Hospitals and Health Systems

We provide complete employment and employee benefits counsel to our hospital and health system clients, from advising on general applicable employment and labor laws and executive compensation to negotiating and drafting professional services agreements, preparing medical staff bylaws, and developing creative physician hospital affiliation structures that comply with all applicable healthcare laws and regulations.

We also help clients with their credentialing and peer review needs and represent hospitals and medical staffs in contested medical staff hearings and appeals.

Our government policy lawyers and regulatory advisors offer guidance on state and federal legislative matters that impact the healthcare industry, including legislative solutions to client problems. Our work for hospitals includes government contracts, grants and research agreements, export control and technology transfers, and campaign finance compliance.

Dykema’s tax lawyers are well-versed in the complexities of federal, state, and local tax law and provide high level representation on the full range of tax issues to our hospital and health system clients. Where applicable, we help our clients obtain and retain their tax-exempt status, craft strategic solutions that defer or reduce tax liabilities, and represent clients in adversarial tax proceedings, including property tax appeals.

We represent hospitals and health systems in structuring and negotiating transactions involving the acquisition of technology-based products and outsourced services.

Our team provides exceptional leadership and guidance in transactions that include everything from information technology outsourcing and business process outsourcing, to software licensing and development agreements, including cloud computing services agreements.

For outsourcing transactions, we assist with the strategy and preparation, RFP process, vendor evaluation and selection, contract negotiations, and dispute resolution after execution.