Legal and Business
Solutions for the
Healthcare Industry
Solutions for the
Healthcare Industry
Maximize efficiencies and minimize risk by securing data.
For over 15 years, Epiq has supported dozens of large healthcare and medical device companies. Our team is made up of experts in specialized case management and enterprise database discovery processes specific to healthcare litigation. We can assist clients with even the most intensive cases, including those involving health law, post acute care, and regulatory compliance complexities. In addition, our experience extends to analyzing mergers acquisitions and healthcare transactions for health systems and academic medical centers, ensuring that potential fraud abuse issues or false claims disclosures are identified early and managed effectively.
With Epiq, clients have access to industry-best technology and data analytics capabilities. Our expert consulting team will guide you to make better informed decisions for business and legal matters, including specialized counsel regarding corporate practice, managed care agreements, and data privacy. We also understand that healthcare providers operate in an environment with ongoing labor employment considerations, as well as joint ventures, practice medicine requirements, and the potential for anti kickback statute scrutiny.
eDiscovery for Healthcare
Data can be disastrous — of all the security breaches recorded in 2018, nearly 30% were in medicine or health care. Protected health information is the second most exposed type of data and, in the event of a breach, organizations must disclose all known information about the breach to affected patients. In an ever-changing landscape of strict data compliance regulations, organizations who mismanage confidential PHI are open to the risk of costly litigation as well as irreparable reputational damage. This can include potential fines for failing to comply with health care law mandates such as HIPAA, or leading to fraud abuse investigations and news releases highlighting vulnerabilities.
Our best-in-class HIPAA compliance training has prepared our 600 eDiscovery employees to be well-versed in all data related to the healthcare industry, allowing us to create workflows for clients that will secure and protect all PHI within their digital environment. Whether dealing with health law association requirements, acute care data, or potential false claims ramifications, our focus remains on safeguarding patient data.
Epiq has deep experience applying advanced analytics to eDiscovery matters for the benefit of its health array of health-related litigated matters, regulatory reviews, and internal investigations. Our proprietary applications care clients, using artificial intelligence in over thousands of legal matters in recent years, spanning an array of litigated matters, regulatory reviews and internal investigations. We provide non-technical attorneys with platforms to review, redact and produce complex data drawn from our proprietary enterprise systems. Epiq’s offering of HIPAA-compliant network environments resolves the traditional concern for security and allows for the easy turnaround of data. We frequently provide guidance on stark law considerations, anti kickback compliance, and the rapidly shifting demands of digital health.
Following industry best practices for eDiscovery can help to minimize the risk of potential breaches or data noncompliance. From identifying and working with internal stakeholders to formalizing structured data production, our team employs a system of quality verification checks, promoting a focus on document control and patient security. With Epiq, clients can manage their costs and maximize their data security by minimizing resources spent implementing corrective actions, reducing the severity and volume of any quality incidents. Concurrently, we help health care organizations remain prepared for media mentions or speaking engagements related to healthcare transactions, ensuring that data is well-protected under the latest health care law frameworks.
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Legal Transformation Services
Healthcare litigation and regulatory investigations can be complex, expensive, and time-consuming matters that are typically document-intensive, involving multiple jurisdictions or class actions at even a global level. There are unique risk factors associated with multifaceted product liability, antitrust and patent cases, resulting in the need for teams to manage large amounts of legal data stored across enterprise environments. These challenges often include navigating term care obligations, responding to potential false claims allegations, and ensuring the proper protocols for corporate practice medicine.
For more than ten years, Epiq’s legal transformation group has honed its expertise in specialized case management, utilizing intelligence specific to pharmaceutical litigation gained from our database discovery processes. Our case management systems can not only be used to track cost-comparative analysis between cases but can also use all sources of data in an organization’s legal environment to provide powerful insights. This extends to matters involving healthcare providers, life sciences, healthcare real estate, or alignment with law association standards when dealing with private equity investments in hospitals health systems.
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Corporate Restructuring Services
Navigating the complexities of any restructuring proceeding can be difficult. Health care cases present a unique set of challenges. In these types of cases, it is crucial that the company engage professionals to offer guidance and efficient procedures necessary to comply with the multi-jurisdictional regulations and all special considerations presented. Epiq is uniquely qualified in the health care industry, in that it is the only claims and noticing agent that is HIPAA compliant. We offer the proven processes, unsurpassed technology, coupled with expertise required to support a successful health care restructuring, including support on managed care agreements, potential real estate challenges, and healthcare law obligations.
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Mass Tort Solutions
Regardless of the type of client, our services focus on Facilitator™, our neutral data aggregation platform with role-based access, ideal for gathering and exchanging case information by any party in multi-district litigations, resolving healthcare liens and getting settlement funds to the claimants injured by the device, product, or exposure. We support diverse areas of healthcare business and appreciate that labor employment considerations might arise as well.
With Epiq law firms can avoid the cost and time involved in hiring and training new staff, and free their permanent staff to work on substantive case issues. Our settlement administration services assist law firms with the most complicated aspects of settlement. Our extensive experience in mass tort settlements allows us to advise clients at all stages of the settlement process, helping prevent delays. Working with Epiq results in higher net settlement values being delivered to deserving claimants quickly and efficiently. We also remain mindful of academic medical centers that might hold intellectual property rights or face potential joint ventures to propel advanced research or solutions.
Our years of experience working with Medicare Medicaid, military and other government and private insurers allow us to consistently achieve the most affordable lien resolution values for claimants, maximizing their net settlement award. Our comprehensive services include:
- Neutral MDL Data Aggregation Platform (Facilitator™)
- Settlement Claims Administration
- Call Center Support
- Settlement Document Processing
- Case Adjudication and Allocation Support
- Allocation Medical Record Review
- Healthcare Lien Resolution
- Fund Administration
- Payments
- Medical Monitoring
- MMSEA Section 111 Reporting
- Compliance and Settlement Consulting
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By partnering with Epiq, our clients have the advantage of working alongside a law firm–focused resource that understands the interplay of health care law, anti kickback requirements, and the practicalities of operating within an ever-changing healthcare industry. We help protect medical staff data and safeguard organizational reputations and ensuring thorough compliance. Our team’s media mentions consistently highlight how we stand out in assisting hospitals health systems and behavioral health providers, allowing them to maintain stability and growth amid a rapidly shifting legal landscape. We also support real estate and post acute strategies for organizations seeking innovative solutions that prioritize effective patient care law without compromising data integrity.
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