Our health care attorneys who focus on health planning have significant experience assisting our clients in the health planning process. This includes supporting facility and service line development efforts of our health care clients and in applying for and obtaining Certificate of Need permits and other health planning approvals from various state agencies. The firm’s attorneys providing health planning advice to support projects for new construction, building and service line expansions, and facility sales transactions. For permitted projects, we continue to support our clients to ensure they comply with post permit requirements throughout the project, including filing requests for renewal and alteration when necessary. We have the experience and in-depth knowledge to provide assistance with construction of new and modernized health care facilities - from real estate acquisition and zoning, joint venture transactions, project financing, Certificate of Need permits, State approval of construction documents, life safety code compliance and inspections, through initial licensure and Medicare/Medicaid certification and enrollment.

Our services include:

• Preparation of applications for Certificates of Need and Exemption
• Developing and implementing community support campaigns and defending challenges both during the review process and in the appeals process
• Assistance with reporting requirements and compliance matters for approved projects
• Assistance with alteration requests and modifying existing projects
• Contesting approvals and denial in both the Board’s administrative process and in the state courts
• Assistance with Project Submission forms
• Assistance with responses to inspections
• Assistance with applications for State licensure and Medicare/Medicaid enrollment