Dike Law Group is a Houston healthcare lawyer for physicians, group practices, med spas, and healthcare businesses across Harris County and the Gulf Coast, handling compliance, contracts, employment, and licensing. Browse our healthcare legal services.
Houston healthcare businesses meet the law at four points: formation, daily operations, a transaction, and a regulatory challenge. The market is anchored by the hospitals and health systems clustered at the Texas Medical Center, and every Texas-licensed physician answers to the Texas Medical Board. Dike Law Group covers each stage through its statewide healthcare practice.
Texas law generally requires physician ownership of a medical practice, so entity choice and ownership structure come first. We form the entity, address board requirements, and handle payor enrollment. Details sit on our Texas medical practice set-up page and in the PLLC versus LLC guide.
Hospital employment agreements, group contracts, management services agreements, vendor terms, and practice sale documents can bind a provider for years. Review covers pay, termination, call coverage, and restrictive covenants before anyone signs. See our healthcare contract and physician contract review pages.
Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), billing, corporate practice of medicine (CPOM), and HIPAA risks get reviewed by a healthcare compliance attorney Houston clinics can call before an auditor does. The HHS Office for Civil Rights enforces HIPAA, and CMS administers Stark Law.
RAC and UPIC audits, OIG subpoenas, overpayment demands, and False Claims Act exposure call for counsel before anyone answers the agency. Qlarant is the UPIC for the Southwest jurisdiction, which includes Texas. The Medicare fraud defense and healthcare investigations teams step in at the first letter.
Medical director supervision, written delegation protocols, and telehealth prescribing rules shape every Houston med spa and virtual care practice. Elective IV therapy also falls under Texas House Bill 3749 (Jenifer’s Law). See our Houston med spa lawyer and Houston telemedicine attorney pages.
Founder & Managing Partner
Doris Dike founded Dike Law Group and built the firm around healthcare law alone. Houston physicians, med spa operators, and other healthcare owners bring her licensing questions, contract reviews, compliance programs, and deal work. The firm’s mission explains why a narrow focus matters.
She leads early risk reviews, so a routine billing or ownership question does not grow into a board complaint or an audit letter. Licensure matters run through our Texas licensing defense practice.
Licensed in Texas and Washington, DC
Chambers USA Spotlight, Texas 2026
Top 40 Black Lawyers Under 40
Call (972) 290-1031 or visit the contact page to schedule a consultation. Across Texas, Indiana, and California, Dike Law Group PLLC answers healthcare, business, and trademark questions, and a short intake call by phone or video shows whether the firm fits your matter.
6160 Warren Parkway, Ste. #100
Frisco, TX 75034
Mon – Fri: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Healthcare lawyers apply the rules unique to medicine: practice ownership, referral and pay arrangements, claim billing, privacy, and board or agency investigations. Dike Law Group handles formation, licensing, contracts, compliance, deals, and defense for Houston clients, and many start with one matter and keep the firm on afterward. Our guide to what a healthcare lawyer does lists typical matters.
HIPAA governs the privacy and security of patient information, and Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 181 adds privacy duties of its own. The Stark Law bars certain physician referrals to entities with a financial relationship, regardless of intent. The Anti-Kickback Statute makes knowingly and willfully offering or accepting payment for federal program referrals a crime. The HIPAA compliance checklist shows where gaps often hide.
Review compensation, call obligations, termination terms, and any non-compete. For physician agreements signed or renewed on or after September 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 1318 limits a non-compete to one year and a five-mile radius from the primary workplace. Terms are easier to change before signing than after. The contract review checklist goes further.
A healthcare employment lawyer negotiates offer letters, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, termination language, and contractor arrangements. Texas generally treats employment as at will unless an agreement says otherwise, so the written contract controls. Federal discrimination charges go to the EEOC, which sets a 180-day deadline that can extend to 300 days. Our healthcare employment practice covers the full scope of this work.
The Texas Medical Board handles complaints against physicians statewide, so a Houston physician follows the same process as anyone else in Texas. A complaint typically brings written notice and a request for a response, and discipline falls under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 164. Speak with counsel before responding. This TMB investigation guide outlines each stage.
In most cases, Texas law keeps medical practice ownership with physicians because of the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine. Outside investors usually enter through a management services organization (MSO) that supplies business services to a physician-owned practice. Read who can legally own a medical practice in Texas and our MSO structuring page.
Before. A healthcare compliance lawyer Houston clinics retain early can review billing, referral arrangements, and HIPAA practices while corrections are still voluntary, and can prepare a response plan for audit requests. If a subpoena, Civil Investigative Demand, or CMS contractor letter has already arrived, call the same day. The self-disclosure protocol guide explains the options.
Yes. Texas Medical Board, Medicare, and Medicaid rules apply statewide or nationally, so geography does not change the law. Houston clients work with Dike Law Group by phone, video call, and secure file sharing. The office is in Frisco, and no visit is required.
