Matters

  • Represented a Kansas academic medical center in administrative hearings with state government agencies to recover substantial provider reimbursement claims for uninsured patients.
  • Represented a national health system in litigation involving the sale and transfer of hospital and health care entities.
  • Represented an academic medical center pharmacy in defense of state regulatory board action involving alleged shortage and diversion of controlled substances.
  • Represented licensed health care providers in challenges to their professional licenses before the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts and Kansas State Board of Healing Arts.
  • Represents hospitals and health care systems in guardianship proceedings to manage patient care and treatment needs.
  • Obtained full and unrestricted license for out-of-state obstetric physician despite multiple professional liability claims by demonstrating exceptional credentials and obtaining medical expert support for compliance with standard of care relating to prior malpractice claims.
  • After a week-long jury trial, successfully defended a national hospital system in a multi-million dollar damages claim for professional liability.
  • Represented a large health care system involving multiple litigation-related issues for acquisition of another regional hospital system.
  • Successful litigation and mediation of multi-million dollar damages claim against trauma surgeon and national health care system for professional liability related to spine fracture and spinal cord injury.
  • Represented a large hospital system involving medical staff privilege hearing and related declaratory judgment action.
  • Successful litigation and disposition of multi-million dollar damages claims for improper medical staff credentialing and privileging allegations relating to orthopedic surgeons performing complex spine surgery.
  • Successful management of peer review regulatory board complaint and investigation of Missouri physician.
  • Obtained declaratory relief for academic medical center involving high-risk obstetric procedures.
  • Successfully litigated and obtained temporary injunctive relief on behalf of psychiatric treatment facility threatened by CMS termination notice of Medicare and Medicare Participation.