Services for Health Care Professionals and Facilities

Trials and appeals
Complex litigation
Medical Malpractice defense
Premises / general liability services
Product liability defense
Guardianship proceedings for incapacitated patients

Hospital, Nursing Home and Medical

Risk Management
Hospital and nursing home staffing training
Strategic Planning – retreat facilitation
Defense of Professional Misconduct
Office of Professional Medical Conduct proceedings
Department of Health regulatory matters
State Education Department license – related matters
Workplace instruction for managers and employees
Assistance in drafting heath care facility policies and procedures
Design and drafting of patient care forms
Medical–Legal Ethics consultations
Advance directives and do-not-resuscitate (DNR) legal consultations
Health facility management consulting
Medical record / patient information / HIPAA / confidentiality consultations
Employee instructions, seminars and in-service education

Practitioner Employment Issues / Contracts

Medical facility leases / purchases
Medical equipment leases / purchases
Insurance matters
Employment contracts
Criminal Defense in health related matters

We also provide representation for licensed professionals in hearing and administrative proceedings before the New York State Education Department, The New York Department of Health and other agencies.

* Sholes & Miller does not represent plaintiff’s in lawsuits against physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, or other health care providers.