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    Medical Staff Issues & Professional Healthcare Licensure

    Hospitals and their medical staff have a unique relationship, and with that comes challenges. Our healthcare licensure defense team advises hospitals, healthcare institutions, medical executive committees, and medical staff associations on a range of medical staff and professional healthcare licensure matters.

    /Overview

    Nixon Peabody can partner with you to navigate the complexity of the hospital and medical staff relationship. With our extensive experience in healthcare accreditation and licensure in healthcare, we focus on reviewing and revising medical staff by-laws, rules, and regulations as well as assessing them for compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements. We handle a range of issues, including medical staff investigations, impaired professionals, and corrective actions. Our experienced healthcare licensure defense attorneys provide guidance on fair hearing and appellate review proceedings, as well as defend against lawsuits filed by physicians and other licensed professionals against hospitals, their administrations, and medical staff leadership.

    With profound knowledge of accreditation in healthcare licensure, we are where you need us to be, at the forefront of the industry, understanding—and mitigating—any potential risk you face.

    /Representative experience

    • A variety of hospitals and academic medical centers with respect to peer review, discipline, and reporting of employed and voluntary members of the medical staff for conduct and competency issues
    • A variety of hospitals and academic medical centers regarding medical staff by-laws, rules, and regulations matters
    • A variety of hospitals and academic medical centers regarding credentialing, privileging, and peer review matters
    • A nonprofit research and academic medical center with respect to an analysis and re-drafting portions of the medical staff by-laws

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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
    • Christopher J. Porzio

      Partner
      • Long Island
      • Office:+1 516.832.7586
      • cporzio@nixonpeabody.com
      Christopher J. Porzio
    • Laurie T. Cohen

      Partner
      • Albany
      • Office:+1 518.427.2708
      • lauriecohen@nixonpeabody.com
      Laurie T. Cohen
    • Philip Rosenberg

      Partner
      • Albany
      • Office:+1 518.427.2709
      • prosenberg@nixonpeabody.com
      Philip Rosenberg
    • Stephanie M. Caffera

      Partner
      • Rochester
      • Office:+1 585.263.1066
      • scaffera@nixonpeabody.com
      Stephanie M. Caffera
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