Limiting Successor Liability Under Assigned Medicare Provider

Limiting Successor Liability Under Assigned Medicare Provider Agreements

Overview


William Smith, James Kapp III and Megan Preusker wrote this bylined article on the risks associated with accepting assignment of a distressed health care provider’s Medicare provider agreement. “A purchaser in bankruptcy and one outside of bankruptcy may be similarly situated when it comes to taking over a Medicare provider agreement – both will have to decide whether to accept assignment and how to mitigate risks associated with such assignment,” the authors wrote.