Matters
- Successfully mediated breach of service agreement dispute resulting in 7-figure settlement for national imaging company against a large hospital system.
- Responded to search warrants and conducted internal investigation for hospital system regarding potential criminal conduct at several locations.
- Completed internal investigation for behavioral health client regarding potential criminal activity involving several patients.
- Represented 340B hospitals in seeking monetary damages for underpayments in multiple arbitrations regarding contract disputes over the applicability of the Am. Hosp. Ass’n v. Becerra, 596 U.S. 724 (2022) decision and CMS remedy to private payors.
- Second chaired a damages trial for a non-profit nursing home client successfully obtaining a large reward on their behalf.
- Represented medical billing company in qui tam FCA state litigation.
- Won administrative fair hearing and appeal on behalf of hospital client for termination of physician’s privileges from the medical staff for patient abandonment.
- Obtained reconsideration of denial of reaccreditation status by national accrediting agency for healthcare plan client.
- Mediated resolution of multiple staffing agency disputes for nursing home management client resulting in substantial client savings.
- Successfully obtained defense verdict for hospital against $4 million wrongful death medical malpractice claim involving death from pulmonary embolism following orthopedic surgery.
- Won dismissal with prejudice of spoliation claim alleging Illinois hospital failed to retain peripheral EMR audit trail.
- Obtained summary judgments on behalf of several Illinois hospitals on alleged agency of non-employed physicians.
- Successfully upheld peer review privileges on behalf of several local hospitals against motions to compel highly sensitive and privileged documents.
- Obtained early 5-figure settlement of wrongful death allegations against Illinois hospital, avoiding an additional 3 years of litigation expenses and $2+ million defense verdict against co-defendant physician, which was the first plaintiff medical malpractice verdict in the county.
