Healthcare Business & Trademark Lawyer in Pearland, TX

Who We Represent

• Trademark Clients
• Durable Medical Equipment Companies
• MSO’s
• Medical Marijuana/CBD Companies
• Hospitals
• Pharmaceutical Distributors
• Pharmacy Practices
• Neuro Practices
• Chiropractic Practices
• Podiatry Practices
• Dental Practices
• CLIA Laboratories
• Ambulatory Surgery Centers
• Physician Assistant Practices
• Nurse Practitioner Practices
• Home Health Agencies
• Dietary Supplement Companies
• IV Infusion Companies
• Staffing Agencies
• IDTF Companies

Matters We Handle

• Trademarks
• Non-Profit Organization and Formation
• Buy-In Agreements
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Mixed Specialty Transactions
• Pharmacy Sale Transactions
• Sale of Practice Agreements
• Asset Purchase Agreements
• Stock Purchase Agreements
• Physician Contract Reviews
• Healthcare Contracts
• Hospital/Physician Contracts
• MSO Agreements 
• Licensing Applications
• Business Organization and Formation
• Employment Agreements
• Partnership Agreement Review
• Texas Medical Board 5.01 Non-profits
• Non-disclosure Agreements
• 1099 Independent Contractor Agreements
• 15.50 Non-compete Contracts
• Billing Compliance
• CLIA Certification and Compliance
• CMS Regulatory Compliance
• Pharmacy Compliance
• OIG Regulatory Compliance
• DEA Regulatory Compliance
• Dental Board Compliance
• Medical and Licensing Board Regulatory
• Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Compliance
• State Anti-Kickback Compliance
• Corporate Practice of Medicine Compliance

Federal Investigations in the Southern District of Texas

The Southern District of Texas covers Brazoria County for federal enforcement and has a documented record of False Claims Act cases across home health billing, specialty practice fraud and DME abuse. The district is active and the Houston metro is not a low-enforcement zone.

Federal billing inquiries in this district typically begin with a whistleblower filing or a data-driven billing review by a UPIC or RAC contractor. By the time a provider receives any written notice, the review behind it has usually been running for months. Responding without counsel already in place puts the practice at an immediate disadvantage.

As your healthcare defense attorney in Pearland, we step in immediately, assess the actual scope of the inquiry and manage document production from the start. We also handle the board defense matters and employment disputes that frequently surface alongside billing matters, keeping every connected issue under one legal team.

Selling or Closing a Practice in Brazoria County

The legal requirements around selling or winding down a healthcare practice are more detailed than most providers expect. A practice sale involves due diligence, HIPAA compliance review, contract transfers, non-compete analysis and post-close obligations that need oversight from LOI through closing. Getting any part of that wrong creates liability that follows the seller.

For physician-owners dissolving a partnership or planning a complete exit, patient record transfer obligations, ownership arrangement unwinding and employment agreement review all need to happen in a coordinated sequence. Practices that move through these transitions without healthcare-specific legal oversight regularly face disputes that the negotiation stage could have resolved at a fraction of the cost.

Why Dike Law Group Works Differently

Founding attorney Doris Dike built this firm after years managing legal and compliance operations inside healthcare organizations. That background is not a credential line. It is the reason the guidance here is specific to how healthcare businesses actually function rather than legal advice applied to the healthcare industry from the outside.

Most attorneys who handle healthcare fraud defense do not also build CPOM-compliant ownership structures or draft delegation protocols for medical spas. Most practice formation attorneys do not handle federal billing inquiries. Dike Law Group covers both sides of the legal profile because the healthcare businesses in markets like Pearland need both sides covered by counsel that already understands the full picture.

Clients across Texas work with the same team across multiple years and across connected legal matters. A team that already knows a practice’s structure, history and ownership documentation handles new issues more effectively than counsel starting from scratch each time.