Our health care practice enjoys an excellent reputation on the market – we have been for many years among the leading national hospital specialists. A large team of experienced health care experts in Munich and Leipzig covers the variety of legal areas involved. They provide hospitals, health care professional associations and other health service providers not only with all-round legal advice, but also well founded strategic advice and high quality negotiation capacity vis-à-vis third parties.
We advise many clinics/hospitals in public, charitable and private ownership, a number of significant hospital owners and owner groups, associations of municipal hospitals, convalescent centres, practices and other medical care institutions. In addition, we represent hospital insurers in medical liability matters. Our perfectly practiced team contributes existing experience and the know-how built up over many years in the health sector without frictional losses to our clients. We are insiders and act as representatives of interested parties at eye level.
Our ongoing advice to hospitals covers all planning, financing and remuneration questions, employment and pension issues and medical liability law. We deal with privatisations, communal cooperations and other hospital transactions as well as the acquisition, sale and restructuring of major dental or medical group practices and health care centres.
We provide support throughout all project phases of new hospital construction including associated procurement law issues. Many publications provide evidence of our health law capacity which is sought after both in university lecturing and at many training events of associations and hospital companies.
Adequate inclusion in state hospital plans is decisive for a hospital's economic survival. As specialists for questions of demand planning, we support hospitals effectively to achieve recognition of specialties and bed numbers. We also represent new owners or new institutions very successfully in gaining inclusion into the hospital plan.
We advise and represent hospital owners vis-à-vis Federal States and all relevant state authorities in applying for funding and enforcing rights to funding under the Hospital Financing Act and the hospital statutes of the Federal States.
Budgetary and accountancy questions play a special role in the financial success of hospitals. As a skilful partner in budget negotiations, we know how to successfully achieve budget increases and oppose reductions and caps effectively. Many hospitals throughout the Federal Republic rely on us in the conduct of conciliation proceedings. In audits by the medical services to the health insurance companies (MDK) and accountancy disputes with the health insurers, we contribute our expertise in coding issues. We also use our experience to form case groups and to conduct test and pilot cases – a strategy from with our clients derive long term benefits.
We are acknowledged as occupying a top position nationwide for privatisation of hospitals in public ownership, the formation of communal associations and other hospital transactions. There has hardly been a hospital privatisation case in recent decades in which we were not involved. Based on our excellent knowledge of the industry, we can advise on transactions comprehensively and strategically. Our profile is equally high in advising the public sector in connection with the increasingly forced corporate law integrated cooperation or the merger of communal hospitals.
We have intimate knowledge of the particular anti-trust law requirements in the regulated health sector. Merger control proceedings in connection with the acquisition and merger of hospitals are conducted by us with experience and efficiency accordingly.
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Our know-how in municipal employment and collective bargaining for the public sector and our precise knowledge of working processes in hospitals and other care institutions is a feature of our employment law advice. We are also very familiar with the company pension scheme regulations, especially the requirements for supplementary pensions.
Advice on land and buildings has been a core service of Seufert Rechtsanwälte since the beginning, ideally complementing our specialisation in the health sector. We have dealt legally with many major new hospital construction projects on behalf of the owners. Our outstanding expertise in procurement law is an addition which we contribute not only in connection with construction projects but also in invitations to tender for the supply of complex hospital technology.
For many years, we have represented doctors and hospital owners in medical liability disputes and proceedings – exclusively on the side of the care provider. We also support and represent doctors and nursing personnel in criminal investigation proceedings and in court proceedings.
