Dike Law Group is a healthcare lawyer Galveston physicians, clinic owners, and wellness businesses can reach by phone or video, with in-person meetings at our Frisco headquarters. We advise on contracts, compliance, and audit defense. Browse our full range of healthcare legal services.
Galveston pairs a barrier-island economy with a major academic medical center. The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), one of the state’s oldest academic medical centers, anchors care on the island, while private practices, urgent care clinics, med spas, and wellness businesses serve residents and visitors across Galveston County. Whatever the business, the legal groundwork is familiar: the right entity, contracts worth signing, compliance policies that work in practice, and a ready response when an agency writes. Dike Law Group follows a Galveston practice from its first filing onward through its statewide healthcare law practice, and every physician involved remains accountable to the Texas Medical Board.
Before the first patient walks in, the practice needs an owner the law recognizes. Texas generally reserves medical practice ownership for physicians, so we select the professional entity, handle the filing with the Texas Secretary of State, draft the governing documents, and start payor enrollment. The practice set-up attorney page walks through the timeline.
Employment offers, medical director agreements, vendor contracts, and buy-in terms shape a practice for years, and they are hard to renegotiate once signed. A careful review checks pay formulas, call coverage, exit rights, and non-competes against Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) limits. See how our healthcare contract team approaches each agreement.
Compliance work pays off most before an auditor or a patient complaint arrives. A healthcare compliance lawyer Galveston clinics consult can map billing and referral arrangements against Stark Law and the AKS, write policies staff will follow, and test privacy practices against HIPAA rules enforced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We also review corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) exposure. Our compliance and regulatory page outlines the services.
A records request, subpoena, or audit notice can reach a Galveston practice with little warning, and the response clock starts at once. A healthcare defense attorney Galveston providers retain will sort out what is being requested, gather the records, and prepare the written response to CMS or the investigating agency. When Texas Medicaid is involved, the HHSC Office of Inspector General may take part as well, and our healthcare investigations team covers both fronts.
Selling a practice, buying into a partnership, or bringing in an investor each raises licensing, billing, and referral questions that need answers before closing. We support healthcare mergers and acquisitions through diligence, negotiation, and closing documents, and we build a management services organization (MSO) that works within Texas ownership rules.
Businesses that sell wellness and aesthetic care to residents and visitors alike need a written medical director agreement, delegation protocols, and clear rules for telehealth prescribing. Texas House Bill 3749, known as Jenifer’s Law, also governs elective IV therapy. Our Texas med spa lawyer and Texas telemedicine attorney pages cover the basics.
We represent physician groups, med spas, IV therapy clinics, urgent care operators, and independent practices on Galveston Island and across the county, including Texas City, League City, Friendswood, Dickinson, Kemah, and the Bolivar Peninsula. Providers in the Houston area can also start with our Houston healthcare lawyer page. Our staff takes calls at (972) 290-1031 and can set up a video call or a visit to our Frisco headquarters. You can find more communities on our service areas page.
Founder & Managing Partner
Doris Dike founded Dike Law Group around a single focus: healthcare law. Physicians, wellness entrepreneurs, and clinic owners bring her contract, compliance, regulatory, and licensing questions.
She works with Galveston clients over phone and video, and anyone who prefers a face-to-face meeting can travel to our Frisco office. The same attorney serves clients in Houston and Dallas. She begins with an early risk review of contracts, billing records, and ownership structure, since a gap found internally costs far less than one found by an auditor.
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To schedule a free consultation, call (972) 290-1031 or send a request through our contact page. Dike Law Group PLLC takes healthcare, business, and trademark matters from clients in Texas, Indiana, and California. A brief intake conversation, held by phone or video, lets you see whether the firm fits your matter, and in-person meetings are available at the Frisco office.
6160 Warren Parkway, Ste. #100
Frisco, TX 75034
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Look for a firm whose daily work is healthcare law, because practice ownership, referral rules, and board procedures differ from ordinary business law. A healthcare lawyer Galveston providers hire should tell you who will answer your calls, which matters resemble yours, and how meetings work for clients outside the firm’s city. Because Texas healthcare law is the same statewide, Dike Law Group can advise Galveston providers by phone or video, and the Frisco headquarters is available for in-person meetings.
A healthcare defense attorney Galveston providers retain steps in once an agency, payor, or licensing board has already asked questions. A healthcare compliance attorney Galveston clinics consult works earlier, on written HIPAA policies, billing reviews, and Stark Law and AKS checks of pay and referral deals. Regulatory work often calls for both, and Dike Law Group handles each under one roof.
Review the pay formula, call and coverage duties, tail coverage, termination rights, and any restrictive covenant. A healthcare contract lawyer Galveston physicians consult will also test the terms against Stark Law and AKS limits. Under Senate Bill 1318, a physician non-compete in an agreement signed or renewed on or after September 1, 2025 can run no longer than one year and reach no farther than five miles from the primary practice location.
HIPAA’s Security Rule requires covered practices to maintain a contingency plan that includes data backup, disaster recovery, and emergency operations. For a Gulf Coast clinic, that means tested off-site backups, a way to reach records if the building is closed, and a written process for lost or exposed patient information, with breach notices due within 60 days of discovery. A healthcare compliance lawyer Galveston practices consult can fold these steps into written policies, and our HIPAA compliance checklist shows common gaps.
Do not send records or explanations until you know exactly what is being requested and by when. Note the deadline, preserve every related document, and have counsel review the request. A healthcare audit defense attorney Galveston providers contact early can narrow the scope, confirm that records match billing, and shape the written response. Our Medicare audit defense guide explains how these reviews typically unfold.
Call counsel the same day. Federal and state investigators can use subpoenas and civil investigative demands to request records, and replies sent without advice can create new problems. Counsel can protect privileged material, manage the production, and handle communication with investigators from the start. Our Medicare fraud defense team works with providers at this stage.
Under the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine, Texas generally limits ownership of a medical practice to physicians. A non-physician investor usually works through a management services organization (MSO) that serves a physician-owned practice, while a medical director oversees clinical care. Because an ownership mistake can put a license at risk, have counsel review the structure before any money changes hands.
Federal statutes, CPOM limits, and Texas Medical Board rules apply on Galveston Island exactly as they do elsewhere in Texas. Where a market is built around UTMB, private practices, hospitals, and academic physicians cross paths constantly, and each of those relationships raises the stakes on Stark Law and AKS compliance. Clear written agreements and careful referral reviews matter most where those ties are close.
