Tampa Bay Area
Healthcare Regulatory Attorney
For the past 10 years, lawyer Walter Carfora has worked with health care providers, hospitals, clinics and patients. If you face a legal issue involving healthcare, hiring an attorney who understands the industry is vital. To find out more about the legal services he offers, contact Walter Carfora to schedule a consultation.
Practicing Exclusively in Health Care Law
Mr. Carfora's law practice is limited exclusively to healthcare law. He handles matters that involve:
Mr. Carfora assists clinics, hospitals, doctors, nurses and others in their efforts to remain compliant with health care regulations. He is familiar with the rules promulgated by Medicare, Medicaid, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and the Florida Department of Health (DOH). He offers advice and analysis of provider policies to help assure that they are not in violation of the law.
Mr. Carfora's legal services include basic business and commercial law services coupled with services tailored to the needs of health care providers. In addition to assisting entities with corporation and contract work, his familiarity with health care regulation allows him to give advice on matters involving managed care contracting, licensure, doctor-hospital agreements and other matters particular to the health care industry.
Increasingly, health care disputes are settled in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) forums. Many attorneys are quite skilled in ADR. However, few of them are familiar with health care law. Mr. Carfora is a certified mediator, and one of less than 200 board certified health care lawyers in Florida. Choosing him as a mediator or advocate will ensure that you spend less time educating your mediator and more time discussing your issue.
Mr. Carfora represents hospitals, doctors, medical facilities and other health care providers in claims disputes against Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies. He has had extensive experience as a Medicare Appeal Officer and is very familiar with health insurance coverage issues. He can also assist with overpayment recoupment actions and random recovery audits.
If you face a disciplinary hearing or a matter involving the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), the Florida Department of Health (DOH), the Board of Medicine or another professional board or if you are involved in a lawsuit, Mr. Carfora can help you through the bureaucratic maze and provide the representation you need to protect your vital interests.
Disability Appeals
Walter Carfora, P.A., provides sophisticated legal representation to surgeons, doctors and other medical specialists whose private disability insurance benefits have been denied. Mr. Carfora has comprehensive knowledge of the laws which govern private disability insurance policies. When a professional is no longer capable of returning to a specific medical specialty, he builds a case for the full recovery of disability benefits. The firm is also handles SSD appeals.
Contact a St. Petersburg healthcare regulatory attorney for an initial consultation.
Walter Carfora, P.A.
111 Second Avenue NE
Suite 917
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 823-9780 ▪ Fax: (727) 821-6501
Attorney Walter Carfora represents clients throughout the state of Florida including the cities of St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Tampa, Dunedin, Largo, Pinellas Park, Tarpon Springs, New Port Richey, Port Richey, Dade City, Bradenton and Sarasota.
Pinellas County ▪ Hillsborough County ▪ Pasco County ▪ Manatee County ▪ Sarasota County
