CSHA’s quarterly publication, California Health Law News
(CHLN), covers a wide range of topics of interest,
including national and California healthcare law issues.
CHLN is produced by the CSHA Publications Committee and
the CHLN Board of Editors, all of whom are CSHA members.
To submit articles and ideas, contact Patricia Ward at
916.552.7605.
CSHA is pleased to offer its members a new service—a hearing
officer program—designed to provide attorneys involved in peer
review hearings with easy access to information as to the
identities and qualifications of potential hearing officers.
With the issue of impartial hearing officers being raised
increasingly given the Haas v. County of San Bernardino
(2002) 27 Cal.4th 1017, and Yaqub v. Salinas Valley Memorial
Healthcare (2004) 122 Cal.App.4th 474 cases, CSHA has
established a hearing officer program that helps attorneys
identify candidates for potential selection.
The program consists of:
Maintaining a list of attorneys (with links to each
participant's resume) who meet certain qualifications for
presiding over peer review hearings; and
Providing training programs and resource materials for
attorneys who wish to be listed as a participant in the hearing
officer program.
CSHA maintains two lists for hearing officers. To appear on
either list, a person must have certain general qualifications.
One list, the Completed Hearings List, is comprised of names of
persons who have served as a hearing officer or been lead counsel
in at least five (5) completed adversarial evidentiary hearings
before a peer review hearing committee ("completed hearings").
The other list, the General List, is comprised of names of
persons who have not served as a hearing officer or been lead
counsel in at least five completed hearings but who have other
self-identified relevant experience or qualifications.
Participation in the program is based on information provided by
the persons listed. CSHA does not verify any information
provided, other than membership in CSHA and participation in the
CSHA training programs. In addition, CSHA makes no comment or
judgment about a person's experience, qualifications or
competence as a hearing officer. Users of the lists should
independently verify the foregoing through the website of the
State Bar of California, voir dire, references, and otherwise.
Healthcare law is a rapidly growing field with a wide variety of
career opportunities for new lawyers. Law firms, corporations and
government agencies are eager to hire new lawyers with an
interest in healthcare law.
Opportunities exist in a broad range of practice areas including:
litigation, administrative law, regulatory compliance, hospital
law, human research, intellectual property, Medicare law, mergers
and acquisitions, insurance and managed care, public interest
groups, elder law and government agencies.
For the first time in CSHA history, we are inviting law students
and recent graduates awaiting bar results to join our
organization and attend CSHA seminars for substantially reduced
fees.
This program provides law students with all the benefits of CSHA
membership at a reduced rate. Participants in this program are
eligible for CSHA membership with dues of $25/year (a
discount of $200).
Benefits of Membership:
California Health Law News, a members-only publication
One discounted $25 registration for the Fall Seminar (does
not include travel and accommodations)
The links and resources below are provided to assist CSHA
members. CSHA does not endorse or recommend any Web sites or
organizations associated therewith.
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