Farmington Hills

32300 Northwestern Highway

Suite 230

Farmington Hills, MI 48334

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Gilbert M. Frimet

Gil joined the firm Of Counsel in 2003 and is a member of the Health Care Law Practice Group. He began practicing in Michigan in 1955 and has over 48 years of health and administrative law experience.

He concentrates his practice in the areas of health care law and administrative law. A prolific writer, many articles authored and co­authored by Gil have appeared in Health Care Weekly Review and numerous health and legal publications.

Gil received his undergraduate degree from Wayne State University and his L.L.B. and J.D. from Wayne State University Law School.

A member of the State Bar of Michigan, the American Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association, Gil is also a member of the state bar’s Health Care Law Section.

Highlights & Recognitions

Representative Matters

• Formation and ongoing representation of an HMO in and its independent practice association.
• Formation of physician-hospital organizations (PHO's) and physician organizations (PO's), and with numerous contractual undertakings both with these types of organizations in their contracts with third party insurers and government payors.
• Role of general counsel to southeastern Michigan Medical Center through all stages of development from the planning and building of the facility to ongoing growth and development.
• Development and finalization of managed care relationships between providers/payors including rates and methodologies of payment and service delivery.
• Prosecution and defense of providers in medical necessity (unnecessary services) cases with resulting claims for reimbursement. The organizations involved included Medicare/Medicaid programs, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and private carriers.
• Development of structures for inter hospital collaboration.

News

• Health Care Regulatory Policy Action Work Group Appoints Foster Swift Attorney, April 1, 2011
• Gilbert M. Frimet, Alan G. Gilchrist and Bruce A. Vande Vusse selected as 2011 Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit by dbusiness magazine, dbusiness magazine, November-December 2010
• Foster Swift's 2011 Best Lawyers, August 17, 2010
• Foster Swift Announces 2009 Best Lawyers, August 18, 2009
• Foster Swift Announces 2008 Best Lawyers In America, September 18, 2008

Publications

• Michigan Exchange Planning Advances and Insights, Foster Swift Health Care Law Report, September 2011
• The New Exchanges - Threat or Opportunity for the Physician, Foster Swift Health Care Law Report, September 2010
• Bold Compliance Needed Under PPACA, M.D. News Southeast Michigan, July 2010
• Compliance: Now More Than Ever, M.D. News Southeast Michigan, January 2010
• Blues Seek to Expand Market Power from Legislature, Foster Swift Health Care Law Report, May 2008
• The Emerging Quality Measures Revolution, M.D. News Southeast Michigan (Republished in the Foster Swift Health Care Law Report), February 2008

Memberships & Affiliations

Legal Affiliations:

• State Bar of Michigan
• American Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers Association