Glenda specializes in advising medical staffs, medical groups, and hospitals on a full range of credentialing, peer review, and quality assurance topics. She advises medical staffs on investigations and developing corrective action plans and recommendations. Glenda has successfully represented numerous medical staffs in formal hearings involving credentialing and peer review actions. As a litigator, Glenda is equipped to defend hospitals and medical staffs in civil litigation arising from peer review activities.
Glenda also represents health care providers and senior care communities in administrative proceedings and litigation in a wide array of matters. She handles appeals of regulatory citations, deficiencies, and licensure actions, as well as lawsuits alleging professional negligence, elder abuse, wrongful death, fraud, and breach of contract. Glenda handles all phases of litigation: discovery, law and motion practice, mediation, arbitration, administrative hearings, trials, writs and appeals.
Glenda makes presentations on legal issues to gatherings of the California Assisted Living Association, Aging Services of California, California Association of Health Facilities and California Association Medical Staff Services.
Representative Work
On behalf of a hospital client, Glenda secured early dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a physician arising from the peer review process using California's anti-SLAPP statute.
Glenda defeated applications for preliminary injunctions filed against two hospitals by a number of specialty physicians seeking an order allowing them to exercise their clinical privileges despite their not being members of the medical group that held the exclusive contract to provide these specialty services at the hospitals.
Glenda negotiated a settlement of an accusation issued by the Department of Social Services seeking to revoke the probationary license of a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, enabling the provider to avoid a costly administrative hearing and to continue operating under conditions acceptable to the provider.
Presentations
Dealing with Aging Physicians, co-presenter, Bay Area Chapter CAMSS Continuing Education Program (October 2011)
"Physician Behavior Contracts," California Association Medical Staff Services, Bay Area Chapter (June 2011)
"Legal Update," California Association Medical Staff Services, Annual Educational Forum (May 2011)
"Skilled Nursing Facility Regulatory Enforcement Scheme," Aging Services of California webinar (February 2011)
"Credentialing and Peer Review: Legislative Update," California Association Medical Staff Services, San Gabriel Valley Chapter (December 2010); San Diego Chapter (July 2009)
"Understanding and Contesting Federal Deficiencies," Aging Services of California webinar (July 2010)
"Defending Elder Abuse Lawsuits: Tips from Pre-Claim to Trial," Aging Services of California, Annual Conference (May 2010); California Assisted Living Association, Fall Conference (October 2009) and Spring Conference (June 2009)
"Successfully Navigate Depositions & Investigative Interviews," California Assisted Living Association, Fall Conference (October 2008)
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