As one of the largest and most influential health law practices in Maine, we represent the full range of health care providers, including hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, rehabilitation centers and other health care facilities, as well as insurers and individual practitioners. We are the unquestioned authority on emerging health care issues and their legal ramifications and, as counsel to the Maine Hospital Association and the Maine Health Care Association, work hard to adjust regulations and advance laws and interpretations in support of our clients’ interests.

We provide extensive services to institutions facing increasingly complex state regulatory issues including certificates of need, licensing and compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements. We represent hospitals at hearings and proceedings before the Department of Human Services and have participated in key legislation involving nursing homes. In addition, we handle a variety of malpractice claims, medical staff disputes and complaints of employment discrimination directed against hospitals and other providers.

In a time of rapid and unsettling change, Preti Flaherty remains health care’s most trusted counsel. Put us to work for you.

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Small Hospital Wins Medicare Reversal

Rumford Community Hospital is the only source for acute health care services in its community. When Rumford sought additional Medicare payments to help recover from an economic downturn and physician recruitment problems, Medicare denied the request. Our lawyers worked with the Hospital to appeal to the federal Provider Reimbursement Review Board in Baltimore. After a full hearing, the Board reversed the initial Medicare decision and awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional reimbursement.