GEORGE F. INDEST III

THE HEALTH LAW FIRM
1101 Douglas Avenue
Altamonte Springs, Florida 32714

Telephone:  (407) 331-6620
Telefax:  (407) 331-3030

Website:  www.thehealthlawfirm.com
            www.healthattorneys.com

AREAS OF EMPHASIS:
-  Health Law
-  Business & Contract Law
-  Administrative Law
-  Litigation
-  Professional Licensing
-  Corporate Law
-  Medicare/Medicaid Defense
-  Medical Malpractice Defense
-  Entertainment Law

BAR ADMISSIONS:
-  District of Columbia
-  Florida
-  Louisiana

EDUCATION:
-  LL.M., George Washington University
   National Law Center,
   with highest honors, 1986
-  M.P.A., University of West Florida
-  J.D., Tulane University Law School,
   Cum laude
-  B.A., Tulane University

CERTIFICATIONS:
-  Board Certified in the Specialty of Health Law                by the Florida Bar Committee on Legal Specialization
-  Board Certified as a Health Care Risk Manager by the American Board for Risk Management

	George F. Indest III represents primarily physicians and other healthcare providers.

	He is the founder and managing partner of the Central Florida based George F. Indest III, P.A. - The Health Law Firm.  Mr. Indest is board certified by the Florida Bar in the legal specialty of Health Law.  He is also board certified as a healthcare risk manager by the American Board of Risk Management, Inc.  His practice encompasses all aspects of business, corporate, transactional, regulatory and administrative health law practice, and he represents physicians, nurses, hospitals, home health agencies, long term care facilities and other health care providers.  His practice also includes the litigation of professional licensing cases and business litigation.

	Mr. Indest has been an attorney on the National Health Law Industry Team of a major national law firm, as well as a member of its Mergers and Acquisitions Team.  He previously served as in-house counsel at one of the Navy's largest teaching hospitals and was also in charge of the legal and medical risk management programs in the Navy's largest regional healthcare system which consisted of twenty-seven major hospitals and treatment facilities.

	Mr. Indest has experience in defense of medical and nursing home malpractice suits as well as complex litigation such as antitrust suits.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES:
	Medicare and Medicaid Audits
	Board Certification
	Credentials Hearings
	Board of Medicine Hearings
	Board of Dentistry Representation
	Litigation of Restrictive Covenants
	Physician Employment Contracts
	AHCA & Medical Board Investigations
	Administrative Hearings
	Professional Licensing
	Abuse Investigations
	Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Defense
	National Practitioner Data Bank
	Hospital Peer Review Hearings
	Shareholder Agreements
	Nursing Board Cases/Hearings
	Partnership Dissolutions & Litigation
	Litigation of Covenants not to Compete
	Medicaid Appeal Hearings
	Disciplinary Proceedings
	Substance Abuse (PRN/IPN)
	Defense Against Enforcement of Covenants-
	Not-To-Compete
	Opinion Letters
	Litigation Against HMOs
	Medical License Applications
	Due Diligence Investigations
	Physician's Personal Counsel in Malpractice
	Litigation
	Preparation, Negotiation & Litigation of
	Physician Contracts
	Review & Negotiation of Managed Care
	Contracts
	Regulatory Hearings
	Creation of Corporations, LLC's, Partnerships
	& Other Business Entities
Sales or Purchases of Medical/Dental Practices
	Mediation/Arbitration of Healthcare Disputes
	Drafting Proposed Legislation and Regulations
	Risk Management Investigations
	Injunction Hearings
	Complex Litigation
	Medical Staff Bylaws

	Mr. Indest is a member of the Executive Council of the Health Law Section of the Florida Bar and served as the Chair of the Health Law Section's Continuing Legal Education Committee for five years.  He is on the Board of Directors of a not-for profit nursing home, the Barry University Law School Board of Advisors and the Board of Trustees of the National Kidney Foundation of Florida.  He has previously served as Chair of the Medical/Legal Committee of the Orange County Bar Association and as the Chair of the Risk Management Committee of the Health Law Section.

	A former naval aviator with a commercial pilot's license, Mr. Indest, as a Navy JAG Corps officer, was the Staff Judge Advocate for the USS MIDWAY (CV 41) where he served as the legal advisor for the commanding officer and crew of 4,500.  Mr. Indest has written and spoken extensively on healthcare-related issues and serves as adjunct professor in several graduate schools where he teaches graduate courses in Health Law.

ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS:
The American Assoc. of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA)
American Assoc. of Military Surgeons of the U.S. (AMSUS)
American Soc. for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)
Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management (FSHRM)
     American Health Lawyers Association
     Health Law Section of the Florida Bar