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 Regulatory and Disciplinary
Commercial Employment
Specialties
· Medical Staff Peer Review
Investigations, Appeals and Writs
· Licensing Board Investigations,
Hearings and Appeals
· Medicare and Medicaid/Medi-Cal
· Fraud and Abuse
Defense
Regulatory and
Disciplinary Expertise
The partners of Physicians’ Advocates are among the
nation's leading experts on medical staff, peer review and licensing,
disciplinary proceedings and appeals. They have written extensively and
lectured nationally on these topics and have achieved significant success
in representing both medical staffs and practitioners. They are members of
the California Academy of Attorneys for Health Care Professionals and
regularly receive referrals from national, state and local medical
societies. The firm prides itself in being actively engaged in establishing
and protecting due process rights of physicians in their dealings with hospitals
and managed care organizations.
Mr. Curtis is a leading expert in the area of regulatory and disciplinary
proceedings. He has taught medical staffs on issues regarding the Joint
Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is recognized
as an authority on medical staff self-governments and activities. He
regularly represents medical staffs in litigation against hospitals
regarding self-governance principles, as well as individual physicians in
peer review and disciplinary proceedings, achieving victories in the most
difficult of cases. .
The partners have written and lectured widely on antitrust in healthcare
and have substantial experience with fraud and abuse regulations at both
the state and federal level. The firm regularly performs fraud and abuse
analysis for California Medical Association members through the CMA's
contract analysis program.
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