Overview
Healthcare Regulation comes from a range of sources including health professional registration legislation, public health legislation, funding legislation (for example, in relation to Medicare, the PBS and residential care subsidies) and industry-specific licensing legislation.
We have provided regulatory advice to our healthcare clients on issues as diverse as private hospital licensing, legality/Medicare eligibility of particular procedures, ownership restrictions in dentistry and pharmacy, medical practitioner advertising, hearing aid subsidy requirements, Medicare fraud and inducements/secret commissions offences. We also have a strong understanding of how more general legislation, such as the Trade Practices Act, applies to arrangements in the healthcare industry.
Freehills has assisted a number of our healthcare clients with their public affairs and lobbying activities in relation to proposed legislative changes and issues which have attracted public controversy.
We also have a particular focus on delivering in-depth training on Healthcare Regulation in small group settings. Several of our healthcare clients use such sessions as part of their induction training for their legal counsel and senior officers. Our Healthcare Regulation training sessions have been described by clients as ‘invaluable’ and ‘relevant and accessible to any audience’. One legal counsel comments that the notes from the sessions have become ‘among the most frequently used materials in my office’.
Key contact: Bradley Russell