Abeille Avocats possesses solid expertise in medical law, providing answers to the questions raised and solutions to the difficulties encountered in the field of health law and in medical and medico-social matters.
Our lawyers advise and defend healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, etc.) in disputes or litigation relating to the practice of their profession.
Our lawyers specialise in advising the French National Board of Physicians. We provide our expertise in connection with the establishment and performance of practice contracts between doctors and clinics (in particular fees, exclusivity, organisation of schedules) and their termination (in particular classification of the termination, contractual indemnities, or indemnities for failure to observe the notice period, etc.).
We also provide assistance in drafting contracts, auditing contracts and analysing risks relating to doctor/clinic practice contracts, association contracts between doctors (unincorporated associations, SCM (non-trading private companies), SEL (incorporated professional practices), SCP (professional civil partnerships), GIE (economic interest grouping), GCS (health-care cooperation groupings)), successor presentation contracts (contrats de présentation de successeur), internal regulations, etc.
We also advise on contracts of association between healthcare professionals (in particular allocation of fees and charges, disagreements between partners) and their termination (in particular classification of the termination, compensation).
Abeille’s lawyers specialise in advising the French National Board of Physicians (Ordre des Médecins) and in the law governing healthcare professionals. Our lawyers can also help you challenge a decision by a medical officer from the French National Public Health Insurance Body (CPAM- Caisse primaire d’assurance maladie).
With a view to clarifying and simplifying the legal tools for cooperation, the Hôpital, Patients, Santé, Territoires (HPST) Act has overhauled the legal framework for health cooperation groupings (GCS- Groupements de coopération sanitaire)
We advise you on the implementation of all your cooperation projects, whether involving the creation or renewal of an organisation or contractual cooperation, between establishments or with self-employed professionals.
These may include health cooperation groups, social and medico-social cooperation groups, the creation of public-private health centres, nursing homes, etc.
Abeille Avocats assists you in the development of your innovative projects, particularly in the field of biotechnology and health tech, by supporting the creation of your project.
Our lawyers specialise in advising and defending healthcare professionals and are based in several French cities, including Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Lyon, Montpellier, Nice, Nîmes and Paris.
Abeille Avocats can help you set up a GCS, taking into account the changes introduced by the HPST Act, which now distinguishes between two main categories of GCSs, depending on their purpose:
The GCS of resources
The GCS of resources is the common law form of GCS. It enables resources of all kinds to be pooled:
The pooling of resources may also involve administrative, logistical, technical, or medico-technical functions, as well as all the resources required for care (operating theatre, for example), or teaching and research activities.
The GCS-Health Establishment
The HPST law has confirmed the possibility for certain highly successful and well-integrated GCSs to take their cooperation in the field of healthcare one step further, and to be set up as a health establishment.
GCSs that hold authorisations for healthcare activities under private law are set up as private health establishments, while GCSs under public law are set up as public health establishments. As such, they have the same rights and obligations as any other healthcare establishment.
This possibility was opened up to meet the dual requirement of securing conditions for patient care and simplifying the management procedures for these cooperative ventures.
Abeille Avocats will assist you in setting up your private practice company, thereby giving you the opportunity to organise the overall operation of your company and the relationships between partners.
The firm’s lawyers will advise you on the appropriate structure for your company, as well as on the purchase or sale of shares.
Abeille Avocats will also draft your company’s articles of association.
Abeille Avocats can help you set up an MSP.
This label can be obtained with a minimum of two general practitioners and one paramedical professional.
The firm can help you draw up your health project, which will have to comply with the Regional Health Agency’s (ARS) specifications.
Members of the MSP will have to fulfil all the legal obligations associated with practising as self-employed professionals, and in particular be registered with the French National Board of Physicians, obtain an ADELI or RPPS number, register with the CPAM and URSSAF French social security agency).
Abeille avocats will help you choose the legal status required for your professional activity.
This status will depend on your requirements in terms of fee sharing, pooled resources, etc.
A choice will have to be made between a SEL, SELARL (incorporated professional limited liability practice), SCP or SCI (non-trading real estate company), which will not have the same repercussions, particularly in terms of taxation.
Abeille avocats will also help you draw up the internal rules of your nursing home.
The field of e-health, new technologies, health tech and biotechnologies is booming.
A large number of innovative start-ups in the healthcare sector are emerging, and require specialised, expert support from legal professionals who are well versed in the field.
Abeille Avocats can help you bring your innovative projects to reality, giving you the means to develop while preventing the legal and ethical risks that can arise in these rapidly expanding sectors.
Abeille Avocats helps its clients to evolve safely and in compliance with the applicable legal provisions.
