| Description |
Lowell Brown, a partner of Arent Fox, serves as chair of the health care practice group. He advises hospitals, health systems, long-term care facilities, medical groups and other health care provider organizations in business, regulatory and medico-legal matters, with an emphasis on laws relating to operational issues, including the design and implementation of compliance programs, practitioner credentialing, peer review, disciplinary hearings, Medicare certification, licensing and accreditation issues, and related policies and procedures. Lowell is also a nationally recognized and widely published expert on EMTALA - the federal law prohibiting improper emergency patient transfers by hospitals ("patient-dumping"). In addition, he has extensive experience defending clients against actions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to terminate Medicare provider agreements. Lowell's practice also encompasses operational issues such as bioethics, medical records, and consent and confidentiality. His experience in the foregoing areas includes litigation in California and federal courts |
