June 10, 2012 New York lawyer Paul E. Walker, is a Manhattan based expert in defending medical professionals. If you are looking for an attorney to represent you with the OPMC or OPD, the Office of Professional Medical Conduct (“OPMC”) of the New York State Department of Health may conduct investigations and issue disciplinary sanctions after trial. OPMC sanctions can have serious consequences for physicians Read more [...]

April 10, 2012 The Office of Professional Medical Conduct (“OPMC”) of the New York State Department of Health may conduct investigations and issue disciplinary sanctions after trial. OPMC sanctions can have serious consequences for physicians and physician assistants including public reprimand, censure, loss of license or probation. If you are looking for an attorney to represent you with the OPMC or OPD, Read more [...]

February 14, 2012

February 11, 2012 If your hospital charges you with misconduct you must take the situation very seriously as the end result may cause damage to the rest of your career. Read more [...]

February 9, 2012 If you read your contract with an HMO it probably says that you have waived your right to a trial on the issue of billing audits and have instead agreed to submit the dispute to binding arbitration. It is not unusual to see an HMO calculate that if you billed, for instance, $200,000 over the last 6 years, that you over billed on the entire amount and therefore you owe the HMO $50,000, that is, 25% of the amount.  Read more [...]