Lindsay Maleson
Partner / Practice Group Leader, Healthcare
Introduction
Lindsay Maleson represents academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, medical schools and hospital systems.
My focus
While I have broad-based experience advising hospital clients on many legal issues, my practice today focuses on the following major areas.
Medical Staff Issues
I counsel numerous hospital clients with respect to peer review, physician and resident discipline and reporting, compliance with Joint Commission standards and applicable law, drafting and updating medical staff bylaws and related issues. I also conduct medical staff hearings and appeals.
Graduate Medical Education
I represent teaching hospitals and medical schools with respect to attaining and maintaining ACGME and AOA accreditation of their graduate medical education (GME) programs. I handle appeals and reconsiderations, program information forms and institutional review documents, affiliation agreements, site visit preparation, institutional and residency program structure, duty hour compliance, policies, resident contracts, unique medico-legal or accreditation problems and litigation pertaining to GME. I am currently helping clients to prepare for the transition to ACGME’s Next Accreditation System and have presented on this topic.
Patient Treatment/Consent/Privacy
I counsel clients with respect to consent and records issues, patient treatment matters and HIPAA compliance, with particular attention to the evolving digital health landscape. I advise clients with respect to HIPAA breaches, including representation before the Office for Civil Rights. I have presented on HIPAA breaches numerous times, most recently focusing on the changes brought about by the Omnibus Rule.
Looking ahead
The gap between the demand for residency positions and the nation’s actual supply of residency slots is growing larger. We’re helping existing and prospective teaching hospitals identify opportunities for meeting the ever-increasing demand for residency training.
/Insights
- “Risk Management in Medical Staff Matters,” Stony Brook School of Health Technology and Management’s Patient Safety and Management of Risk course, September 2014 (Presenter)
- “Graduate Medical Education Bootcamp Webinar Series, Part II: Graduate Medical Education Program Accreditation (Intermediate),” American Health Lawyers Association, October 2012. (Moderator)
- “GME Update: The ACGME’s Next Accreditation System,” Nassau County Bar Association Hospital and Health Law Committee, April 2012.
- “FAQs on the final ACO regulations,” Nixon Peabody Alert, December 2011. (Co-author)
- “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has significant impact on graduate medical education: What teaching institutions need to know,” Nixon Peabody Alert, February 2011. (Co-author)
- “Stricter duty hour rules for medical residents effective July 1, 2011,” Nixon Peabody Alert, October 2010. (Co-author)
- “OSHA enters the duty hours debate as the ACGME prepares to vote on revisions to its duty hour standards later this month,” Nixon Peabody Alert, September 2010. (Author)
In the news
- STAT News
What’s at stake in court hearing on NIH research indirect cost cuts
Feb 20, 2025This article includes commentary from Boston partner Hannah Bornstein, deputy leader of NP’s Government Investigations & White-Collar Defense practice, in connection with three lawsuits seeking to block cuts to indirect costs for research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The article also references a recent client alert Hannah co-authored with Los Angeles partner and Intellectual Property practice group leader Seth Levy, Long Island partner and Healthcare practice group leader Lindsay Maleson, and Boston GIWC associate Sam Ryder.
- City & State New York
The 2024 Trailblazers in Law
March 18, 2024This article profiles New York City Affordable Housing & Real Estate partner Erica Buckley, leader of NP’s Cooperatives & Condominiums and State Attorneys General practices, and Long Island partner Lindsay Maleson, leader of the Healthcare practice, for being named to the publication’s “2024 Trailblazers in Law” list. The list recognizes a select group of New York-based leaders “who are using their legal training to make the world a better place.”
- New York Law Journal
Attorneys on the move
Dec 13, 2023This roundup article highlighting legal industry moves across New York State includes the appointment of Long Island partner Lindsay Maleson as Healthcare practice leader. The article also mentions Healthcare counsel Jéna Grady, Affordable Housing & Real Estate counsel Ruben Ravago, and Global Finance associate Vincent Cesare, all of New York City; and AHRE counsel and Environmental team co-leader Dana Stanton of Albany for being promoted to partner effective February 1, 2024.
- InnovateLI
On the move
Dec 1, 2023This roundup of Long Island business news includes the selection of Long Island partner Lindsay Maleson to lead NP’s Healthcare practice. In addition, the column mentions recent additions to the Long Island office: Healthcare associate Marissa Espinoza Icochea, Labor & Employment associate Tom Caruso, and Government Investigations & White-Collar Defense legal intern Jared Kaiman.
- Law360
Veteran Nixon Peabody attorney to lead Healthcare practice
Nov 28, 2023This article covers the selection of Long Island partner Lindsay Maleson as leader of the Healthcare practice. In addition to profiling Lindsay, the article quotes Business & Finance Department head Chris Keefe. Illustrating growth across the Healthcare practice, the article also mentions Long Island Healthcare partner Jason Chimon as a member of NP’s 2023 new partner class, and Los Angeles Complex Disputes partner Jonah Retzinger and Rochester Healthcare counsel Scott Simpson as recent additions to the broader team.
- Bloomberg Law
New York hospital defeats dismissed resident’s reinstatement request
Feb 16, 2023This article covers the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division reversing a lower court’s order requiring New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital to admit a recent medical school graduate into its pediatric residency program. The story mentions NP for representing the hospital, led by Healthcare partner Lindsay Maleson and Complex Disputes partner Chris Porzio, both of Long Island.
- Bloomberg Law
Contrast dye maker, providers escape suit over free equipment
Dec 28, 2022This article, which covers the dismissal of a lawsuit against medical device maker Bracco USA Inc. and several healthcare providers over an alleged scheme involving free medical equipment, mentions NP for representing one of the providers in the case (NYU Langone Health System Inc.). The NP team includes Long Island Healthcare partners Lindsay Maleson and Rebecca Simone, and Government Investigations & White-Collar Defense partner Adam Tarosky and associate Bobby McManigal, both of the Washington, DC office.
- Modern Healthcare
Academic medical center M&A may compromise research focus
Long Island health care partner Lindsay Maleson provides commentary in this article about how research is affected when academic medical centers merge with larger nonacademic health care providers.Oct 11, 2017 - Long Island Business News
Movers & Shakers
This coverage notes that Long Island Health Services partner Lindsay Maleson has joined the Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities’ Board of Trustees.April 14, 2014
Admitted to practice
New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Education
Haverford College, B.S., Biology, with honors
University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude (Executive Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review)
Professional activities
Lindsay Maleson is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
Recognition
- Recognized by Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers” (2025)
- Recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2024 editorial for Healthcare: Service providers
- Selected as a member of the Long Island Business News Forty Under 40 class of 2013
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