The law firm Neblett, Beard & Arsenault is currently investigating allegations of serious side effects resulting from the use of medical devices. One of the country's leading healthcare offices, Baker Donelson, is comprised of a talented team of regulatory and transactional lawyers dedicated to helping clients achieve their business objectives while facing changes in the healthcare industry. With more than 200 lawyers in 11 states and the District of Columbia serving the healthcare industry, Baker Donelson has one of the largest health care offices in the United States. Given the vast reach and complexity of the nation's largest industry, our size, scale, and collective experience give our customers a competitive edge. Those clients are hiring a dedicated, multidisciplinary team, a team that not only has experience and detailed knowledge of health law, but also understands the intricate ways in which the industry operates.
Addressing the challenges of today's healthcare environment is no easy task, but Baker Donelson's Department of Health Law is uniquely prepared to take it on. The goal of the Health Law team is to become your trusted advisor and valuable partner, an expert in regulatory issues and aware of the critical health policy that is being developed. The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a transformative event for the healthcare industry, as important policy decisions are being made in the form of ACA regulations. As the pace of regulation accelerates, a large and agile health law team is needed to effectively identify and interpret the latest developments. At Baker Donelson, our lawyers take responsibility for immersing themselves in the industry in which they work.
We don't just investigate cases and manage transactions; we attend business sessions, visit healthcare facilities, and participate in important strategic planning meetings. The doctor-patient relationship is at the heart of the healthcare ecosystem. It has a special place in the law and in American life. At Baker Donelson, we know that the best way to care for patients is to have reliable, long-term doctors who manage well-being and chronic diseases, and who are prepared to react quickly to acute problems with the latest knowledge and intuitive care. We strive to earn that same long-term trust and are honored that major healthcare companies have chosen us as their legal and strategic advisors for more than 40 years. Named one of the largest health law firms by Modern Healthcare every year, Baker Donelson has been listed as one of The Best Lawyers The Best Law Firms in Band 3 nationwide and in Bands 1, 2 and 3 locally.
Consistently ranked as one of the ten best health law firms by the American Healthcare Law Association, we have represented a publicly traded health care company in resolving an employee classification audit with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that could have resulted in a million-dollar assessment. The audit involved a proposal to reclassify thousands of surgeons and optometrists as employees and not as independent contractors. We assist our client in managing and liquidating this audit for a nominal amount. We have also implemented corporate compliance and ethics plans and HIPAA compliance plans for several nursing home chains. We obtained summary judgment for a mental health center and its individual members of the board of directors in a lawsuit for breach of employment contract, lawsuit under section 1983, freedom of association, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. We successfully defended a medical hospital organization against allegations that it had conspired to boycott a surgical center and two of its medical investors from the ambulatory surgery market in the Memphis area, in violation of the Sherman Act, as well as from state lawsuits for unfair competition and malicious interference before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
We represented an independent community hospital in acquiring numerous primary care offices and specialized doctors, applying a model professional services agreement (PSA) approach, resulting in provider-based clinical physician status. We structured compensation models with fair market value based on WRVU, including doctors in medical oncology, cardiology, nephrology, orthopedic surgery and gynecology. We defended the largest physician-owned Medicare Advantage HMO (more than 1,300) in the country in parallel criminal and civil investigations for not providing care to members. After a multi-year investigation by U. S.
Attorney's Office (USAO) for Eastern District of Louisiana, parallel criminal and civil cases were dismissed without action being taken. We led a team of more than 50 lawyers and legal professionals to defend a pharmaceutical company in dietary drug litigation in Tennessee which consisted of more than 2,500 federal court cases across state. We were also part of our client's national team of expert witnesses who deposed experts in medical causation across country. We provided antitrust compliance training for numerous Fortune 500 companies across wide range sectors including insurance, healthcare, construction, aggregates finance. We represented hospitals connection with complex transactions related compliance Medicare regulations including rules provider statute establishment within hospital payment rules terms participation. We advised national e-commerce company health sector respect healthcare regulatory issues related contractual issues arising e-commerce business model. We represented hospital submission hospital quality data submission reports appeals annual payment update (RHQDAPU).
We represented ambulance company possible exclusion based misconduct owner another business ultimately negotiated voluntary exclusion owner retain subsidiary organization Medicare certification. Baker Donelson's team is very strong and pleasure work with. The Health Law team Neblett Beard & Arsenault dedicated providing legal services related medical device litigation cases throughout Northern Louisiana.
