Seymour Sacks Steven M. Goldstein Gaye L. Gould

Healthcare Law Over the past 40 years, Sacks Tierney has developed a broad-based healthcare practice to address the regulatory, transactional and litigation needs of healthcare entities and professionals we represent clients like you Sacks Tierney’s healthcare clientele includes: hospitals; physicians and physician groups; non-physician healthcare providers (such as nurses and physical therapists); management services organizations, physician networks; outpatient surgery centers; imaging centers; trade and professional associations; and healthcare equipment and product manufacturers and distributors. we offer tailored expertise Our attorneys can address virtually all of the complex legal issues associated with healthcare today. Corporate law forming and representing practice entities, structuring compensation arrangements, adding physician employees and partners, dealing with departing physicians, and preparing and analyzing physician employment agreements and restrictive covenants. Hospital representation patient care issues; licensing matters; physician recruitment agreements; and joint ventures with physicians. Regulation healthcare regulatory issues, such as Medicare anti-kickback and Stark matters; EMTALA, HIPAA privacy regulations, and antitrust laws; and compliance plans. Managed care preparing and analyzing managed care contracts; representing providers in disputes with managed care payors; and dealing with insolvent PHOs, insurers, or other payors. Transactions purchase and sale of physician practices and other healthcare entities; drafting and review of leases; and mergers and joint ventures. Other matters Financing: representing clients in capital raising ventures through tax-exempt bonds, traditional loans, and other financing vehicles. Medical records: ownership, disclosure and retention. Disputes: antitrust litigation over exclusive physician-hospital contracts, and litigation over the enforceability of restrictive covenants against physicians. articles Arizona Healthcare: The One Constant Is Change  - Steven M. Goldstein The Current State of Physician Restrictive Covenants in Arizona - Steven M. Goldstein EMTALA Regulations (Final) - Steven M. Goldstein The Legal Risks of Boutique Medicine - Steven M. Goldstein Messengers Who Do More Than Deliver Messages  - Steven M. Goldstein Safe Harbors for Ambulatory Surgery Centers  - Steven M. Goldstein Nothing in Life Is Free - Steven M. Goldstein Report of Ad Hoc Committee on Standards for Attorneys As Business Associates Under HIPAA - Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers - Steven M. Goldstein, Chair Treatment Decisions and Arizona Law - Gaye L. Gould