Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A.

The Health Care Litigation Team consists of trial attorneys with considerable experience representing the specialized needs of health care providers. Working closely with other practice teams within the firm, our attorneys represent hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, mental health providers, outpatient clinics, and other medical service providers in all manner of proceedings before courts and regulatory agencies. Our thorough knowledge of the health care industry offers clients a significant advantage in resolving, in an efficient and successful manner, all types of litigation, regulatory proceedings, or disputes involving the provision of health care services.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Healthcare Fraud and Abuse

We defend healthcare providers and related entities, such as pharmaceutical and medical device companies, in government or qui tam actions brought under the federal antikickback statute, Stark self-referral regulations, False Claims Act and similar state laws.

Professional Relationships

Our lawyers represent doctors and hospitals in disputes regarding staff privileges; credentialing (including economic credentialing) with hospitals, managed care companies and insurers; ethics complaints; employment agreements; problems arising from partnerships and joint ventures; and licensure challenges.

Reimbursement

Healthcare providers denied reimbursement by federal healthcare programs or private payers turn to our lawyers to assist them in enforcing their rights. We represent clients pursuing these issues not only in courts, arbitration and mediation proceedings, but in administrative hearings, before Provider Reimbursement Review Panel and in carrier/intermediary fair hearings.

Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust and unfair competition lawsuits are sometimes the most appropriate available recourse for healthcare providers against dominant payers or for hospitals and physicians vying for patients seeking specialized services. Our lawyers are skilled in both initiating and defending antitrust and unfair competition lawsuits in the healthcare industry.

Bankruptcy

Healthcare bankruptcy cases often involve contested matters and adversary proceedings spanning a wide range of issues. The healthcare and bankruptcy attorneys of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. are well-suited to represent the interests of clients affected by such disputes.

Patient Care / Medical Malpractice

Informed consent, right to treat, medical records and confidentiality, liability for negligent patient care, human subject research protection, and conflict of interest are all healthcare litigation issues, which our lawyers are capable of handling. We skillfully handle complex medical malpractice cases in every forum in the region, including arbitration panels and state and federal courts. Representative clients include, but are not limited to, individual physicians, hospitals, insurers, hospices and various physicians' groups.