Managing Legal Exposure in Radiology — Speakers
Leonard Berlin, MD, FACR, is Radiology Chairman at Rush North Shore Medical Center in Skokie, IL, and Professor of Radiology at Rush Medical College in Chicago. Dr. Berlin has authored more than 275 scientific articles plus a book, and has delivered more than 260 lectures nationally and internationally, on the topic of radiologic malpractice and risk management. A consultant to malpractice insurance companies, Dr. Berlin is President of the Illinois Radiologic Society, Chairman of the American College of Radiology’s Ethics Committee, and past president of the Chicago Radiological Society. Dr. Berlin has been awarded the Gold Medals for distinguished service to radiology by both the American Roentgen Ray Society and the Chicago Radiological Society.
W. Kenneth Davis, Jr., JD is a partner in the law firm of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. He counsels health care providers on the structuring, growth and ongoing operations of all types of businesses and relationships including initial business model development, analysis of regulatory, compliance and reimbursement issues, negotiation of contracts, various types of financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Davis received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Chicago and his law degree with honor from DePaul University College of Law.
Lawrence R. Fiorini, CFP® is a Principal and Senior Wealth Advisor with LarsonAllen Financial, LLC., bringing more than 18 years of professional experience to the financial service industry. Larry specializes in providing comprehensive Total Wealth Advisory to individual and business clients through asset management, estate, insurance and retirement planning. Prior to joining LarsonAllen Financial, he was a branch manager with Raymond James and the director of Ostroff Fair WealthQuest for the past five years. Mr. Fiorini holds a bachelor’s degree from Widner University and is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®).
Mitchell Gerstein, CPA, MST, is a Tax Principal with LarsonAllen specializing in tax compliance and planning consultation and is the primary advisor for many clients around the country. He has provided tax compliance and planning consultation to a wide range of businesses from small, closely-held companies to SEC reporting companies, including health care, where he currently spends over 25 percent of his time. Mr. Gerstein has more than twenty-one years of public accounting experience specializing in all areas of tax planning, research, and compliance.
C. Mitchell Goldman, JD, focuses his practice on the corporate aspects of healthcare delivery, with an emphasis on structuring corporate transactions between providers, advising clients on the impact of government regulation, creating strategies to improve reimbursement and developing startup healthcare related business opportunities. He is the founder of GLS Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm that served healthcare providers for 20 years, a former vice-president of Managed Care Strategies, Inc., and a former legislative assistant in the office of former Senator Walter F. Mondale. He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Hospital Association, the Pennsylvania Society of Hospital Attorneys and the Philadelphia and American bar associations. Mr. Goldman is a 1980 graduate of Temple University School of Law, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Graduate Health Care Administration Program, where he received his M.B.A., and a graduate of Bowdoin College.
Thomas W. Greeson, JD, is a partner in the healthcare practice group of Reed Smith LLP. His practice focuses on the healthcare industry representing radiologists and diagnostic imaging providers involving health and hospital law, managed care contracting, antitrust, Medicare reimbursement, fraud and abuse, not-for-profit law, legislative and regulatory, and licensure and disciplinary matters. Previously, he served as general counsel for the American College of Radiology. Mr. Greeson is a regular columnist for Magazine, serves as Secretary of the Virginia Bar Association Section Council, past-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Northern Virginia Area Health Education Center, was awarded the “2003 President’s Award” from the Radiology Business Management Association, and is listed as one of ten outstanding physician practice lawyers in the United States in 2004 by Nightingale’s Healthcare News.
Thomas R. Hoffman, JD, CAE is Associate General Counsel with the American College of Radiology in Reston, Virginia. He advises College members and staff on fraud and abuse, self-referral and other federal and state compliance matters. He has served as staff to the ACR Task Forces on International Teleradiology, Medical Liability Reform and Regulatory Compliance. Mr. Hoffman also counsels College members and staff on medical legal and corporate issues.
Prior to joining the ACR in 1997, Mr. Hoffman was a health care associate with the Washington, DC law firm of Michaels & Bonner, P.C. and a Litigation and Sanctions Attorney for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the General Counsel in the Inspector General Division. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude with Integral Honors in History from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York and his Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center.
