Public Agencies
Gjerset & Lorenz is uniquely equipped to deal with the legal and regulatory challenges faced by public health care districts and county governments. Our representation of government entities includes hospital districts and county health and mental health departments. In addition to the development of local funding mechanisms, policies and procedures that resulted in our public clients drawing over $200 million in Medicaid DSH and UPL funding, we have assisted these clients with the following issues:

• Open meeting requirements.
• Sovereign Immunity.
• State and private contracting.
• Public records.
• Governmental immunity.
• State and federal reimbursement.
• Support for local tax initiatives.
• Compliance with leave obligations in public and non-public joint ventures.
• Managed care contracting.
• Assessment of the addition of new service vehicles including FQHCs, insurance companies, non-emergency trauma centers and specialty hospitals.
• Development of upper payment limit programs and financing vehicles.
• Analysis of the implication of Medicaid waiver programs.
• Development of Medicaid reimbursement models in conjunction with state hospital organizations.
• Compliance with constitutional and legislative obligations to provide indigent care.
• General counsel regarding operations, transactions, reimbursement and the development of admission, treatment, discharge and collection policies and procedures.