Practice Areas

Heath Care / Medical
Licensing & Accreditation | Patient Issues | Peer Review, Staffing, etc. | Transactions

JLJ is Arkansas's preeminent health law firm and its attorneys have provided services as general counsel to one of Arkansas's largest hospitals for over 25 years and have served as special counsel to many hospitals on specific projects. In that capacity, JLJ's attorneys have been involved in all facets of hospital operations and a wide and complex array of health care issues on a daily basis. Among JLJ's strengths and capabilities, it has specific experience in health care issues, including, but not limited to, the following:

Child abuse reporting issues

Antitrust issues

Revenue bonds, tax exempt financing

Labor and employment relations

Termination of treatment issues

Tax exempt leasing and financing

Hospital--Physician Joint Ventures

AIDS reporting issues

Record retention

Patients' rights

Patient records and their confidentiality

MIS issues and contracts

Terminally Ill/Permanently Unconscious Act

Risk management

Stark, Fraud and Abuse, and Private Inurement

Peer review and Medical Staff issues, including due process, confidentiality, credentialing and staff admission and termination

Attorneys in the firm concentrating on health care:
Donald T. Jack, Jr.
Stephen W. Jones
Gary D. Jiles
Joseph W. Gregory
J. Allen Carney
Lynn L. Wright
Melissa B. Glover
Guy Murphy