Long-term care providers and facilities often require legal services for development, financing, and construction, in addition to comprehensive regulatory counsel. Nixon Peabody’s Health Services lawyers regularly provide a full range of legal counsel to all types of long-term care providers and facilities, including nursing homes, senior housing and assisted-living facilities, home care agencies, and related programs, including long-term home health care programs, adult day programs, and hospice, among others. In addition, we have an array of experience resolving operational issues for our clients. Our attorneys counsel long-term care providers in a broad array of areas, including;
- Licensing
- Establishment
- Construction and governance
- HIPAA
- Corporate and not-for-profit tax issues
- Corporate compliance
- Federal and state surveys
- Investigations and audits
- Resident rights and resident abuse
- Ethics
- Resident treatment, including end-of-life care, do not resuscitate orders and health care proxies
- Discharge planning and guardianships
- Resident payment
- Reimbursement
- Hospital/nursing home affiliations