Chicago, IL Professional Responsibility Attorneys

Knowledgeable Representation of Physicians and Healthcare Facilities

We Perform a Variety of Health Care Legal Services.

• We assist health care professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses, and social science practitioners, in obtaining licensure, and defend them in investigations and actions brought by state or federal authorities, hospitals, professional organizations, and the like.
• For many medical, dental and other practices, advertising materials are reviewed by our office before publication to ensure compliance with all applicable rules and regulations.
• For physicians educated outside of the U.S. who were initially deemed ineligible for licensure, we have successfully persuaded medical boards of educational and training equivalency, resulting in license issuance.
• We are qualified and available to evaluate whether a professional’s training and education meet the requirements for the specific state in which licensure is sought.
• We have successfully defended actions against professionals and retained membership in professional organizations such as ABMS specialty boards.
• We have conducted “compliance checks” of medical and other professional offices to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.
• We have obtained, defended and obtained restoration of DEA registrations and state controlled substances registrations.
• We have negotiated non-discipline outcomes with state boards for professionals with substance abuse issues, mental health issues or physical health concerns.
• We have represented health care practitioners dealing with sexual boundary issues.
• We have defended allegations of billing irregularities, quality of care questions, or prescribing issues for many different health care professionals.
• We represent hospitals, other care facilities and physicians facing various allegations or in dealing with general problems.
• We represent physicians and other medical professionals dealing with business issues such as contracts and agreements, patient relations and informed consent, privacy requirements and HIPAA.
• We pursue health and welfare benefits for individuals, such as controversial coverage, short- and long-term disability, and other benefits.

If you are a medical professional, health care facility representative facing a complex legal challenge, or an individual with a problem with your health or welfare benefit plans, you can trust Augustine, Kern and Levens, Ltd., to provide you with a realistic, credible evaluation of your case.

Call Augustine, Kern and Levens, Ltd. today at 312-648-1111. If you have any questions or comments,
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