Med Spa Formation, Licensure, and Operational Compliance: Navigating Complex Federal and State Regulatory Issues

Ms. Howard represents business owners and their companies, serving as their outside general counsel, M&A attorney, and tax advisor. Her practice is particularly focused on closely held businesses, where she directly counsels business owners, including those who enter entrepreneurship through acquisition, on a wide range of legal matters. Using a collaborative approach, Ms. Howard becomes her clients’ trusted advisor so that, together, they can structure business plans that minimize tax and generate growth. With vast experience drafting complex business agreements and comprehensive knowledge of the federal and state tax laws, she regularly helps her clients build efficient tax structures that utilize both tax partnerships and corporations and advises clients on sophisticated business transactions, including entity formations and dissolutions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, and incentive compensation awards.

Ms. Martel specializes in helping health care providers navigate complex legal and regulatory requirements to ensure they operate and maintain compliance in a constantly evolving legal environment. She advises clients on matters involving Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA compliance, state licensing issues for individual providers and entities, survey-related matters, the 36-month rule, Medicare and Medicaid provider enrollment, Conditions of Participation, corporate practice of medicine, and certificate of need issues. Ms. Martel routinely assists clients with drafting, negotiating, and reviewing various health care related agreements, including employment agreements, professional services agreements, affiliation agreements, and collaborative practice agreements. She also supports health care clients through complex transactions, reorganizations, and changes of ownership.