If you run a clinic, med spa, or physician group and want a San Antonio healthcare lawyer, Dike Law Group advises on contracts, compliance, and regulatory questions. We meet San Antonio clients by phone or video, with in-person meetings available at our Frisco headquarters. Browse our full list of healthcare legal services.
San Antonio’s healthcare economy is anchored by the South Texas Medical Center, a large cluster of hospitals, research institutions, and biosciences companies, and by Fort Sam Houston, long associated with Army medical training. Clinics and physician groups in that market need the same legal foundation as anywhere else in Texas: a sound entity, careful contracts, working compliance policies, and a plan for the day a regulator calls. Physicians in private practice across Bexar County are licensed by the Texas Medical Board, and Dike Law Group backs each stage through its statewide healthcare law practice.
Every new practice starts with an entity decision. Texas generally reserves medical practice ownership for licensed physicians, so we help founders pick a professional entity, file it with the Texas Secretary of State, prepare the governing documents, and arrange payor enrollment ahead of opening day. Our practice set-up attorney page explains the sequence.
Employment contracts, medical director agreements, vendor terms, and partnership buy-ins bind a practice for years after the signing date. A healthcare contract lawyer San Antonio doctors and clinic owners hire will check pay formulas, call coverage, exit terms, and restrictive covenants against the limits of the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). See how our healthcare contract team handles each agreement.
Good compliance work happens before a problem shows up. For San Antonio clinics, that means reviewing billing, referral, and pay arrangements, building written policies staff can follow, and checking patient privacy practices against HIPAA rules that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services enforces. We also screen for corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) problems. Our compliance and regulatory page lists program services.
An audit notice, a subpoena, or a civil investigative demand can land on any San Antonio practice with little warning. When it does, a healthcare defense attorney San Antonio providers retain steps in before anyone replies, sorts out which records are requested, and drafts the response to CMS or the investigating agency. Texas Medicaid matters can involve the HHSC Office of Inspector General, and our healthcare investigations team handles each one.
A practice sale, a clinic purchase, or an investor-backed expansion each turns on diligence into licenses, billing records, and referral arrangements. We support healthcare mergers and acquisitions from letter of intent to closing, and we design a management services organization (MSO) that stays within Texas ownership limits.
Aesthetic and wellness businesses need written medical director agreements, delegation and standing order protocols, and a clear plan for telehealth prescribing. Texas House Bill 3749, known as Jenifer’s Law, now applies to elective IV therapy as well. Owners can start with our Texas med spa lawyer page and our San Antonio telemedicine attorney page.
Our clients include physician groups, med spas, IV therapy clinics, telehealth startups, and independent practices throughout Bexar County and South Central Texas, from Alamo Heights and Stone Oak to Helotes, Boerne, New Braunfels, and Schertz. Call (972) 290-1031 to speak with our staff, then choose a phone call or a video call, or arrange an in-person meeting at our Frisco headquarters. Our service areas page lists more communities.
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Doris Dike founded Dike Law Group with healthcare law as its sole focus. Physicians, med spa owners, and healthcare entrepreneurs rely on her for guidance on compliance, contracts, regulatory exposure, and licensing.
San Antonio clients meet with her by phone or video, and an in-person meeting can be set at the Frisco headquarters. She leads early risk reviews of contracts, billing records, and ownership structure, because small gaps cost far less to close before an agency asks about them.
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Call (972) 290-1031 or use our contact page to request a free consultation. Dike Law Group PLLC serves healthcare, business, and trademark clients in Texas, Indiana, and California. A short intake conversation by phone or video helps you decide whether the firm fits your matter, and San Antonio clients can arrange an in-person meeting at the Frisco office.
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Start with focus. A San Antonio healthcare lawyer should spend every working day on healthcare law, since practice ownership, referral rules, and board procedures work differently from ordinary business law. Ask who answers your first call, what similar matters the firm has handled, and how meetings work for clients in another city. Texas healthcare law applies the same way statewide, so Dike Law Group serves San Antonio providers by phone and video from its Frisco headquarters, with in-person meetings available there.
Prevention is the job of a healthcare compliance attorney San Antonio clinics hire: HIPAA policies, billing reviews, and Stark Law and AKS checks on pay and referral arrangements. A healthcare defense attorney San Antonio providers retain steps in after an agency or board is already involved, handling audits, investigations, and licensing complaints. The two roles overlap in regulatory work, and Dike Law Group offers both under one roof.
Check the pay formula, call and coverage duties, malpractice tail coverage, termination rights, and any non-compete. Texas Senate Bill 1318 caps a physician non-compete at one year and five miles from the primary practice location for agreements signed or renewed on or after September 1, 2025. Our physician employment contract review article covers more terms to check.
Yes. HIPAA applies to practices of every size that handle patient information, and a small clinic gets no exemption from enforcement. A written program covers a risk analysis, staff training, vendor agreements, and an incident response plan, and breach notices to patients are due within 60 days of discovery. Our HIPAA compliance checklist shows where gaps tend to hide.
Texas applies the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine, which generally reserves ownership of a medical practice for physicians. A business owner who is not a physician can often take part through a management services organization (MSO) that serves a physician-owned practice, while a medical director oversees the medical services. Because mistakes here can threaten a license, have counsel review the full structure before money moves.
Hold off on replying. Write down the response deadline, preserve every related record, and call counsel before sending anything in writing. A healthcare regulatory attorney San Antonio providers contact early can often shape how an agency reads the records. Early counsel matters because an audit finding can grow into a repayment demand or a False Claims Act referral, and our Medicare fraud defense team can take the matter from the first letter forward.
The Texas Medical Board reviews complaints against physicians statewide, so a San Antonio licensee follows the same path as any other Texas doctor. Expect a written notice and a deadline to respond, and speak with counsel before answering because early statements can shape the result. Our licensing defense team guides physicians through each stage.
The law itself stays the same: federal statutes, CPOM limits, and Texas Medical Board rules reach every Texas provider. What changes in a market built around the South Texas Medical Center and Fort Sam Houston is how often practices, hospitals, and large groups work together, and each of those ties raises the stakes on Stark Law and AKS compliance. Careful review of referral and pay arrangements matters most where the same physicians and facilities work side by side every day.
