Susan St. John

Ms. St. John’s practice focuses on health law, tax law, estate planning, business planning and civil trial law and includes the following: Practitioner representation before the Department of Health, Agency for Health Care Administration, and the Board of Medicine. Provider representation before Agency for Health Care Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Nursing home defense in adverse licensing surveys before the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Certificate of Need preparation and litigation challenging preliminarily approved Certificates of Need. Preparation and review of physician agreements. Preparation of client memorandums for health law and tax law issues. Taxpayer representation before the I.R.S. and the Florida Department of Revenue. Estate planning, including wills, codicils, trusts, powers of attorney and other ancillary estate planning documents. Preparation, review and negotiation of contracts and settlement agreements. Entity formation and operations. Bid Protests. Ms. St. John has represented clients before Florida courts, including the First District Court of Appeals, and administrative tribunals. She serves a wide range of healthcare related entities such as

• Physicians and physician group practices
• Medical staffs
• Home health agencies
• Hospitals
• Surgery and Imaging Centers
• MD/DC business arrangements and many others.