PRACTICE
Home Health and Home Care
Overview
PierFerd’s Home Health and Home Care Team understands that home health and home care providers have unique legal needs and face unique legal challenges, especially as the industry becomes more regulated at the national and state levels. Moreover, as demand for home health and home care services continues to increase, the opportunities for investment in this industry by existing providers, entrepreneurs, hospital systems, and private equity firms continue to increase.
The PierFerd Home Health and Home Care Team is prepared to assist both providers and investors with the unique challenges and opportunities involved in the home health and home care industry.
Experience
PierFerd’s clients include a wide variety of home health and home care providers, including Medicare-certified home health agencies, private duty nursing providers, and non-medical home care agencies (both franchised and independent).
Whether the matter involves a merger or acquisition, government investigation, employment dispute, or litigation, our Team has the industry knowledge and experience to jump in and provide strategic, practical advice. Matters handled by our Team include:
Corporate transactions, including the purchase and sale of home health and non-medical home care agencies
Federal and state regulatory compliance, including Medicare, HIPAA, Stark and Anti-kickback laws, state health department regulations, and state consumer protection regulations
Wage and hour issues including strategies for live-in caregiver compensation
Litigating and arbitrating disputes in court, before government/administrative agencies, and arbitration tribunals
Compliance with state domestic worker “bill of rights” laws
U.S. and state Department of Labor audits
Employee benefits plans
Responding to cybersecurity threats, including data breach notification
Members of the PierFerd Home Health and Home Care Team attend and present seminars at conferences hosted by national and local industry associations, including the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA).
For more information on how the PierFerd Home Health and Home Care Team can assist you, please contact a member of the team.