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Co-Chairs
Eve Green Koopersmith
Doris L. Martin
Members
Eve Green Koopersmith
Doris L. Martin
Patrick J. Monahan
Michelle Lewis
Salzman |
GW’s Discharge Planning,
Patient Rights and Elder Law Practice Group provides
advice on a variety of patient’s rights issues related
to treatment and the safe and appropriate discharge of
patients from a hospital, nursing home or home health
care setting. The Discharge Planning, Patient Rights and
Elder Law Practice Group also advises health care
providers and individuals concerning issues of Medicare
and Medicaid planning and reimbursement.
The Discharge Planning, Patient Rights and Elder Law
Practice Group advises our clients in the following
representative areas:
- all issues pertaining to patient rights in hospitals,
nursing homes and home health care settings
- DNR, Health Care Proxy and issues concerning the
withdrawal and/or withholding of life-sustaining
treatment
- issues concerning behavioral health units, including
admission, retention, treatment over objection and
assisted outpatient treatment
- guardianship proceedings for healthcare providers and
individuals under Article 81 and Article 17A
- confidentiality and disclosure of medical records,
including specially protected records relating to such
HIV testing and treatment, substance/alcohol abuse
treatment and mental health treatment
- nursing home resident rights and discharge/transfer
issues
- incident reporting
- Medicaid planning and the filing of Medicaid
applications
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