Proposed Joint Services: Case Study

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Gentlemen:
We are pleased that Nanticoke Memorial Hospital (“Nanticoke”) and Deborah Heart and Lung Center (“Deborah”) have chosen to engage this firm to jointly represent them in connection with a legislative effort to obtain rural treatment under the Medicare program (the “Proposed Joint Services”). The joint representation will be limited to the Proposed Joint Services described herein.
This letter is provided to seek the Nanticoke and Deborah’s consent to such Proposed Joint Services. In addition, as you know, our firm has provided certain legal services to each of you in the past and may provide services to each of you in the future, other than the Proposed Joint Services. Our representation of both the Nanticoke and Deborah in connection with the Proposed Joint Services raises potential conflicts of interest. Accordingly, by this letter, we are requesting that Nanticoke and Deborah consent to their joint representation by this firm in connection with, and
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This means we cannot withhold from one client information that the other client communicates to us, or work product which might be obtained in connection with the Proposed Joint Services. We understand that payment for our services in this matter will be equally shared between the two hospitals. If Deborah or Nanticoke agree that joint effort on the Proposed Joint Services is no longer its best interest, either hospital may terminate their joint representation. Upon termination of the joint representation, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C. may continue to serve each of you independently, but not in a manner directly adverse to the

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