Health Care
ASW’s Health Care Practice encompasses a broad spectrum of health care law with a special emphasis on private practice and health care related businesses. We assist clients in matters involving Federal and Florida regulatory, transactional and administrative issues. Since the firm’s roots are in medical malpractice litigation, we have invaluable experience in matters involving a wide range of health care issues including representation of physicians in administrative proceedings and complex health care cases, accreditation and certification, surveys, and other prevalent issues involving HIPAA, Medicare/Medicaid and Third Party reimbursement, anti-kickback, insurance fraud and abuse. Whether your needs are aggressive defense of claims, risk management services or dispute resolution, ASW's attorneys have a proven track record of providing outstanding results and advice for our medical malpractice clients both insured and self-insured. The firm has successfully resolved cases at trial, arbitration and mediation against health maintenance organizations, hospitals, doctors, dentists, and nurses. Attorneys in this practice group are also well-qualified to handle the impact of the case on the provider's reputation and ongoing practice, sensitive issues including confidentiality, and the need for effective litigation strategy and prompt resolution. Our attorneys are among the elite in the nursing home and long term care defense bar in the State of Florida. We have successfully defended litigation against the most powerful plaintiff's attorneys in nursing home litigation. We lend this experience to clients in the nursing home and assisted living facility industry. We have successfully resolved cases at trial, arbitration and mediation, which were brought against administrators, medical directors, nurses, long term care facilities, therapists, laboratories and other health care providers. News & Articles related to Health Care: "Stop! Go! Caution! A Practical Guide to Federal Remuneration Laws" July 27, 2010 - Jeff Thompson has been Invited to Participate in a Legal Roundtable Regarding Challenges Facing the Long-Term Care Industry at FAHSA's 47th Annual Convention in Boca Raton, Florida. May 7, 2010 - ASW Sponsors Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences UCF College of Medicine Spring Commencement Reception. April 14, 2010 - Jeff Thompson Guest Speaker at Seminar on Medical Legal Issues in Retinopathy of Prematurity Conference Sponsored by Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. November 13, 2009 - Jeff Thompson Guest Speaker at Seminar on EHR and HITECH - Risks, Compliance and Solutions. Jeff Thompson, a Shareholder of ASW, spoke recently about electronic health records and HITECH and the legal requirements mandated by the Act. June 17, 2009 - Jeff Thompson Provides an In-Service to Nursing Home Employees Jeff Thompson, a Shareholder of ASW, recently provided in-service training to nurses and CNA's at a Daytona nursing home regarding the importance of charting. October 5, 2008 - Jeff Thompson Guest Speaker at Greenberg Dental's Risk Management Seminar Jeff Thompson, a Shareholder of ASW, spoke about "Avoiding Legal Pitfalls" in regard to the practice of dentistry at Greenberg Dental's Risk Management Seminar. March 7, 2008 - Jeff Thompson Guest Speaker at CNA's Healthpro Dental Professional Liability Risk Management Seminar Jeff Thompson, a Shareholder of ASW, spoke to a group of dentists at the Gaylord Palms about risk management issues as they relate to the practice of dentistry. Jeffrey Thompson Featured in the Orlando Sentinel Jeffrey Thompson of Alvarez, Sambol & Winthrop, P.A., is featured in the Orlando Sentinel's "Ask a Lawyer" section in an article titled, "A medical debt from 2001 leaves a sick feeling."  Download PDF
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