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Karen represents health care systems, hospitals, clinics, and other providers in matters of quality management, medical staff credentialing and peer review, medical staff structures, bylaws and confidentiality, as well as National Practitioner Data Bank, state professional board, and other government reporting. She also regularly assists health care providers with state licensure and Medicare certification, survey compliance, EMTALA, Joint Commission accreditation, , patient consent, end-of-life, and many other regulatory matters touching clinical operations. In addition, Karen advises health care clients in peer review, antitrust, contracting, negligent credentialing, and other disputes related to hospital/medical staff relationships. She has substantial experience handling contested matters before administrative bodies including hospital, surgery center and managed care peer review panels, Medicare QIOs, and many state professional boards, and when possible, resolving such matters short of hearing. Karen also regularly works with the firm’s litigators on litigation involving credentialing and peer review, patient consent, end-of-life, and other clinically-related issues. Karen spends each spring immersed in state legislative issues affecting providers. In all these areas, Karen works with a wide range of providers including urban, academic, community, and rural hospitals, clinician practices, outpatient clinics, and surgery centers.
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