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    Graduate Medical Education (GME) & Residency Accreditation

    Nixon Peabody's team of physician lawyers provide unparalleled services to hundreds of GME programs across the country and around the world, with our reputation and comprehensive industry knowledge setting us apart from other consultants and advisors.

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    We have successfully handled hundreds of accreditation matters for healthcare providers, medical and professional schools, academic medical centers, graduate medical education (GME) programs and institutions. We work closely with program directors, faculty, and administrators to develop and conduct seminars to continually educate their residents and faculty on emerging topics in the field, including ACGME complaints and resident rights. Our team brings a wealth of experience addressing a wide range of challenges encompassing challenges involving [alleged] ACGME violations. We have a proven track record of successfully addressing adverse actions taken by accrediting bodies, GME reimbursement, and licensure issues, to national resident matching program disputes, and closure or mergers of institutions. Clients can turn to us at key moments in their accreditation lifecycle, as both a partner and an extension of their team, ensuring their ACGME accredited residency and graduate medical education residency programs meet all necessary standards.

    /Representative experience

    • Community hospital: Advised on the establishment of several new ACGME-accredited training programs in partnership with an academic medical center. We counseled on Medicare reimbursement and accreditation matters, including preparation of several new program applications
    • Prominent children’s hospital: Represented with respect to its major affiliation agreement with university and teaching hospital partners
    • Large metropolitan teaching hospital: Counseled the hospital and one of its GME training programs with respect to a National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) dispute
    • Academic medical center: Counseled on the closure of one of its residency training programs, including accreditation, Match (NRMP), and GME reimbursement implications
    • Academic medical center: Advised on the ACGME’s withdrawal of one of its training programs, including advice regarding appeal, Match (NRMP) matters, and closure procedures
    • Academic medical center: Advised on the termination of a resident, including the internal hearing and litigation brought by the resident against the hospital
    • Multiple clients with respect to new ACGME sponsorship planning as well as new sponsor applications to the ACGME

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    • Nixon Peabody has been named a Tier 1 National firm for Health Care Law in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms® and in consecutive years prior; named “Law Firm of the Year” in Healthcare Law by Best Law Firms in 2016
    • Named as a leading firm in Healthcare by Chambers USA in 2021; 31 healthcare lawyers ranked
    • Recognized as a top law firm in Healthcare by the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section
    • Ranked nationally as one of the largest healthcare firms by Modern Healthcare

    Our Team

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    • Lindsay Maleson

      Partner / Practice Group Leader, Healthcare
      • Long Island
      • Office:+1 516.832.7627
      • lmaleson@nixonpeabody.com
      Lindsay Maleson
    • Michal E. Cantor

      Counsel
      • Long Island
      • Office:+1 516.832.7634
      • mcantor@nixonpeabody.com
      Michal E. Cantor
    • Peter Armstrong Egan

      Partner
      • New York City
      • Office:+1 516.832.7633
      • pegan@nixonpeabody.com
      Peter Armstrong Egan
    • Laurie T. Cohen

      Partner
      • Albany
      • Office:+1 518.427.2708
      • lauriecohen@nixonpeabody.com
      Laurie T. Cohen
    • Stephen D. Zubiago

      CEO & Managing Partner
      • Boston
      • Office:+1 617.345.6094
      • szubiago@nixonpeabody.com
      Stephen D. Zubiago
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      Executive Order targets higher education accreditors with focus on medical education

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      April 5, 2024
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      March 27, 2020
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