Medical Group Representation

Attorneys Serving Health Care Professionals

At Drew & Ward our medical group practice provides a full range of legal services to hospital associations, psychologists, social workers and physicians' practice groups and individual physicians, dentists and other health care providers. Led by attorney Anthony G. Covatta, a member of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), the lawyers provide counsel with the focus and level of expertise necessary to protect these corporate clients in a political and legal environment characterized by increasing stress, constantly changing state and federal regulation, and a high risk of liability.

“I can provide forward-thinking advice and devise innovative strategies that help clients through otherwise insurmountable obstacles."

Attorney Anthony G. Covatta, Jr.

Our medical group representation includes strategic counsel in business law that allows our clients to take advantage of economies of scale and enhance profitability while staying in compliance with the Stark Law and other regulatory controls unique to the health care industry. Issues our lawyers handle include:

• Entity formation
• Drafting of partnership agreements and corporate articles
• Corporate governance
• Employment law, including drafting employment contracts and covenants not to compete
• Regulatory compliance, including regulations applying to Medicare billing practices
• Representation in matters involving the Ohio State Medical Board and licensing
• Business succession planning, buy-sell agreements
• Drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial contracts
• Charitable foundations
• Counsel to minimize exposure to liability
• Commercial real estate transactions, including purchases, sales, and lease agreements
• Employment pension compensation packages
• Health care litigation

Our clients include the largest independent medical practice group of doctors in Cincinnati and the second largest group of heart surgeons in the area. At Drew & Ward our attorneys recognize that members of the health care industry face unique challenges—we are prepared to provide the legal counsel necessary to protect their interests against those challenges.

If you would like to speak with a member of the firm about your medical group's legal needs, we invite you to contact our Cincinnati, Ohio, office to arrange an initial consultation.