Health Law

The costs of health care have dramatically increased in the last 20 years. Expanded regulation and more complex rules have made it increasingly difficult for smaller health care practices, community hospitals, and health care industries to afford to pay for compliance. The consolidation in health care and the development of the big medicine we see today is in part a result of these increased costs.

The Woods Fuller Health Law attorneys believe in keeping medicine in the hands of caregivers and local communities so that providers remain in control of their own practices and small towns throughout South Dakota and Minnesota keep their health care services close to home. We believe providers and local communities are the most connected to the patients they serve and thus provide the best care.

These are our clients. We have spent the last 20 years working to protect these providers and fighting to help them control the escalating costs of regulatory and legal compliance. As a result of our commitment, our team of attorneys represents more independent practitioner groups and community hospitals than any other law firm in the region.

The Woods Fuller Health Law attorneys, led by experienced health law attorneys Heather Springer and David Kroon, acts as a strategic partner for our clients. We know the whole of the complex regulatory world of health care: licensing, corporate governance, employment, contracting, compliance, fraud and abuse, medical staff bylaws, and privacy laws. Our team has the expertise typically found in national law firms but offers cost-effective, South Dakota rates. Our team is committed to managing the complex legal issues our clients face so that our clients can remain independent and patient-focused.

We believe that offering highly skilled, cost-effective advice, legal guidance, and partnership to our clients’ matters. We use our expertise to help like-minded physicians, chiropractors, dentists, podiatrists, and optometrists run successful, patient-centered, and compliant practices. We help local community hospitals manage the difficulties and expenses of rural health care, and we help other healthcare facilities and health care businesses be successful in the same way.