J. Kent "Kent" Culley - Lawyer in Pittsburgh, PA

Kent focuses his practice oncorporate law, primarily in the health care field representing:

• Healthcare providers
• Healthjoint ventures
• Healthtrade associations
• Hospitalarrangements
• Closelyheld corporations
• Not-for-profitcorporations
• Healthcare trade associations
• Healthfoundations

He concentrates on corporateplanning and structuring in the health care field including HIPAA and Medicarecompliance, third-party insurance, and Medicare audit defense for clients.

Kent has structured more than 20health care physical therapy rehabilitation networks throughout the UnitedStates. He negotiated and implemented service arrangements and joint venturesbetween hospitals and rehabilitation therapy companies. Additionally, he hasbeen actively involved in healthcare mergers and acquisitions. Typically, theseinvolve rehabilitation companies in the physical therapy field being acquiredby similar private corporations or publicly held health corporations. Kent isexperienced in representing both sellers and buyers in separate acquisitiontransactions, he generally represents the successor company in a merger ofpractices. Kent has also been engaged by law firms and companies seeking toacquire rehabilitation practices or entities to assist in due diligence workpending an acquisition.