Presentations
• Faculty, Health Care Arbitration Training, American Health Law Association, December 9-12, 2024.
Panelist: Healthcare Arbitration and Mediation: What You Need to Know from Claimant, Respondent, and Neutral, Annual Meeting of the American Health Law Association, June 2018.
Co-Presenter, Transforming Peer Review Through Mediation, presented for Sutter University in-house continuing education, December 2015.
Faculty and Trainer, Advanced Healthcare Mediation Training, American Arbitration Association, October 2015 (San Francisco); March 2016 (New York City); September 2017 (New York City).
Co-Presenter, Achieving Excellence: Transforming Peer Review Through Mediation, Annual Meeting of the American Health Law Association, July 2015.
Co-Presenter, Transforming Peer Review Through Mediation, American Health Law Association Webinar, March 2015.
Panelist, 2014 American Arbitration Association Healthcare Dispute Resolution Innovation & Strategy Conference; Panel: The Does? and Don’ts for Saving Time and Costs in Utilizing ADR for Resolving Healthcare Disputes, November 2014.
Co-Presenter, Identifying and Resolving the New Disputes in Accountable Care Using ADR, Annual Meeting of the American Health Law Association, July 2014.
Co-Presenter, Nuts and Bolts of Delivering Managed Care and Accountable Care, American Arbitration Association Webinar, June 2014.
Faculty, Peer Review Hearing Officer Course, American Health Law Association, May 2014.
Co-Presenter, Nuts and Bolts of Delivering Managed Care and Accountable Care, American Arbitration Association Seminar, March 2014.
Speaker, Introducing AHLA’s Ethics Code for Hearing Officers in Peer Review Hearings, American Health Law Association Webinar, November 2013.
Co-Presenter, Mediating Disputes in Accountable Care and Value-Base Health Care Settings, American Health Law Association, July 2013.
Co-Presenter, Ethical Rules for Healthcare Lawyers: What You Don’t Know Can Harm You (and Your Clients), California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, April 2013.
Speaker, Mediating Medical Staff Peer Review Disputes, California of Attorneys for Healthcare Professionals, February 2013.
Panelist, Hot Button Issues for Neutrals and Advocates: Arbitration, Mediation, and Peer Review Hearings, American Health Law Association, December 2011.
Faculty, Peer Review Hearings: Conduct and Controversy, California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, November 2007.
Panelist on Medical Staff Peer Review. Fall Seminar, California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, November 2005.
Speaker on Managed Care Organizations Credentialing and Deselection. Managed Care Law Institute, American Health Law Association, December 1998.
Program Chair, California Health Law Update, American Health Law Association, January 1997.
Co-Chair and Faculty, The Medical Staff: Legal Issues in a Changing Delivery System, American Health Law Association. Speaker on “Economic Credentialing”, November 1993.
Faculty, Medical Malpractice in the 1990s and Beyond, American Bar Association. Speaker on “Responding To Emerging Liabilities of HMOs and PPOs”, February 1992.
Co-Chair and Faculty, The New Medical Staff: Legal Issues Update, American Health Law Association. Speaker on “Economic Credentialing”, September 1991.
Faculty, 1991 Health Law Update, American Health Law Association, “HMO Case Law Update, June 1991.
Faculty, 1991 Group Health Institute sponsored by Group Health Association of America. Speaker at Special Interest Luncheon on Health Law, June 1991.
Co-Chair, National Data Bank Program, American Health Law Association, November 1998.
Faculty, Regional Conference of the Perinatal Advisory Council. Speaker on “Legal Risks of Home Health Care”, June 1998.
Faculty, 1989 Utilization Review Management, PROs and Quality Assurance, American Health Law Association. Speaker on “Avoiding Liability in Utilization Review Programs”, April 1989.
Faculty, 1987 National Seminar of American College of Utilization Review Physicians. Speaker on “Legal Issues Effecting Hospital QA/UR”, October 1987.
Faculty, Tax Planning Program of American Health Law Association. Speaker on “Update on Corporate Restructuring”, October 1987.
Faculty, Health Contracts Institute, American Health Law Association. Speaker on “Utilization Review Contracts”, November 1987.
Faculty and Member of Planning Committee, Utilization Management, PROs and Quality Assurance: The Legal Pitfalls, American Health Law Association. Seaker on “Negotiating a Utilization Review Contract”, September/October 1987.
Speaker, Los Angeles County Medical Society – General Practice Section, “Peer Review and Physician Liability”, April 1987.
Faculty, 1987 Group Health Institute sponsored by Group Health Association of America. Speaker on “The Potential Malpractice Risk for Utilization Review”, June 1987.
Faculty, The Second Annual Conference on Medical Legal Issues in Ambulatory Health Care, American Health Law Association. Speaker on “Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Alliances: Enter With Your Eyes Open” and also “Legal Aspects of Utilization Review”, March 1987.
Faculty, 1986 Health Law Update, American Health Law Association, “Legal Aspects of Utilization Review: Do Deceased Health Care Costs Mean Increased Liabilities?”, June 1986.
Seminar on Legal Issues in Corporate Health Care Cost Management, American Health Law Association. Speaker on “Legal Aspects of Prospective and Retrospective Utilization Review”, September 1984.
Co-Chair, Health Law The Challenges of Change, American Bar Association National Institute, November 1983.
National Hospice Organization Annual Meeting. Speaker on “Legal Rights of Patients: Termination of Life Support Systems and Do Not Resuscitate Orders”, November 1982.
Society of Critical Care Medicine – Eleventh Annual Scientific and Educational Symposium. Speaker on panel focusing on Ethical and Legal Approaches to Decision making in the Critical Care Unit, June 1982.
Faculty, 1981 Health Law Update, American Health Law Association, “Informed Consent: The Role of Hospital, Physician and Patient”, May 1981.