Overview
Health care is one of the most intricate and constantly changing areas of the law. Foley Hoag keeps its healthcare clients ahead of the shifts and out of the gray areas with an approach built on its deep understanding of healthcare law and a strong tradition of developing innovative legal solutions to your needs.
Foley Hoag lawyers and healthcare specialists have decades of experience in statutory and regulatory analysis, healthcare compliance, government investigations, litigation and corporate transactions. Most of our lawyers and healthcare policy specialists have had a direct hand in shaping virtually every healthcare law and regulation enacted over the past four decades, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the budget reconciliation laws of the 1980’s. Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked two Foley Hoag partners among the top healthcare lawyers in the country.
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Healthcare legal team members have served as senior congressional staffers on committees with jurisdiction over health care and related areas such as labor and pension law. The co-chair of our practice was the general counsel of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Other members of the team have similar high-level experience, including working in senior positions at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and as the medical director of a large Medicare contractor.
Our fluency in healthcare laws and policy helps us to help our clients develop successful strategies for navigating the complex health care environment. Crucial to the successful execution of those strategies is our ability to build and maintain relationships with key legislators and government regulators. These relationships enable us to represent our clients’ views directly to the people responsible for setting the country’s health care agenda.
We represent a wide range of clients from across the healthcare spectrum including:
- pharmaceutical companies
- medical device manufacturers
- physicians and medical groups
- other health care providers, including hospitals, dialysis organizations, and long-term care facilities
- payers, including Medicare Advantage and Part D plans
- commercial insurers
- diagnostic companies
- employee and health benefit managers of Fortune 100 employers
- trade associations
Foley Hoag also has extensive experience in representing a wide-range of clients targeted by congressional investigations; defending against civil and criminal fraud claims and assisting clients with healthcare compliance efforts.
Keeping abreast of the laws and rules governing health care is as demanding as healthcare itself. With Foley Hoag as your legal counsel, your energies remain focused on delivering, paying for and providing healthcare.
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