Admitted
1979, California and U.S. Tax Court
Law School
University of Southern California, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
University of California at Irvine, B.A., 1976
Memberships
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County (Secretary, 1996-1997, Vice-Chair, 1997-1998, and Chair, 1998-1999, Executive Committee, Health Care Law Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Health Law; Business Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; American Health Lawyers Association; California Society for Healthcare Attorneys.
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Author: Kickbacks: Extracting a Prize for Your Right to Treat Patients, Bulletin of the California Society of Anesthesiologists, May-June 1994; Specialists and Managed Care: Strategies for Maximizing Opportunity, Hispanic Physician, Vol. V, 1995; Does Your Hospital's MSO Owe You a Fiduciary Duty? Los Angeles County Medical Association Physician Magazine, September 18, 1995; Assign of the Times: The Prohibition Against the Reassignment of Medicare and Medi-Cal Claims, Bulletin of the California Society of Anesthesiologists, September-October, 1995; Beware of 'Standard' Contract Provisions, Los Angeles County Medical Association Physician Magazine, November 6, 1995; Sure I'll Agree to Arbitrate. ‘I Just Don't Want to Waive Any of My Rights (And Other Fairy Tales)’, Bulletin of the California Society of Anesthesiologists, January-February, 1996; Physician Recruiting Packages, Los Angeles County Medical Association Physician Magazine, June 17, 1996; Antifraud Aspects of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Los Angeles County Medical Association Physician Magazine, October 7, 1996; Compliance Audits: Save Money and (Jail) Time, Los Angeles County Medical Association Physician Magazine, January, 1998; Are Percentage Based Management Services Deals Illegal? OIG Open Raises Serious Concerns, Group Practice Journal, American Medical Group Association, May, 1999; The Time is Now: Providers Must Adopt Prudent Business Practices in Anticipation of the Failure of the Medical Group Model, Bulletin of the California Society of Anesthesiologists, January-February, 2000; Physician Leaders Must Manage the Billing and Collection Process or Suffer the Consequences, Bulletin of the California Society of Anesthesiologists, April-June, 2001; High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Avoiding Medical Group Liability as a Result of Billing Service Errors, Radiology Business Management Association Bulletin, September 2001; Physician Liability to Debtor Patients...Courtesy of Yo