Urgent Care Centers: Corporate Practice of Medicine, State Licensure, and Other Compliance Issues

Mr. Klele provides counsel to a variety of providers including long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, laboratories, imaging centers, addiction centers, urgent care centers and pharmacies. He routinely represents his provider clients in a variety of healthcare litigation matters including reimbursement issues, False Claims Act allegations, ERISA and other litigation matters. He also represents his provider clients in compliance matters, including allegations of regulatory violations and assists his clients with state and federal licensing agencies. Mr. Klele has defended and represented long-term care facilities in matters involving allegations of regulatory violations and standard of care issues.  

Ms. Lucas focuses her practice on healthcare law and general business law. She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities, private placements, state and federal regulations, entity formation and corporate representation of both public and private companies in the healthcare industry. Over the last several years, Ms. Lucas has represented numerous clients in connection with issues and disputes related to payment for healthcare services. She is also an expert on the establishment and representation of Federally Qualified Health Centers and related issues such as governance requirements, issues raised by hospital sponsorship of FQHCs, application issues, and the impact of health care reform on these entities. She also specializes in the representation of ambulatory surgery centers, med spas, imaging centers, and other ancillary providers in a variety of medical specialties, and in the legal and business issues that confront independent practice associations and other physician organizations. Ms. Lucas has given lectures at numerous seminars and conferences, including meetings sponsored by the State Bar of California, American Health Lawyers Association, and the Future of Health Care Delivery Conference.