Professional
Organizations and Activities:
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Member, California Bar
Association;
American Society of Health Risk Managers
Southern California Association of Health Risk Managers
California Healthcare Association
TEACHINGS:
Western State University College of Law, Adjunct Professor: Lawyering skills
from the defense perspective
ARTICLES:
"Emerging Liability Risks," Case Review, Vol.3, No.3, Summer
1997
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
"Liability Issues for Discharge Planner," Hoag Memorial Hospital,
November 1992
"Evaluating Liability Exposure of Case Managers, Discharge Planners,
Utilization Review," Culver City, March 1993
"Liability Issues in Home Health," Presentation for Farmer
Insurance Group, September 1993
"Informed Consent Issues Involving Home Health," Good Samaritan
Hospital, January 1994
"Minimizing Legal Exposure in the Home Health Arena," Presentation
for Farmers Insurance Group, March 1994
"Liability Issues in Managed Care, Extended Care Facilities, and Home
Health," Casa Colina Rehabilitation Centers, September 1994
"Legal Issues Regarding Discharge Planning and Utilization Reveiw,"
Casa Colina Rehabilitation Centers, October 1994
"Avoiding Liability in Home Health Care Delivery," White Memorial
Medical Center, December 1994
"Avoiding Liability for Case Managers, Discharge Planners and Payors,"
Tenth Annual Casa Colina Case Management Conference, March 1995
"Legal Update on Managed Care," Casa Colina Rehabilitation
Center, April 1995
"Continuity of Care," Executive Nurses Council of Los Angeles,
May 1995
"Liability Issues in Case Management," Keynote Speaker, 10th
Annual Providers Luncheon and Symposium, The Inland Association for Continuity
of Care (IACC), May 1995
"NORCAL Risk Management Conference, Home Health Liability,"
Presbyterian Inter-Community Hospital, June 1995
"Managed Care and Home Health: Ensuring Continuity of Care,"
La Palma Inter-Community Hospital, June 1995
"Medical-Legal Issues of Risk Management," Robert F. Kennedy
Medical Center, September 1995
"Avoiding Liability Along the Continuum of Care," Community
Hospital of San Bernadino, September 1995
"Avoiding Liability Along the Continuum of Care on behalf of
Patient Care Assessment Council" Downey Community Hospital, September
1995
"Liability Issues in Case Management," Rehabilitation Nurses
Society, September 1995
Seminar Presentation, NEC/ONE, California Association of Hospital and Health
Systems First Annual Joint Convention, October 1995
"Avoiding Liability as the Healthcare Industry Changes: Legal Pitfals
Along the Continuum of Care," Los Robles Medical Center, October 1995
"Transitional Inpatient Care," California Association of Hospitals
and Health Systems, November 1995
"Presentation to the Medical Executive Committee of Good Samaritan Hospital,"
Good Samaritan Hospital, November 1995
"Transitional Inpatient Care," California Association of Hospitals
and Health Systems, November and December 1995
"Sexual Harrassment," St. Vincent Medical Center, March 1996
"Legal Aspects of Case Management," Good Samaritan Hospital
Leadership Conference, April 1996
"Operating Room Liability," Western Medical Centers Seminar,
May 1996
"Liability Outlook on Managed Care and Health Care Reform,"
West Hills Clinical Conference Program, May 1996
"The Legal Aspects of Welfare and Institutions Code section 5150 and
the Use of Restraints," Good Samaritan Hospital, November 1996
"Patient Care Assessments Council: The Discharge Process: Responsibilities,
Risks and Liabilities," Downey Community Hospital, August 1998
"Legal Impact of Managed Care: Case Management Focus," CMSA
Quarterly Conference, August 1998
"Making it Real - Tools for the Case Manager: A Day of Case Study Presentations,"
Madera Health Case Management Conference, February 1999
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Professional
Experience:
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Associate, Fonda and Fraser,
LLP, September 2002 to present
Partner, O'Flaherty, Cross, & Ovando, LLP, May 1998-2002
Resident Partner, O'Flaherty & Belgum, 1992-1997
Associate, O'Flaherty & Belgum, 1989-1991
Associate, Buck, Ammirato, Rutter & Moore, 1985-1989
Associate, Kenneth A. Satin & Associates, 1983-1985
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