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Lowell C Brown
November 11, 2011
213.443.7516
lowell.brown@arentfox.com
Lowell Brown is a partner in the Health Care Practice Group. He advises hospitals, medical staffs, health systems, long-term care facilities, medical groups, and other health care provider organizations in business, regulatory, and medico-legal matters, with an emphasis on laws relating to operational issues, including the design and implementation of compliance programs, practitioner credentialing, peer review, disciplinary hearings, Medicare certification, licensing and accreditation issues, and related policies and procedures. Lowell is also a nationally recognized and widely published authority on EMTALA — the federal law prohibiting improper emergency patient transfers by hospitals (“patient-dumping”). In addition, he has extensive experience defending clients against actions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to terminate Medicare provider agreements. Lowell’s practice also encompasses operational issues such as bioethics, medical records, and consent and confidentiality. His experience in the foregoing areas includes litigation in California and federal courts. Previous WorkPrior to joining Arent Fox, Lowell was a partner for 16 years at a large international law firm, where he served in a number of leadership positions within the health law department. Previously, he has served as legal counsel for the prevailing parties in the first California appellate court decision to construe California's peer review statute, Business and Professions Code Section 809; in a key California decision regarding Evidence Code privileges in medical staff peer review cases; and in a precedent-setting California decision on the doctrine of exhaustion of administrative remedies in administrative hearings. Professional ActivitiesLowell has been an assistant adjunct professor at the University of Southern California. He is an active member of a number of health care organizations, including the California Association Medical Staff Services and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Among other positions, Lowell has served as chair of the Accreditation, Licensure and Certification Interest Group of the American Bar Association's Health Law Section; as president of the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys; and in several capacities in the American Health Lawyers Association. He formerly served as chair of the executive committee of the Health Care Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, as well as on the Institutional Review Board and Bio-Medical Ethics Committee of a major Los Angeles County general acute care hospital. Lowell is a member of the board of directors of the Venice Family Clinic and of the executive board of the Western Los Angeles County Council, Boy Scouts of America. Publications, Presentations and Recognitions
Lowell’s representative published cases include the following amicus letters and briefs:
Lowell has been continuously selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®. He was also rated as one of the top health care attorneys in the state of California in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2012 by Chambers USA. Life Beyond the LawLowell spends as much of his time as possible with his wife, Sonja, and his three children. He loves intercollegiate sports and closely follows the fortunes of his beloved University of Utah Utes. He’s always happy when reading one of the works of Charles Dickens or watching the Boston Red Sox play. EducationUniversity of Utah School of Law , JD ( Topics Editor, Utah Law Review ) University of Utah , BA ( magna cum laude, Student body president ) |
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