About Our Firm
Kern Augustine Conroy & Schoppmann, P.C. has been representing physicians and other healthcare professionals for over 30 years. Kern Augustine, in association with its affiliate, Augustine Kern & Levens, form one of the nation's largest Healthcare Law Firms devoted predominantly to the needs of physicians and other healthcare professionals. Together, they have represented physicians throughout the United States.
Kern Augustine provides the Physician Advocacy Program™ to thousands of New Jersey physicians, and to thousands more who are members of the Medical Society of the State of New York. Through this program, participating physicians are assured expert legal assistance, at no additional cost, in the event of an investigation by the State Board of Medical Examiners, OPMC, Medicare, Medicaid, the Department of Insurance and other regulatory agencies.
Kern Augustine also acts as counsel to numerous specialty and county medical societies throughout the nation. It also represents many hospital medical staffs. In addition to working closely with these societies and staffs, Kern Augustine has been endorsed by the American Medical Association's Physician Advisory Network in nearly every field of Healthcare law. The firm has also been awarded Martindale-Hubbell's highest and most coveted rating of AV, meaning that it has rated the firm's legal ability as very high to preeminent and its general ethics as very high. Martindale-Hubbell is the nation's foremost attorney rating service, and bases its ratings on carefully conducted investigations and peer review.
Kern Augustine not only provides representation to physicians before State and Federal regulatory agencies and in hospital privileges disputes, it also offers a full range of Healthcare law services, including representation of physicians in commercial, contractual and transactional matters; regulatory compliance; employer-employee relationships; tax and pension issues; asset protection; disputes with managed care companies; and criminal and general litigation.
The firm also provides comprehensive services to meet the demands of the OIG Small Physician Practice Compliance Guidance and HIPAA regulations. In matters of business and group formation, Kern Augustine is at the cutting edge, working closely with physicians and the financial community to create physician owned and controlled practice entities, capable of assuring their independence and financial well-being into the 21st Century.