Cox Smith understands not only the law but the business of healthcare. Virtually every practice group in our firm is positioned to provide focused guidance to meet our clients’ sophisticated corporate, labor, litigation, intellectual property and real estate concerns. With a comprehensive understanding of both healthcare regulation and risk management, we are positioned to provide advice across-the-board or on selective issues as needed.

Client focus

• Hospitals and provider organizations
• Pharmaceutical and medical device producers
• Retailers of healthcare products and services
• Biotechnology and life sciences companies

Services to hospitals and provider organizations
Dispute resolution. We defend provider organizations against civil or criminal prosecution, government regulatory actions, reimbursement or self-referral compliance disputes, contract disputes, medical staff controversies, malpractice allegations, antitrust problems – and more.

Corporate. We routinely advise hospital and provider clients about the kind of legal entity most likely to satisfy their business and legal needs and to avoid the prohibitions against self-referrals and kickbacks. Our lawyers also help clients to structure innovative business combinations, affiliations and joint ventures that are in compliance with self-referral statutes and privacy requirements and that do not violate statutes and regulations that prohibit or limit certain types of business arrangements.

Hospital districts. The firm also advises hospitals that operate as part of local or regional hospital districts. Our public law insight enables us to advise them on open meetings and public information-related concerns. We have also assisted hospital districts with tax-free bond issues.

Reorganization. Cox Smith is positioned in Texas to represent healthcare entities who require restructuring assistance or are interested in acquiring the assets of a healthcare entity in bankruptcy. We are also positioned to serve as ombudsman for hospitals, long-term care facilities and other providers involved in bankruptcy and reorganization.

RAC Audits.  Our attorney’s are positioned to partner with you during the RAC process while you are on alert, when you receive notice of an audit and to fight your appeal. We have experience in regulatory compliance processes, governmental audits of providers and the handling of appeals form contested audit determinations.  Read more about RAC Audits here.

Privacy. Cox Smith helps hospitals, nursing homes and their service providers with their ongoing privacy responsibility under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). We work with them to evaluate the effectiveness of their compliance efforts, and offer advice and training on privacy compliance.

Services to pharmaceutical and medical device producers
We help leading pharmaceutical and medical device companies decide when it is in their business interest to prepare and prosecute patents, trademarks, service marks and trade dress, and protect their intellectual property as necessary. Our lawyers also advise them on applicable regulatory issues, and provide them with general corporate and business law guidance.

Services to healthcare retailers
Since its founding as a startup, our lawyers have advised a nationwide optical retailer on the governance and strategic issues involved in operating or managing an operation that has grown to nearly 400 optical retail stores nationwide. We assist healthcare retailers in meeting applicable state regulatory requirements, and assist with real estate, litigation, intellectual property, human resources and other corporate needs.

Services to biotechnology and life sciences companies
We draw upon the firm's resources in such areas as intellectual property, corporate and securities and tax to provide comprehensive guidance to emerging and established life sciences companies at every stage of their growth and development. Using the full resources of our firm, we can help life sciences clients with private and public fundraising, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, strategic partnerships and joint ventures.