Anderson, Rasor & Partners, LLP’s, representation of healthcare professionals and institutions extends beyond litigation and courtroom representation. Our attorneys are experienced at navigating the state and federal statutes and regulations that affect healthcare institutions and healthcare professionals. Healthcare providers frequently call upon us to provide advice and opinions on a vast array of issues in an effort to avoid litigation or regulatory repercussions.
Our attorneys have extensive experience in all patient-care-related issues, including human research, religious objections to treatment, consent to treatment, advance directives, EMTALA, confidentiality of information under state and federal law, HIPPA, responses to state and federal administrative subpoenas, risk management, quality assurance, and the challenging problem of maintaining the confidentiality of information under the Illinois Medical Studies Act. Our attorneys also have extensive experience in conducting peer review and staff privileging hearings and investigations within hospitals and in resolving staff privileging disputes without resort to hearings.
For the benefit of our hospital clients, we have created a unique service called the “STATLAW Hotline”©. This service provides our clients the ability to access an attorney any time of day or night to address problems that arise emergently. For example, if police arrive after hours demanding access to a patient, you can access an experienced attorney to help resolve the problem.
The attorneys of our Healthcare Counseling practice are also trial lawyers who have litigated many of the issues on which our clients seek advice. Therefore, we believe we provide an invaluable perspective to clients who wish to avoid litigation or be well armed to prevail should litigation prove unavoidable.
