Beautyman Alvstad, LLP is a law and consulting firm of five lawyers and
three consultants serving exclusively hospitals, physicians, physician networks,
healthcare facilities, PHOs, IPAs, provider sponsored HMOs, and MSOs
throughout the United States. We address all the legal needs of our clients
and also provide consulting services in areas such as strategic planning,
market studies, business plan development, pension plans, and practice
management.
Beautyman Alvstad, LLP serves
clients located across the nation as well as several countries abroad. The
firm's clients are primarily in the healthcare industry and include
teaching hospitals, multi-institutional systems, urban and community
hospitals, specialty hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, physician
groups, physician societies, and drug and medical equipment suppliers. The
work includes regulatory work (Food and Drug Administration, HCFA,
licensure), reimbursement, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, startups,
tax, fraud and abuse, and contracting. The firm currently represents or has
recently represented plaintiffs and defendants in litigation in federal and
state court cases in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia, and
also is engaged in business transactions in the above states as well as The
United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, Germany and the People's Republic of
China.
We were at one time only a law firm, but
found that clients need one-stop shopping for legal and consulting services
associated with projects in the healthcare industry. We prepare financial
forecasts, prepare license applications, obtain payor contracts, and offer
other management consulting services. Thus, for example, if a joint
venture, affiliation, or merger needs an antitrust analysis, we prepare the
geographic and product market analyses. If a new enterprise is
contemplated, we do the financial feasibility analyses.
Beautyman Alvstad, LLP also
provides comprehensive estate planning services to clients, including
preparation of wills, powers of attorney, tax and elder care plans,
trusts, and living wills that clarify the client’s wishes
on difficult health care and life support decisions. The firm
also assists clients with Executor, Trustee, IRA's, Pensions,
and Guardian matters, and with the resolution of elder care issues.
A number of our clients are new entities
that came into existence in order to seize opportunities created by
developments in the law, changing economic conditions, and emerging
technologies, particularly in health care. They recognize the marketing
advantage of the internet. Other clients, long established in practice,
have come to realize that a web presence is now an essential component of
any business enterprise. To assist every client in defining its future and
in optimizing its marketing presence, we now design, create and maintain
websites for our clients. We also advise clients on how best to position
themselves in an ever-broadening marketplace.
Our work force also includes
knowledgeable consultants who provide administrative and marketing services
to healthcare provider networks. In fact, our firm operates as the
headquarters for several networks. We provide a central location (with
an 800 telephone number) for administrative services and contracting
with payors. The networks do not incur overhead expenses and excessive
administrative costs in their nascent months before significant payor
contracts are in place and cash is flowing. Our firm maintains a database
on insurance companies, HMOs, managed care plans, self-insured employers,
and third party administrators.
We also maintain a database on recent
affiliations, mergers, and transactional developments among healthcare
facilities. Rapid access to current information provides our clients with a
competitive advantage and an enhanced ability to obtain profitable payor
contracts.
