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.