Compliance

Healthcare Real Estate Compliance Services

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Healthcare real estate is unique. The Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, The False Claims Act, and a myriad of other healthcare statutes and regulations create a complex regulatory environment in which health systems must operate daily. A course of action that may be perfectly acceptable in any other types of real estate transaction could, in the context of healthcare real estate, result in serious violations and expose health systems to significant liability.

In today’s ever-changing healthcare landscape, with increasing competitive pressures and progressive physician alignment models, it is imperative for health systems to create and implement effective healthcare real estate compliance programs to shelter them from regulatory infractions that can result from improperly structured or administered real estate arrangements with referral sources.

RTG provides a broad spectrum of healthcare real estate compliance services. From evaluating the structure for a new transaction, reviewing an existing transaction, or drafting and implementing effective real estate compliance policies and programs, our team has you covered. Leveraging our deep healthcare experience, we can also help improve operational efficiencies within the organization, streamlining processes and identifying cost savings opportunities.

Healthcare Compliance Services

Compliance Risk Assessment

Current State Analysis
Operational Process Review
Compliance Policy Review
Lease Audit / Testing

Compliance Program Development

Policy & Procedure Development
Process Improvement
Staff Training
Issue Resolution Protocols

Remedial Measures

Corporate Integrity Agreements
Non-Prosecution Agreements
Self-Disclosure Assistance
Independent Review Organization Engagements

FMV Opinions

Competitive Market Analysis
FMV and CR Opinions
Timeshare Leasing Analysis
Litigation Support & Expert Witness

Eye on Compliance

Healthcare real estate is unique because it is subject to various healthcare laws and regulations. As a result, healthcare lease arrangements with referral sources present various compliance pitfalls for healthcare providers, which can generally be categorized as either transactional or operational. An effective real estate compliance program will not only help healthcare providers avoid the enormous costs associated with non-compliant real estate arrangements, but it can also improve the overall efficiency of their real estate programs and ultimately help them provide better care to their patients.

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Healthcare Compliance Thought Leadership

White Paper: The Impact Of Recent Changes And Clarifications To The Stark Law On Real Estate Lease Arrangements With Referral Sources

The recently released changes to the Stark Law go into effect on January 19, 2021 and will bring several important changes and clarifications affecting real estate lease arrangements with referral sources.

In this White Paper, Realty Trust Group outlines the key takeaways for health care providers to help them structure and keep their real estate lease arrangements with referral sources compliant.

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Best Practice: 5 KEY TRANSACTIONAL COMPLIANCE PITFALLS

Health systems’ real estate arrangements with referral sources face numerous compliance pitfalls, any one of which can trigger a violation under the Stark Law. The compliance pitfalls associated with real estate arrangements can be generally subdivided into two categories: (1) transactional and (2) operational. Transactional compliance pitfalls stem from the real estate arrangement itself and the specific structure of the transaction. Operational compliance pitfalls stem from the subsequent administration, or lack thereof, of the real estate arrangements.

In this Best Practices Briefing, Realty Trust Group discusses five key transactional compliance pitfalls involving healthcare real estate.

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What Our Clients Say

Healthcare planning and real estate go hand in hand these days, it’s all integrated, and RTG is my “right hand person” when working on all real estate matters.

We know and have talked to some healthcare real estate firms others that are good, but they may not have the breadth that RTG has. It would be a learning curve for a new firm to get to know us. RTG knows Northside and the way we want things delivered.