Bio

Jim Fogle serves as a key advisor to regional medical groups on the full spectrum of business and regulatory issues they encounter while providing medical services. He has spent his career advising physician practices, dentists, orthodontists, hospitals, surgery centers, diagnostic centers and urgent care centers and other health care businesses, helping them assess risk, attract and retain personnel and expand their operations. He draws on his extensive contracts experience to draft and negotiate employment contracts and all types of agreements, including those with managed care entities, hospitals, vendors and physician practices. He handles physician credentialing, sensitive personnel issues, letters of intent and all kinds of transaction documents. Jim has also guided medical groups through the widest possible range of transactions, from the construction and development of surgery centers, diagnostics centers and cancer centers, to the rapid expansion of a regional urgent care provider. Jim's work for small critical-access hospitals has involved complex real estate tax questions, lease disputes and transaction advice specific to loans from the USDA, the primary lender for rural hospitals. He has also helped design successful physician recruitment programs for such hospitals. All of Jim's advice is overlaid by the complicated regulatory issues affecting health care entities. He ensures that clients are compliant with HIPAA and other federal regulations, and places an emphasis on practical solutions that avoid litigation and provide a clearer path to resolution. Jim has extensive experience leading corporate and contracts work for a variety of other businesses, and has assisted clients inside and outside of the medical sector with estate and tax planning issues.