Managed Healthcare Contracting and Collections

If you are a healthcare provider operating within a managed healthcare system, you want an experienced attorney to protect your interests, whether you are negotiating the terms of a managed healthcare contract or you need to take action to collect for services rendered. You want a lawyer who understands healthcare law and who will help you understand your options, so that you make informed decisions.

At the law office of Davis & Harris, P.A., the firm provides efficient and cost-effective representation to individuals and businesses throughout west central Florida. Attorney Joe Davis is board-certified in health law by the state of Florida and has dedicated most of his 17-year legal career to healthcare issues. Each attorney emphasizes personal attention in all dealings with clients, taking the time to carefully listen to your concerns, identify your goals and concerns, and find creative ways to resolve your problems. To set up a free initial consultation, contact the firm or call 813-728-3400.

Managed Care Contracting and Collections Practice

The firm works closely with healthcare providers, including physicians' groups, handling the negotiation of contracts and fee schedules with payers, the management and resolution of any payment disputes, and collections matters, when agreement cannot be reached. The goal in all situations is to strengthen the relationship between providers and payers, so that reimbursements occur without issue and collections efforts are unnecessary.

The firm has successfully assisted healthcare providers obtain reimbursement for unpaid or underpaid claims, whether they have a payer contract or not. Fee structures are flexible and designed to reduce the up-front costs to the client, and includes contingency fee arrangements in payer collection matters. The firm has experience in litigating UCR payment disputes (disputes over the usual and customary rate of payment), failure to pay according to contracted fee schedules and negotiated rates, failure to pay for clinical pathology services (per the Palmetto Pathology decision), failure to pay for emergency care and failure to pay for HMO patients.

For an experienced attorney to protect your interests in payer contracting or collections, contact the firm or call 813-728-3400. The firm takes referrals from other lawyers.

At the law office of Davis & Harris, P.A., in St. Petersburg, we represent clients throughout Florida, including Tampa, Clearwater, Largo, Naples, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Brandon, Bradenton, Dunedin, Palm Harbor and Lakeland; and in Pinellas County, Hillsborough County, Manatee County and Pasco County.