Health

Our highly experienced Health law (commercial and regulatory) team has a deep passion for the sector which makes Hive a dynamic advisor in the industry. We’re pleased to support public and private entities across a range of issues including health regulation, contracts and procurements, privacy and data protection, information technology and intellectual property.

Services

Digital health

Our health team has significant experience in digital health, working with both government and private clients in connection with digital health solutions. Relevant services include regulatory advice, privacy advice, commercial contracting and assistance with tenders.

Telehealth

We have extensive experience in the area of telehealth. Relevant services include:

clinical risk reviews and advice
end user terms and conditions
commercial contracting including outsourcing
privacy compliance reviews and advice
consumer law compliance reviews and advice

Private Health Insurance

Our private health insurance clients include both very large and smaller (e.g. restricted membership) health funds. Examples of services we provide to these clients include:

advice on the PHI Act and associated rules
commercial contracting including HPPAs and outsourcing
corporate advice including health fund mergers
advice on prudential compliance
updates and amendments to health fund rules
privacy compliance reviews and advice
consumer law compliance reviews and advice

Therapeutic goods

We advise on therapeutic goods, including advice on TGA approvals, TGA Advertising Code, consumer law, privacy law, commercial agreements and managing legal risk more broadly.

Health regulation

We advise broadly on health regulatory matters. Support we deliver:

health practitioner regulation
therapeutic goods regulation
regulation of health funding including Medicare benefits and insurance
prescribing
aged care
privacy (both Commonwealth and state/territory regimes)
application of general consumer law to health services.

Health services contracts

We have broad experience (commercial and regulatory) in preparing and advising on health services contracts, ranging from terms with individual patients to significant commercial agreements governing ongoing service provision.