Representative Experience
Counsel hospitals, medical staffs and other health care organizations on credentialing and peer review matters, including investigations and hearings

Assistance with Medical Staff and other peer review organizational issues, including review and revision of medical staff bylaws and rules/regulations

Counsel health care providers on operational and regulatory matters, including patient treatment matters, medical confidentiality/HIPAA, and eCommerce issues

Presentations (Partial Listing)
Numerous presentations on credentialing and peer review, medical confidentiality, HIPAA and health care eCommerce. Recent presentations include the following:

Peer Review after Poliner: Will Anyone Participate – American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) – Annual Meeting – San Diego (June 2005)

Year in Review, California Association Medical Staff Services (CAMSS) – Annual Meeting – (2004, 2003, 2001)

HIPAA Privacy Seminars, California Healthcare Association – Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles (2002)

HIPAA’s Impact on Credentialing and Peer Review, California Association Medical Staff Services (CAMSS) – Regional Meeting – Sacramento (June 2002)

Patient Confidentiality in the Age of Electronic Medical Records, Society of Chief Medical Officers – Annual Meeting – Palm Springs (September 2000)

Healthcare Regulation Meets Healthcare E-Commerce: Professional Licensure and Liability; HIPAA and Internet Privacy, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) – Annual Meeting - Washington DC (June 2000)

Managed Care Credentialing and Provider De-Selection, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) – Annual Meeting – Chicago (June 1999)

Reporting to the Medical Board of California; Keeping Medical Staff Minutes, California Medical Staff Services (CAMSS) – Annual Meeting – Santa Barbara (May 1999)

Provider De-Selection in Managed Care: Where’s the Beef?, National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) – Annual Meeting – San Francisco (1998)

Sex, Lies and Audiotape: Dealing with Disruptive Practitioners, California Association Medical Staff Services (CAMSS) – Annual Meeting – Monterey (May 1998)

Publications (Partial Listing)
California Patient Privacy Manual (California Hospital Association); editor since 2002

Consent Manual (500+ page manual published annually by California Hospital Association); editor and contributor since 1986

Hearing Officer Guidebook (American Health Lawyers Association, 1998), editor

Physician Recruitment and Retention Guidebook (American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, 1997), editor

“Credentialing and Peer Review in an Integrated Delivery Setting: Approaches to Integration in a Multi-Hospital System,” 14 Cal Health Law News 44 (1994)

Minors and the Law (California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, 1994), co-author

“HIV in the Healthcare Workplace: Challenges Involving HIV-Infected Employees and Physicians,” 14 Whittier Law Review 15 (1993)

Prior Experience
Partner, Musick Peeler & Garrett – Los Angeles and San Francisco – through 1997

Faculty for JCAHO programs on the Medical Staff

Past Member of the Joint Biomedical Ethics Committee of the Los Angeles County Medical Association and Los Angeles County Bar Association

Postdoctoral fellow, Law/Psychology Program, University of Nebraska

Memberships and Activities
Named as one of "America's Leading Business Lawyers" by Chambers USA, 2005-2007

Named as a Northern California “Super Lawyer,” Northern California Law & Politics, 2006-2007

Health Law Committee, State Bar of California

California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, Past President

American Health Lawyers Association - Moderator, Credentialing and Peer Review E-Mail Discussion List; Past Chair, Medical Staff Credentialing and Peer Review Practice Group

American Society for Healthcare Risk Managers

Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law

• Texas Law Review