Orlando Blanco leads the firm’s Health Care & ERISA practice area. The attorneys at Blanco Wilczynski are active in the field of regulation of health care – with special attention to both companies and individuals.  Our clients in the healthcare industry include ambulance companies, hospice groups, skilled nursing homes, sleep labs, home health care groups, and other health care facilities, as well as physicians, nurses, paramedics and other licensed and/or certified health care professionals.

We have advised healthcare clients in areas including from health care regulations and compliance, licensing matters, professional liability and risk management, as well as medical contracts, HIPPA and employment matters.

Blanco Wilczynski has successfully defended its corporate health care clients from overreaching state agencies and has been successful in licensure matters for individuals in the health care profession.  Recently, Blanco Wilczynski won a reduction of a license suspension for one of its individual clients from ten years to three years on the grounds that a state agency did not provide individualized review of the client’s situation. 

In addition, Blanco Wilczynski has handled a number for cases under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) on behalf of both medical providers and insurers. Our lawyers have a wealth of experience in handling matters involving self-funded medical plans and other employee welfare benefit plans, including the formation and integration of Plans, Summary Plan Descriptions and other related self-funded plan documents, as well as the administration of such plans. Blanco Wilczynski has litigated ERISA matters in various U. S. District Courts and Appellate Courts.