Physician and Medical Group Practice Matters

Physicians and medical practices are dedicated to providing quality care to their patients. Unfortunately in today’s world, the ability to focus on patient care is complicated by government oversight, insurance reimbursement requirements, various state and federal laws, including HIPAA and fraud and abuse laws (Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act and Civil Monetary Penalties), and business and contractual constraints. The Health Law Center is committed to advising clients on the business, legal and compliance aspects of their medical practices so physicians can focus on providing needed medical care to their patients.

The Health Law Center manages a multitude of business and legal needs of medical practices. Whether the medical practice is a start-up in need of state business filings, office space and equipment leases, and timeshare arrangements, or an ongoing medical practice wishing to expand by recruiting new physicians or evaluating business transactions with hospitals and other facilities, or a long-standing medical practice contemplating retirements. The Health Law Center has the expertise and experience to guide clients through these business life cycles. Ms. Craig brings her clinical, legal, and managerial experience, health law acumen, and passion and tenacity to counsel clients evaluating buy-sell agreements, stock purchase agreements, mergers and joint ventures or ancillary issues involved with these business transactions.

Donna has mastered the art of combining her previous clinical experience with her exceptional legal advising abilities. She helped me secure a water-tight agreement that, at first seemed too focused on details, yet it was the details that ended up saving my career two short years later. In the fast-moving world of medical-legal issues, having someone like Donna looking over my contracts has saved me and my company many headaches down the road.   I cannot say enough about Donna and her approach to her clients.
Physician, Internal Medicine, Lansing

I retained Donna to advise me as I considered a partnership offer.  It was clear from our first meeting that she knew the finer points of health care law and what due diligence was needed to evaluate the offer.  She was very organized and methodical in her approach and educated me on the business issues that needed to be addressed.
Surgeon, Bloomfield Hills 

When I completed my anesthesiology residency program and began to evaluate employment opportunities, Donna’s legal counsel was invaluable.  She explained key contractual provisions to me as I weighed my career options. She helped me understand my options and how various contracts would impact my career goals, and also what my responsibilities were for each contract.
Anesthesiologist, Grand Rapids