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DWT's HIPAA Law Group, which is part
of the Health Law Group, furnishes practical
answers and strategies posed by electronic and Internet technologies
used in the health care industry. New technologies, particularly the
Internet, are changing the way health care goods and services are
delivered and the way health care information is transmitted and maintained,
just as they have transformed so many other aspects of our lives.
Health Care is among the most regulated industries -- and new and
existing laws and regulations are increasingly being applied to electronic health care transactions. Of particular note, the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has
far-reaching effects on "covered entities," including providers,
payors and clearinghouses, and their business associates with regard
to the privacy, security, and electronic transmission of health information.
With extensive experience in developing and implementing compliance
programs and interpreting Medicare and Medicaid rules, Davis Wright
Tremaine's health care compliance lawyers offer down-to-earth and practical
guidance.
Davis Wright Tremaine is widely recognized as one of the leading law
firms on the West Coast of the United States in the representation
of financial institutions including commercial banks, thrift institutions,
finance and leasing companies, credit unions, and insurance companies.
We also represent many significant non-depository financial institutions.
Our experience in representing financial institutions makes us a valuable
resource to our health care clients that seek financing from these
sources.
With one of the leading Credit Recovery groups in the Pacific Northwest,
Davis Wright Tremaine is well-versed on the issues involving problem
loans, representing lenders, creditors and lessors in all industries,
including health care, in workouts, bankruptcy cases, collection matters
and related litigation.
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the Credit Recovery & Bankruptcy page
Long-standing assumptions favoring vertically
integrated monopolies have eroded, attracting competitive sellers
to the market and offering consumers competitive choices for natural
gas and electricity. Around the corner, the same may even be true
for the most basic of utilities - water. Our energy law attorneys
can assist institutional health care providers in understanding
and dealing with this changing market.
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Employers today face an unprecedented range of legal issues as the
government increases workplace regulation and as workers become more
vocal and litigious in claiming individual rights. The breadth and
depth of our practice allows us to advise our health care clients
on a full range of labor and employment concerns -- from personnel
issues to traditional labor union matters.
Intellectual property is one of today's most rapidly developing and
important areas of law. With the growth of the Internet, the globalization
of trade, and the growing significance of technology, no modern business
can afford to ignore its intellectual property interests.
Davis Wright Tremaine offers one of most comprehensive litigation
resources in the nation. As our largest practice, it embraces virtually
every subject matter area, including business torts, unfair competition,
antitrust, patent, trademark, trade secrets and intellectual property,
employment, health care, toxic torts, energy distribution, software
design, environmental, First Amendment, defamation, securities fraud,
professional malpractice, partnership disputes, trust and estate disputes,
construction litigation and government contracts.
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the Litigation page
Members of the TEO Group team with DWT's health
care industry group to provide comprehensive services to tax-exempt
health care organizations. We provide tax advice on issues such
as qualification for tax-exempt status, avoidance of private inurement
and intermediate sanctions, joint ventures with physicians, unrelated
business income tax, obtaining IRS private letter rulings, joint
operating agreements, conversions to and from exempt status, and
structuring executive compensation arrangements. The group has
a close working relationship with the national office of the IRS,
and is uniquely qualified to advise on issues of tax exemption
in the health care context.
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