Healthcare Litigation Attorneys

Providing health care is a calling — and a business. 

Like any business, problems happen: Partners disagree, contracts are breached, and employment issues develop. Unlike other businesses, however, healthcare businesses operate within a complex web of laws that can make even simple problems hard to solve.

Our healthcare litigation attorneys in Houston understand the business of providing health care. Drawing on our deep experience in healthcare law and business law, we can guide you through the claims and lawsuits unique to the healthcare industry, like medical practice split-ups, MSO or DSO disputes, and physician employment agreement claims.

Why Should I Choose Hendershot Cowart as My Healthcare Litigation Attorneys?

The right experience. As a healthcare provider or a medical practice owner, your position at the intersection of health and business law creates special legal and regulatory challenges. We know healthcare and business law inside and out.

An experienced team. Our attorneys’ recent practice highlights include:

• At trial and on appeal, we represented a freestanding emergency center in a fee dispute with a health insurance company.
• Secured a win for the founding physician in breakup litigation over a large, multi-specialty practice.
• Litigated against a billing company for failure to properly bill/collect fees for multiple freestanding emergency centers.
• Defended an e-prescribing company in litigation alleging patent infringement.
• Represented a physician in litigation against their management company regarding mismanaged funds.
• Pursued relief for a dentist who was party to a web of management services, lease, and employment agreements that, in totality, circumvented the prohibition against the corporate practice of dentistry. 

Tough litigators. We are a team of straight-shooting attorneys and staff. We take the fight to the other side. We are aggressive, smart, and experienced. We don’t cut corners, and we won’t be out prepared.

What Kind of Clients Do You Represent?

We serve clients throughout the healthcare industry, including:

• Individual healthcare providers
• Physician groups and medical practices
• Hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers
• Freestanding emergency departments
• Med spas
• MSOs and DSOs
• Durable medical equipment suppliers
• Medical laboratories, and more

We do not represent patients or handle medical malpractice claims. 

What Kind of Problems Can You Help Me Solve?

We handle matters that involve both healthcare and business issues, like:

• Breach of contract claims, such as payment disputes or non-performance of services.
• Conflicts between partners in a medical practice or other healthcare business.
• Employment issues like wrongful termination claims, compensation disputes, non-competition violations, recruitment agreement problems, intellectual property disputes, and disputes over outside activities like medical directorships.
• Transactions or agreements that violate Texas’ Corporate Practice of Medicine or Corporate Practice of Dentistry doctrines.
• Avoiding pitfalls of the Texas Patient Solicitation Act.
• Commercial payer disputes, including denial of claims, slow handling of claims, high denial rates, or underpayment of claims.
• Medical leasing problems like commercial real estate and equipment leasing. 

Can You Represent Me In Arbitration?

Sometimes litigation involves mediation and/or arbitration. Our healthcare litigation attorneys have experience in those venues as well as trial and appellate courts. 

What Is the Difference Between a Healthcare Investigation Attorney and a Healthcare Litigation Attorney? 

Our attorneys handle both healthcare investigation defense and healthcare litigation, but the two practice areas differ in important ways: 

• Healthcare investigations are initiated by a regulatory agency, like CMS, a licensing board, or the Office of the Inspector General. These cases are usually handled administratively (through the regulatory agency) rather than in a court. You can learn more about healthcare and medical fraud investigations here.
• Healthcare litigation means claims that are handled in a court or through arbitration.

Contact the Texas Healthcare Litigation Attorneys At Hendershot Cowart P.C. Today

If you’re facing a business dispute, as an individual healthcare provider or a healthcare organization, let us support you. We can help you select a course of action that protects your interests so that you can get back to caring for patients.