Physician-owned and physician-led medical practices operate at the intersection of patient care, business operations, and regulatory oversight. From compliance and reimbursement to operational growth, consolidation, and risk management, medical practices face unique legal challenges that require industry-specific experience and practical guidance.
Frier Levitt provides comprehensive legal counsel to physicians, group practices, specialty providers, and affiliated healthcare organizations nationwide. Our team focuses exclusively on healthcare and life sciences law, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that support compliant operations, strategic growth, and long-term success.
Medical Practice Representation
Frier Levitt serves as outside general counsel to physicians and medical practices, advising on the full range of legal issues affecting daily operations and long-term planning. We represent individual physicians, single- and multi-specialty practices, and physician-led organizations across diverse care settings.
Our attorneys advise on contracting, governance, reimbursement risk, compliance infrastructure, and operational decision-making, aligning legal strategies with clinical, financial, and business objectives.
Regulatory, Compliance & Operational Guidance
Medical practices are subject to extensive federal and state regulations, including billing and reimbursement rules, fraud and abuse laws, licensure requirements, and specialty-specific oversight. Frier Levitt helps physician practices navigate these requirements while preparing for audits, investigations, and enforcement scrutiny.
Our attorneys regularly advise on practice formation and restructuring, compliance program development, reimbursement risk mitigation, regulatory readiness, and ongoing operational compliance across a wide range of physician-driven care models.
Medical Practice Mergers & Supergroups
Frier Levitt represents physicians and practice groups in mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, and the formation of physician supergroups. We structure and negotiate transactions that address regulatory compliance, reimbursement considerations, governance, and operational integration while supporting physician-led growth strategies.
We represent physicians in negotiations with hospitals, health systems, and institutional partners, including employment arrangements, professional services agreements, co-management arrangements, and joint ventures. Our counsel is informed by deep experience with Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and state regulatory frameworks.
As physician practices consolidate and collaborate, antitrust considerations are increasingly central. Frier Levitt advises medical practices on antitrust compliance, competitive risk, and regulatory issues arising from mergers, affiliations, joint ventures, and clinically integrated arrangements.
Enforcement, Defense & Dispute Resolution
Frier Levitt defends physicians in matters involving state licensing boards, credentialing bodies, and professional regulatory agencies. We represent providers in investigations, disciplinary proceedings, hearings, and appeals, with a focus on protecting licensure, reputation, and practice continuity.
We represent physicians and medical practices in audits, investigations, recoupments, and disputes involving Medicare, Medicaid, commercial payors, and managed care organizations. Our experience includes reimbursement challenges, payor terminations, and administrative proceedings that threaten revenue and operations.
Frier Levitt offers deep experience advising medical practices operating in highly regulated and enforcement-sensitive specialties, including:
- Wound Care Practices – Legal support for wound care providers addressing reimbursement, regulatory compliance, and operational considerations in outpatient and office-based settings.
- Oncology – Frier Levitt brings deep, nationwide oncology experience to community and academic practices, medically integrated pharmacies, and oncology networks. We represent dozens of oncology groups and the largest not-for-profit alliance of community oncologists, and have formed oncology-specific Clinically Integrated Networks and are developing a first-of-its-kind oncology Value-Based Enterprise to advance risk-sharing and outcomes-driven care.
Our team, which includes pharmacist-attorneys, counsels on PBM participation and reimbursement, payer contracting and appeals, Medicare and Medicaid audits and enrollment, and specialty drug coverage challenges unique to oncology, including DIR fee disputes and below-acquisition-cost payments. We have achieved meaningful results by securing network access under Any Willing Provider laws, challenging restrictive state guidance affecting in-office dispensing, and recovering substantial sums from PBMs through litigation and arbitration. - Cardiology – Frier Levitt counsels cardiology practices nationwide on the regulatory, transactional, and reimbursement issues defining today’s cardiovascular landscape. We structure practice formations, mergers and acquisitions, MSO arrangements, and ancillary ventures; advise on Stark and Anti-Kickback compliance for imaging, cath lab, ASC, and device relationships; and develop value-based and risk-sharing models aligned with payer programs.
- Palliative Care, Hospice & Home-Based Care – Legal and regulatory guidance for providers delivering care in home and community-based settings, with a focus on compliance, reimbursement, and operational risk.
- Pain Management Practices – Compliance-driven counsel for pain management providers navigating prescribing regulations, DEA oversight, audits, and heightened enforcement scrutiny.
- Physician Dispensing – Strategic legal guidance on physician dispensing models, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation across multiple jurisdictions.
A Practical, Physician-Focused Approach
Frier Levitt understands the realities of medical practice operations. Our approach emphasizes proactive compliance, efficient problem-solving, and strategic planning—helping physicians reduce risk while maintaining focus on patient care and practice sustainability.
We work closely with physicians, administrators, and leadership teams to deliver clear, actionable guidance in a complex and evolving regulatory environment.
Why Frier Levitt
Our team is nationally recognized for its exclusive focus on healthcare, life sciences and pharmacy law. Our physician and medical practice clients benefit from deep regulatory knowledge, specialty-specific experience, and a practical understanding of the business of medicine.
Frier Levitt provides strategic, industry-focused legal counsel tailored to your needs. Contact our team today to learn how we can help you.
