Healthcare Litigation Conference

April 8, 2014

Chicago, IL

McGuireWoods thought leaders and leading litigators discuss key litigation issues and trends in the healthcare industry. This event will highlight governmental and civil litigation issues across key healthcare areas with a focus on hospitals and health systems as well as ambulatory surgery centers, device firms and managed care payors.

Keynote Panel: 7 Key Issues and Trends in Government Enforcement in the Healthcare Industry

  • Gene Cahill, Director, Grant Thornton LLP
  • Steven Dollear, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
  • David Dranove, Walter McNerney Professor of Health Industry Management, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management
  • Jeff Jamrosz, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Christina Egan, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP (Moderator)

Topics

  • Recent trends and developments under the False Claims Act for healthcare providers and medical device manufacturers
  • Arbitration vs. the courts – key factors in evaluating the merits of arbitration
  • Data privacy litigation and issues
  • The development of a hospital antitrust case
  • Key considerations for non-compete agreements in the healthcare industry
  • Managing e-discovery
  • Key aspects of an effective internal investigation
  • Recent trends and key issues in connection with managed care
  • Litigation growing out of physician hospital relationships
  • Critical considerations in compliance planning for hospitals and health systems
  • Key Stark, antikickback and false claims concepts for senior leadership
  • Key damages and valuation issues in healthcare litigation

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Co-Chairs

  • Jeffrey Clark
  • Christina Egan
  • Edwin Brooks
  • David Pivnick