Healthcare Fraud Lawyer in Bellaire, TX

Bellaire Healthcare Organizations Our Attorneys Counsel

Providers and Facilities We Work With

• Physician-Owned Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Specialty Hospitals
• Orthopedic and Spine Practice Groups
• Freestanding Emergency Centers and Observation Facilities
• Behavioral Health and Psychiatric Inpatient Providers
• Ophthalmology and ENT Specialty Practices
• Home Health Agencies and Personal Care Organizations
• Multi-Physician Independent Specialty Groups
• Non-Physician Healthcare Investors and MSO Operators
• Medical Spa and Aesthetic Practice Owners
• Compounding Pharmacies and Infusion Therapy Providers
• Nonprofit Community Health Organizations

Legal Matters We Resolve

• Federal Self-Referral Analysis and Referral Arrangement Documentation
• Physician Compensation Review for Facility Ownership Structures
• False Claims Act Defense and Federal Investigation Management
• CMS Price Transparency Compliance Review and Penalty Response
• Medicare and Medicaid Audit Defense and Overpayment Disputes
• CPOM Compliance Review and Ownership Structure Restructuring
• MSO Formation and Non-Physician Ownership Agreement Drafting
• Texas Medical Board Defense and Professional License Protection
• HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule Implementation
• Practice Acquisition Due Diligence and Transaction Oversight

Defending Bellaire Providers Against Southern District of Texas Enforcement

The Southern District prosecutes False Claims Act cases involving home health fraud, surgical billing violations and physician self-referral arrangements across the Houston metro. Nearly 50 defendants faced charges in a single national healthcare fraud takedown from this district. Stark Law recoveries from Texas providers exceeded $21 million in a recent enforcement cycle.

When an inquiry reaches your practice, we step in immediately. We assess the full scope, control every communication with federal agencies and manage document production before anything goes out. Board complaints and employment disputes that surface alongside billing matters stay under one coordinated legal strategy throughout.x`

How Our Attorneys Address Federal Exposure in Surgical Facility Ownership

Bellaire’s concentration of physician-owned surgical hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers creates referral arrangement exposure most operators have never formally reviewed. Per-procedure profit distributions and management fee structures between your facility and its physician investors carry federal self-referral implications that standard ownership agreements rarely cover.

When your arrangements have never been reviewed against federal self-referral standards, we assess where the exposure sits, correct the structure and put proper documentation in place before a qui tam filing or agency audit forces that review under federal oversight. Taking that step proactively puts your practice in a measurably stronger position.

Why Bellaire Healthcare Providers Choose Dike Law Group

Doris Dike co-owns a healthcare business with her physician spouse and holds a first degree in health administration. That operational depth across both the legal and business side of healthcare separates the counsel your practice receives here from what a general firm delivers to a specialty facility facing federal exposure.

Dike Law Group covers all of Texas and serves providers in Indiana and California. When you bring your fraud defense, compliance and transaction matters to us, you work with the same team across every connected issue because that continuity produces faster and more precise outcomes for your practice.