With the growing demand for substance abuse and addiction treatment services, this industry is complex and evolving at a rapid pace. Hancock Daniel’s Behavioral Health Practice Team has worked closely with a broad range of inpatient and outpatient facilities and providers who deliver these crucial services. We routinely help providers with licensure and payor enrollment of inpatient psychiatric, detox, medical stabilization, OBOT/OTP/MAT services. We also support individual mental health professionals and their practices. Our team provides support and legal advice on all substance abuse/addiction treatment services from regulatory matters and compliance to daily operations and strategic growth opportunities.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE/ADDICTION TREATMENT SERVICES:
- Regulatory support in the planning and development of substance abuse/addiction treatment services
- Licensure and certification of new providers/suppliers and/or service lines
- Pharmacy/DEA permit requirements
- Telehealth
- Medicaid enrollment and billing
- Licensed entity structure
- Staffing requirements for OBOT/OTP/MAT
- Local business license requirements and filings
- Physician and mid-level practitioner credentialing
- Risk management services
- HIPAA/HITECH compliance assessments, breach analysis and breach notifications
- EMTALA issues and surveys
- Opioid legislation
- Changes of ownership, acquisitions, mergers and consolidations
- Board investigations and disciplinary issues involving healthcare professionals