• Group Practice and Professional Practice Entities
• Hospitals
• Ambulatory Surgery Centers
• Mental and Behavioral Health - PA Health Choices Program
• Long Term Care
• Compliance
• Medical Practice Transactions
• Hospital Based Physician Arrangements
• HIPAA, E-Health and Informational Privacy Issues
• Quality Care Management, Medical Errors and Patient Safety
• Medical Staff Issues
• Medical Reimbursement
• Tax Exemption
• Clinical Integration, Accountable Care Organizations and Pay for Performance
• Licensure
• Physician Affiliations
• Pennsylvania Mental and Behavioral Health Provider
• Joint Ventures; Mergers; and Acquisitions
• Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws, Medicare/Medicaid Fraud and Abuse

Practice Areas : Mental and Behavioral Health - PA Health Choices Program

In the field of mental and behavioral health law Tsoules, Sweeney, Martin & Orr provides initial and ongoing legal representation for general corporate and regulatory issues faced by mental and behavioral health providers. Specifically, the firm has significant experience in providing:

• Legal analysis and advice regarding children's rehabilitation services ("wraparound services");
• Legal analysis and advice regarding partial hospitalization services and outpatient clinics;
• Assessment of Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse issues, including audits, investigations, self-disclosures, appeals, and settlements;
• Legal analysis and advice to mental health professionals and agencies regarding confidentiality, consent, duty to warn and professional licensure;
• Pennsylvania Health Choices Program - Behavioral Health Carve Out;
• EHR Contracting and HITECH financial incentives;
• Mergers; acquisitions; joint ventures; and
• Compliance plan and programs.