Newsroom - August 2008
A growing client for the firm provides national dialysis services for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, which is known as End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). As of December 2007, the client operated or provided administrative services to approximately 1,360 out–patient dialysis centers located in 43 states and the District of Columbia, serving approximately 107,000 patients.
Parker Hudson serves as one of three primary law firms supporting the client division that focuses on the acquisition and development of new dialysis centers. Since the inception of the firm's representation, the firm has closed approximately twenty dialysis center purchase transactions and six joint venture transactions.
In addition to the acquisition/joint venture work, Parker Hudson has also been called upon to assist in real estate matters as well as State of Georgia Medicaid reimbursement matters. On the transaction side, the work has been handled primarily by Paul Hudson and Kasel Knight. Jennifer Crane and David Cleveland have also handled acquisition and joint venture matters. David Ansari and Peter Busscher have assisted on various real estate matters, and Leo Reichert and Jon Rue continue to handle Medicaid reimbursement matters. Marbury Rainer has also provided litigation counseling.