Eartha Jean Johnson, JD, SPHR, is president and chief executive officer of LegalWATCH, a risk mitigation training company she formed in 1997 after practicing law for a Fortune 100 company, and working for the United States Department of Justice and an international law firm. She uses the knowledge and expertise she acquired practicing law to help companies avoid mistakes that can often force them into settlements or litigation. Ms. Johnson currently serves on the boards of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) and National Institute for the Severely Disabled (NISH). he just completed an unprecedented eight-year term as chair/vice chair of the Women’s Lawyers Division of the National Bar Association. She also served on the National Women’s Business Council, a bi-partisan Federal government council that advises the President, Congress and the US Small Business Administration on economic issues important to women.
Michael R. Lowe, Esq., is board certified in healthcare law by the Florida Bar. His practice focuses on all aspects of business, corporate, transactional, litigation, regulatory, operational and administrative matters in the health care law arena. Mr. Lowe’s practice also represents hospital medical staffs, IPAs, ambulatory surgery centers, durable medical equipment providers, diagnostic imaging centers, hospitals, long-term care facilities and other healthcare professionals and providers. Licensed in both Florida and Georgia, Mr. Lowe is a member of the health law sections of the Florida Bar, Georgia Bar and American Bar Associations. Additionally, he is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association.
John J. Miles, MS, JD, has been practicing antitrust law for over 30 years; most of his work deals with health care sector firms, particularly hospitals, health systems, hospital networks, large physician practices and physician networks. His practice focuses primarily on antitrust counseling and on representing parties in private treble-damage litigation and governmental investigations by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and various state attorneys general. He is the former chair of the American Health Lawyer’s Association’s Antitrust Practice Group and a Vice Chair of the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s Health Care Committee. Mr. Miles received his J.D. from Washington State University School of Law and both his M.A. in Economics and B.S. in Public Administration and Economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Jeremy N. Miller, JD, is the founder and President of Miller Health Law Group. For the past 25 years, Jeremy has specialized in counseling medical groups, individual physicians, IPAs, MSOs, healthcare facilities, companies, joint ventures and suppliers for organizational, operational and regulatory matters, managed care contracting, third party reimbursement, hospital-physician contracting, fraud and abuse, "Stark" and other federal and state compliance issues, Medicare and Medicaid audits and medical practice and facility purchases, sales, syndications, affiliations, mergers and dissolutions. Mr. Miller was recognized in 2006, 2007 and 2008 as a "Super Lawyer" by Los Angeles Magazine. The peer-based award recognizes the top 5% of health care attorneys in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
Lawrence R. Muroff, MD, FACR, is a Clinical Professor of Radiology at both the University of Florida and the University of South Florida Colleges of Medicine. Dr. Muroff is President and CEO of Imaging Consultants, Inc., providers of consulting services to radiologists, hospitals, and corporations. Dr. Muroff is an honors graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Medical School, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha, a recipient of the Gold Medal of the Florida Radiological Society, and is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. He is listed in the publication, The Best Doctors in America 2000, and his radiology socio-economic expertise and his educational expertise were recognized in cover stories in Diagnostic Imaging and Imaging Economics.
Robert Vogel, JD, a partner with Vogel, Slade & Goldstein, specializes in qui tam cases. He was formerly a trial attorney in DOJ’s civil commercial frauds section, handling False Claims Act cases nationwide. After graduating from Amherst College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981) and Stanford Law School (J.D. 1985), he clerked for Judge Frank Johnson of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit.
Brenda Gilbert Wynkoop, CPHQ, has over twenty five years experience in the healthcare industry. Her experiences range from the acute and long term care Provider setting to her current position in the health insurance industry. She is currently serving as the Manager of the Legal Compliance and Privacy Office in the Legal Division of BlueCross and BlueShield of Tennessee. Prior to working at BlueCross and BlueShield of Tennessee, she was the full-time Director of Quality and Risk Management for Cleveland Community Hospital, Kindred Hospital – Chattanooga and Bradley Memorial Hospital. She was responsible for maintaining the hospitals risk management, quality and performance improvement programs as well as regulatory compliance. She served as a liaison between patients, hospital administration, the Medical Staff, employees and the Board of Directors. Ms, Wynkoop holds a Bachelor of Science degree and is currently pursuing an RN Degree.
