Chris has practiced with Kutak Rock for more than 30 years. He has extensive experience in healthcare law, with particular emphasis on healthcare regulatory issues and hospital/physician transactions and arrangements. He assists clients with respect to a wide variety of matters, including the following:
- Physician contracting, including hospital-based physician contracts, other specialty service agreements, and physician recruitment agreements
- Structuring of physician employment arrangements, including hospital-affiliated practices and group practices, and physician compensation models
- Practice acquisitions, with emphasis on structuring to meet IRS and Stark Law requirements
- Cost-containment agreements, taking into account Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, gainsharing Civil Monetary Penalties, and IRS limitations
- Clinical co-management agreements, with an emphasis on structuring metrics in a compliant and practical manner
- “Under arrangements” agreements
- Healthcare real estate matters, including:
- Structuring compliant physician office leases
- Structuring physician timeshare arrangements under the Stark Law timeshare exception
- Structuring real estate arrangements with physician ownership in the lessee in compliance with the Stark Law rules regarding percentage and per unit leases
- Provider-based status considerations
- Academic medical center requirements
- Compliance matters, including self-disclosure considerations
- Anti-Kickback Statute compliance
- Discount safe harbor compliance
- Stark Law compliance
- Tax-exempt status matters, including exemption applications, regulatory advice, unrelated business income tax considerations, and private use restrictions relating to tax-exempt bond financing
- State law healthcare regulatory matters