Expertise

Healthcare

Our healthcare law attorneys provide a full range of services for physician group practices, healthcare treatment facilities, healthcare management, as well as licensing and discipline proceedings for physicians, doctors and other healthcare professionals.

In today’s complex healthcare environment, being successful at the business of medicine requires more than outstanding clinical skills and efficient office management. Our lawyers provide you with the benefit of our legal expertise and hands-on, healthcare-focused management advice to assist you with ventures, business transactions, and mergers with other health care providers.

Life Cycle of Healthcare Business

We represent physicians and associated healthcare providers through the full business cycle of a healthcare business. We assist medical professionals and physicians providing advice in connection with:

  • Practice formation, credentialing, and peer review
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Disciplinary representation
  • New facility development and financing
  • Practice expansion and reorganization
  • Acquisition and divestiture of practice
  • Closure of medical practice
  • Planning for key physician retirement or disability
  • Individual physician asset risk planning

Douglas Guffey has an uncommon blend of more than thirty years of legal and business experience having worked as both a medical and healthcare attorney and as the executive director for a medical management services company for 12 years. He brings that unique expertise to physician group practices and doctors that he represents.