Healthcare counsel grounded in the business.
Mr. Eichberg has served as general counsel to medical practices, clinical laboratories, clinical trial support companies, Fuse Medical (OTC: FZMD) and other healthcare ventures for over a dozen years. His healthcare work includes mergers and acquisitions, hospital purchases, management services agreements, employment and medical practice agreements, credentialing, vendor agreements, hospital and laboratory agreements, financing facilities, corporate governance, marketing agreements, and joint ventures involving physician owned distributorships, pharmacies, and medical practices. Mr. Eichberg has represented clients in a number of audits and other government investigations, and has a passion for restoring order and calm to what are inevitably stressful situations.
Compliance in every transaction
Integral to his transactional work, he emphasizes compliance in each document and negotiation, particularly issues involving the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA), and the False Claims Act. Even an agreement carefully drafted from a business perspective can violate these fraud and abuse laws, and thus they require special attention not just to the words on the page but also to the flow of funds, the role of the parties in billing and collection, and the larger relationship among the parties.
Governance and disputes
Healthcare relationships require attention beyond the written agreement. Mr. Eichberg’s experience includes regulatory issues, governance questions, and the management of litigation affecting healthcare companies and the vendors, suppliers, and personnel who transact with them.
Writing on responsible decisions
In The Responsible Physician, Mr. Eichberg explains many of the healthcare fraud and abuse laws, and explores how to assure not only legal compliance but also how to optimize decisions from ethical, financial, reputational and operational perspectives. Read about the book.