The Healthcare Attorneys at McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A. assist physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers and practitioners with day-to-day legal needs as well as significant medical and practice-related issues. We offer a breadth of experience, current industry knowledge, and a commitment to client service to comprehensively meet clients' business and legal needs.

The recent expansion of the team through the addition of Dr. Herb Phillips, a former Orthopaedic surgeon who now focuses his legal practice exclusively on the healthcare industry, and McGuire, Wood & Bissette's long history of representing healthcare clients in regulatory, corporate, tax, employment, real estate, and litigation matters combine to make ours one of the most experienced healthcare practices in western North Carolina.

We Can Help

Services Provided

• Asset Protection
• Employment Issues
• Managed Care
• Peer Review
• Physician Issues
• Regulatory Compliance
• Electronic Health Information
• Fraud and Abuse
• Licensure and Certification
• HIPAA
• Medicare/Medicaid
• Stark and Anti-Kickback
• Risk Management
• Taxation
• Transactions
• Contracts
• Corporation and Partnership Issues
• Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Sales of Professional Practices

Typical Clients

• Assisted living facilities
• Group practice and solo practitioners
• Chiropractors
• Clinicians
• Dentists
• Medical Doctors
• Optometrists
• Psychologists
• Therapists
• Home healthcare
• Hospitals
• Medical equipment manufacturers and suppliers