplan & Earnest has one of the most experienced and trusted Health Law practices in the Rocky Mountain region.
Our attorneys provide trusted advice and counsel to healthcare entities and healthcare professionals. We are a local Colorado firm with a long tradition of excellence as health law attorneys.
We offer healthcare organizations and professionals a commonsense approach to understanding and navigating complex and constantly evolving health laws and regulations.
Our team can provide a comprehensive, cost-effective, and focused approach on a wide range of health law issues for individual health care providers as well as healthcare organizations from small private practices to large hospital systems and federally funded organizations.
If you would like to know more about our Health Law services, please contact our section chair:
Terry Cipoletti
Phone: 303-443-8010
Email: tcipoletti@celaw.com
- Advising on policies, procedures, and corrective actions for legal compliance
- Coordinating legal needs of clients and providing advice on a broad range of issues including the legal implications of business decisions, governance, contracts, compliance, HR, licensing, and professional liability
- Risk management assessments and counseling
- Employment contract negotiations
- General employment advice
- Non-compete agreements
- OSHA and workplace safety complaints
- State and federal discrimination claims
- Wage and hour complaints
- Workplace investigations
- Contract disputes
- Defense of Constitutional claims against providers/facilities including Section 1983 claims
- Director liability
- Fraud and abuse liability including defense of Qui Tam claims against providers
- Malpractice defense
- Payor disputes
- Premises liability claims
- Privacy liability claims
- Wrongful termination and other employment disputes
- Asset purchases / sales and mergers
- Data use and business associate agreements
- EHR licensing agreements
- Equipment purchase and financing
- Facility leases
- Joint ventures and operating agreements
- Medicare Opt-Out for providers
- Patient agreements (concierge practices)
- Professional services and coverage agreements
- Provider contracts
- Tax exempt financing
- Internal policy development in response to legislative changes
- Legislative review and analysis
- Rulemaking and legislative advocacy
- Rulemaking review and analysis
- Advice on addressing disruptive or impaired physicians
- Advice regarding NPDB reporting
- Credentialing advice for facilities
- Fair Hearing advice and representation for facilities
- Medical Staff Bylaws review
- Medical Staff remediation agreements
- Administrative proceedings/government investigations
- Breach incident assessment, notification, and response
- Business Associate Agreements
- Civil or administrative privacy and data security claims
- Colorado Consumer Protection Act/Colorado Privacy Act
- Data use and data sharing agreements
- Electronic Health Records
- HIPAA compliance for providers
- Policies and procedures
- Security Rule risk analysis/assessments
- Workforce privacy and security training
- Administrative hearings
- CAPS/TRAILS appeals
- Licensing complaints and investigations
- Advice on compliance with Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA)
- Advice on compliance with Fraud and Abuse Laws (including Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and False Claims Act)
- Advice on correction of overpayments
- Advice on facility licensing, certification, and survey issues
- Assistance with self-disclosures of compliance issues
- Assisting with response to EMTALA complaints and survey deficiencies
- Corrective action plans for survey issues
- Developing compliance plans and policies
- RAC appeals
