Overview
Calfee’s Health Care Litigation attorneys provide practical, industry-specific counsel, supported by the firm’s deep bench of business litigators and health care attorneys.
We regularly represent clients in court, arbitrations, mediations, administrative proceedings, and throughout various government investigation processes. Our clients include large corporations, hospital systems, executives and management, individual providers, insurers, suppliers and manufacturers, and related industry players.
Calfee's Health Care Litigation attorneys are skilled trial lawyers with significant first-chair experience leading cases involving allegations of breach of contract, premises and product liability, negligence, wrongful death, assault, battery, sexual misconduct, civil rights violations, general commercial disputes, discrimination and employment claims, civil stalking protective orders, and non-competition agreements.
Outside of the courtroom, the Health Care Litigation group represents health care entities, executives and individual providers that are subjects of investigations by federal, state and local executive agencies and law enforcement in matters involving alleged health care fraud, False Claims Act violations, Controlled Substance Act violations, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fraud and overpayment, sexual misconduct, elder abuse and assault cases.
Calfee also counsels pediatric hospitals and their employees in cases involving mandatory reporting of suspected abuse, neglect or dependency of minor patients. Our attorneys have successfully represented large hospital systems in federal court defending against various constitutional claims, including discrimination, due process, and Eighth Amendment violations. The team is experienced representing professionals before state licensing agencies, including medical, nursing, and dental boards.
On the regulatory and compliance front, the team regularly advises health care executives and board members on internal investigations, fiduciary duties, HIPAA compliance, electronic medical records (EMR) systems, and employment matters.
Noteworthy
Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” Rankings
Calfee was selected for inclusion in the 2025 "Best Law Firms" rankings in Health Care Law (Regional Tier 1 Cleveland) and numerous Litigation practice areas.
Benchmark Litigation Rankings
Calfee was selected for inclusion by Benchmark Litigation 2025 as a Highly Recommended Law Firm in Dispute Resolution in Ohio. Additionally, 16 of Calfee's Litigation partners have been ranked by Benchmark Litigation as "Litigation Stars" in the U.S. (National), Midwest, and Ohio and as “40 & Under" and "Future Stars" Honorees.
Professionals
Professionals
Services
Services
Calfee's Health Care Litigation attorneys provide the following services to clients:
- Disputes arising from mergers and acquisitions of health care providers/payors
- Federal and state health care fraud, anti-kickback, bribery, Stark, False Claims Act, and Controlled Substance Act claims and investigations
- Health care antitrust litigation
- Insurance-related litigation
- Staff privileges litigation
- Medical board complaints and administrative hearings
- Contract disputes involving physicians, hospitals, suppliers, contractors, employees, insurers, and managed-care entities
- Reimbursement disputes with insurers and billing practices litigation
- Enforcement of non-competition agreements
- Licensing matters
Calfee's Health Care Litigation attorneys represent the following:
- Health systems and physicians in federal and state False Claims, Anti-kickback, and Stark allegations, including negotiating settlements and corporate integrity agreements.
- Contract and tort litigation arising from billing and payment disputes between providers and insurers.
- Hospitals and physician groups in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and buyouts.
- Area hospitals, clinics, and other health care providers in litigation and disputes arising out of contracts with insurers, physicians, suppliers, and others.
- Hospital and other health care providers in antitrust litigation.
- Health care employers in disputes and litigation with physicians and other medical professionals.
- Restructuring, governance, regulatory guidance, and contracting for an academic medical center.
- Providers in creating and updating compliance plans.
- Hospitals in connection with grand jury investigations conducted by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.