Relevant Practice Areas — Crisis Response

Not for Profit:

• Successfully developed and oversaw institutional responses to governmental citations
• Guided governing board through independent institutional investigations resulting from allegations raised by former senior executives and managers

Corporate Counsel:

• Coordinated response to excess insurer’s late declination of coverage for a claim posing a potential $15 million liability exposure resulting in no cash outlay by the client
• Coordinated response to governmental audit of over 5 years of home health claims, resulting in a successful payment of approximately $7,500 compared with an initial exposure of over $7 million
• Received formal training in Incident Command System (ICS) and reviewed institutional emergency preparedness plan

Healthcare:

• Prepared Plans of Correction in response to state and federal Statements of Deficiency received by client (including governing body citations) and developed a template for addressing future citations
• Oversaw review of emergency department operations to ensure EMTALA compliance
• Redesigned medical staff credentialing process following internal identification of deficiencies to ensure compliance with Medicare Conditions of Participation and Joint Commission accreditation standards