HOW BARRETT LAW CAN HELP

Corporate Compliance

Barrett Law conducts thorough compliance analyses tailored to your organization’s unique operations and risk profile, helping you identify areas of vulnerability and opportunity before they become legal problems. Through detailed review of policies, practices, contracts, and regulatory frameworks, Barrett Law provides clear findings and practical recommendations that support stronger internal controls and ongoing adherence to applicable laws. Barrett Law also drafts compliance programs consistent with OIG and DOJ guidance that are tailored to your business and reflect your mission, vision and priorities. Assisting you with training for all levels of your organization, writing policies and processes, and assisting you implement a compliance program is also one of Barrett Law’s strengths with the goal to give you confidence in your compliance posture, and the tools to maintain it. 

Health Care Regulatory / Fraud, Waste & Abuse

Barrett Law provides comprehensive guidance across the full spectrum of health care regulatory requirements, helping providers stay compliant in an environment defined by constant change. From Stark and Anti-Kickback considerations to licensing, reimbursement, privacy, and operational compliance, Barrett Law can help your organization understand and adhere to the laws that govern the delivery of health care goods and services. Having served as an Independent Review Organization to entities under Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs), as well in-house counsel to entities under CIAs, Barrett Law is uniquely positioned not only to assess the need for and to prepare a compliance program, but also brings years of experience conducting internal investigations, including reviewing documents, conducting interviews, and preparing corrective actions plans, which may include self-disclosures or making required reports to authorities.  With decades of experience in both legal counsel and in-house compliance roles, Barrett Law offers practical, actionable solutions that reduce risk and support your ability to focus on patient care. 

HIPAA, Privacy & Security

Barrett Law provides seasoned legal guidance on HIPAA, privacy and security obligations to help health care providers protect patient information and minimize risk. Barrett Law can assist with creating privacy policies, conducting security assessments, breach response planning, and risk analyses, and training to ensure your organization meets federal and state requirements. Barrett Law can also prepare and help implement Privacy & Security compliance programs and assist with potential breach investigations, including preparing corrective actions plans, letters to those affected and responses to media inquiries. With a deep understanding of regulatory expectations and real-world compliance challenges, Barrett Law helps you strengthen your safeguards while maintaining operational effectiveness.

Transactions & Contracts

Barrett Law guides clients through a wide range of healthcare and business transactions with precision, clarity, and strategic insight. Whether negotiating, drafting, or reviewing contracts—from management, employment/contractor and partnership arrangements to mergers, acquisitions, service and vendor contracts—your operational and legal interests are a priority. Barrett Law’s experience ensures that every agreement is structured to protect your organization, align with regulatory requirements, and support your long-term goals.

Operations

Barrett Law supports hospitals, physician practices, and clinical laboratories with legal guidance that enhances operational efficiency while ensuring compliance with complex healthcare laws and regulations. Having over 16 years of in-house experience as well as serving as fractional in-house counsel and compliance officer,Barrett Law understands operations and therefore provides guidance that is both possible and practical to implement. From advising on organizational policies and billing practices to navigating licensure requirements and risk management, Barrett Law  helps your team operate confidently and effectively. Barrett Law’s practical approach draws on deep industry experience to address real-world challenges facing health care delivery systems today.

Corporate Governance

Barrett Law offers expert guidance on corporate governance to help health care and business clients establish strong structures, sound decision-making processes, and clear compliance frameworks. Barrett Law works with boards, executives, and leadership teams to develop policies, bylaws, and oversight practices that align with legal requirements and organizational goals. With a focus on transparency, accountability, and risk mitigation, Barrett Law’s  counsel strengthens your governance foundation so you can lead with confidence and integrity.

Quality Of Care And Medical Necessity

Barrett Law provides guidance on quality-of-care standards and medical necessity requirements to help providers deliver compliant, defensible, and patient-centered services. Barrett Law also  assists with policy development, documentation practices, utilization review, and risk mitigation to ensure that care decisions align with regulatory expectations and payer guidelines. With a focus on both legal protection and high-quality clinical outcomes, Barrett Law helps organizations maintain strong standards while reducing exposure to audits, denials, and enforcement actions.

Clinical Research

Barrett Law offers specialized legal support for clinical research activities, helping sponsors, investigators, and research institutions navigate the legal and regulatory landscape that governs human subjects research. From protocol compliance and informed consent issues to FDA and OHRP regulations, and research protocols and contracts, Barrett Law  provides practical guidance that protects your research integrity and institutional interests. Barrett Law’s goal is to help you conduct meaningful research with confidence, minimizing legal risk while advancing scientific and clinical objectives.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Co-Author, AHLA Fundamentals of Health Law (8th Ed.)

LexisNexis (January 2024)​

"Is It Time To Review Your Physician Compensation Arrangements?"

HCCA Compliance Today (July 2024)​

"OIG Compliance Program Guidance Gets a Facelift"

Lexis Plus (Sept. 5, 2023)​

"DAB and CRD Summaries Regarding Provider Enrollment Toolkit"

Contributor, American Health Law Association publication (June 2023)

"Clinical Trial Agreement Toolkit"

Contributor, American Health Law Association publication (May 2022)

"Corporate Governance Toolkit"

Contributor, American Health Law Association publication (Oct. 2021)​

"COVID-19 and Resource Allocation: Planning for Times of Scarce Medical Resources"

American Bar Association, The Health Lawyer, Volume 32, No. 5 (June 2020)

"Opioid Settlements: Some Lessons Learned from Big Tobacco"

American Bar Association, The Health Lawyer, Volume 32, No. 4 (Apr. 2020)

"Opioid Prescribing - An AHLA 50 State Survey with Summaries and Links"

Contributor, Florida​; American Health Law Association publication (Feb.2020)

"On the Road to Recovery? Recent Enforcement & Regulatory Actions Addressing the Opioid Epidemic"

American Health Law Association, Connections Magazine (Dec. 2019)

Contributor, ABA Letter to CMS Regarding Proposed Stark Regulations

(Dec. 2019)

"Hospitals Jump Into the Opioid Litigation Fray"

American Bar Association, Health eSource, Volume 16​, No. 3 (Nov. 2019)

Frequently Asked Questions

Barrett Law represents all types of providers, including hospitals, physicians, group practices, clinical labs, surgery centers, DME providers, home health and hospice providers, wellness centers, startups, and individual practitioners needing healthcare or business law support.

If your situation involves compliance questions, contracts, operational issues, audits, investigations, or regulatory uncertainty, a healthcare attorney can help you understand the issue(s), minimize risk and help you navigate your way through legal and compliance issues.

Barrett Law will  review your situation and understand your concerns and goals  in order to potentially  outline next steps so you can understand a possible path forward.

Yes. Barrett Law can assist with reviewing and/or drafting a wide range of contracts—employment/independent contractor agreements, management, member and operating contracts, leases and time-share agreements,medical director and consulting contracts, stock and member sales agreements, practice acquisition documents and vendor agreements—to ensure your interests and regulatory obligations are protected.

Contact Barrett Law as soon as possible  to be able to assess the issue, identify risks, and help you take corrective action to reduce potential penalties or operational impact.

Absolutely. Barrett Law can assist with privacy policies, breach analysis, risk assessments, training, and questions about patient data and PHI.

Barrett Law supports business formation, corporate governance, all types of business agreements, and general legal issues that arise within healthcare organizations and small businesses.

Timing depends on the complexity of your matter. Some issues can be resolved quickly through review or consultation, while others—like compliance investigations or complex contracts—may require more time. Barrett Law will outline expectations upfront.

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