Dike Law Group serves as a Fort Worth healthcare lawyer for physicians, clinics, and healthcare businesses, with its office in the same Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The firm advises Tarrant County providers on compliance, contracts, licensing, and audits. Browse our healthcare legal services.
Texas Medical Board rules, payor requirements, and federal statutes apply to Fort Worth providers exactly as they do elsewhere in Texas, in a county with several hospital systems clustered around the Near Southside Medical District. Dike Law Group covers each stage through its statewide healthcare practice.
Before a Fort Worth practice signs a lease or hires staff, its entity must fit the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine, which generally keeps ownership with physicians. Texas Secretary of State filings and payor credentialing follow, and the medical practice set-up page lists each step.
A hospital-drafted employment agreement and an independent clinic’s contract carry different risks. Compensation, call duties, and referral terms must also fit Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). Details sit on the healthcare contract and physician contract review pages.
A healthcare compliance attorney Fort Worth clinics hire can test billing, referral, and privacy practices against Stark Law, the AKS, HIPAA, and CPOM limits. A Texas Medical Board complaint or other licensing inquiry moves from compliance into defense, covered on the licensing defense page. Our compliance and regulatory page covers program work.
Medicare and payor audits often begin as routine paperwork: a UPIC or RAC records request, then an overpayment notice. Qlarant is the UPIC for the Southwest jurisdiction, which includes Texas. The Medicare audit defense guide and Medicare fraud defense page cover the response.
Outside investors usually enter a Fort Worth practice through a management services organization (MSO) that handles business functions while physicians keep every clinical decision. Diligence into licenses, billing, and referrals also drives sales and buy-ins. The healthcare M&A page and MSO playbook cover the details.
Medical director agreements, delegation protocols, and telehealth prescribing rules shape every med spa and wellness clinic in Fort Worth. Elective IV therapy also falls under Texas House Bill 3749 (Jenifer’s Law). Related pages cover a Texas med spa lawyer and a Texas telemedicine attorney.
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Doris Dike leads Fort Worth matters. Her practice rests on healthcare law alone, so no outside litigation work competes with a client’s file, and the firm’s mission explains why that focus matters to physicians, med spa operators, and healthcare groups.
Fort Worth sits in the same metroplex as the firm’s Frisco office, so clients can meet in person when a signing or sensitive discussion calls for it. Video and secure document exchange cover the rest.
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A healthcare lawyer applies the rules that govern medicine to a practice’s daily work: formation, contract review, compliance programs, transactions, and responses to regulators. In Tarrant County, that can include hospital-affiliated employment agreements, which may carry terms a standalone practice contract lacks. The guide to what a healthcare lawyer does lists typical matters.
Call before a referral arrangement, medical director contract, or billing change goes live. HIPAA, enforced by the HHS Office for Civil Rights, governs patient information, the Stark Law bars certain physician referrals, and the AKS criminalizes knowingly and willfully offering or accepting payment for federal program referrals. Safe harbors protect compliant deals.
Compensation, call duties, termination triggers, and restrictive covenants deserve the closest read. 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. The contract review checklist covers more.
The first step is identifying the agency, the allegation, and the response deadline in the notice. The Texas Medical Board handles physician complaints statewide, and discipline falls under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 164. Counsel should review every statement before it goes out. This TMB investigation guide outlines each stage.
Ahead of the first records submission. A UPIC or RAC request can look like routine paperwork, yet the response shapes any later overpayment demand. The first Medicare appeal level, redetermination, must be requested within 120 days of receiving the initial determination. The Medicare overpayment appeal guide and CMS explain the levels.
Generally, no. Texas follows the CPOM doctrine, which keeps medical practice ownership with physicians in most cases. Investors usually take part through a management services organization (MSO) that serves a physician-owned practice and charges fees for business functions. Read about Texas ownership rules for medical practices and the MSO structuring page.
