Health Care
Louisiana Health Care Liability and Medical Defense Law
Keogh Cox defends Louisiana healthcare providers in both medical malpractice claims and administrative panel proceedings involving disciplinary actions, certification, licensing, and regulatory compliance. We represent medical and healthcare professionals, their employers, and insurance carriers in trials, appeals, and disputes before the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners and other licensing boards.
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We have years of experience with investigations, the medical review panel process and the defense of providers with license and compliance issues. Our healthcare team which includes a lawyer who is also a Registered Nurse that received a Certificate in Corporate Healthcare Compliance from George Washington University and other attorneys with years of related experience. Keogh Cox attorneys collaborate with clients throughout the state to obtain, protect and restore their Louisiana licenses. We also have experience litigating Scope of Practice issues on behalf of physician practices, including obtaining a permanent injunction that had national significance.
Keogh Cox represents a variety of local, regional, and national healthcare entities in connection with contract disputes, licensing issues, disciplinary actions, compliance issues, and other non-traditional malpractice and liability issues, including:
- Impaired professionals;
- Malfeasance;
- Improper supervision;
- Improper relations;
- Stark Law;
- Anti-Kickback Law;
- Civil False Claims Act;
- Governance and Corporate Responsibility;
- Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Our lawyers appear in court and before Louisiana’s administrative healthcare boards on behalf of Registered Nurses, hospitals, nursing homes, physical therapy facilities, retail pharmacy chains, physician practices, and other providers.
