Charles Kelly, a partner at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, is a highly regarded litigator with extensive experience handling media, healthcare and complex commercial litigation. He regularly litigates cases in federal, state and bankruptcy courts.
Charlie's clients range from Fortune 100 to small start-up companies that he represents for complex litigation issues, including breach of contract, tort, quasi-contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, copyright, trademark, trade name, libel, shareholder disputes, labor advice (including discrimination, constructive discharge, sexual harassment and disability matters) and non-compete and trade regulation/anti-trust claims. His clients operate in numerous industries, including food and pharmaceutical distribution, media, healthcare, specialty scrap, automotive and energy, among others.
Charlie advises clients in the hospital and ambulance industries on healthcare issues such as Medicare and Medicaid regulations, False Claims Act cases and sophisticated coding and reimbursement issues.
Samantha Gross is an associate at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr. She represents and counsels health care providers in regulatory and transactional matters. Samantha's experience includes drafting and negotiating contracts related to physician arrangements, health care mergers and acquisitions, and group purchasing organizations (GPOs). Her regulatory experience includes counseling on hospital operations, medical staff issues, changes in ownership, regulatory licensing, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), as well as federal and state fraud and abuse laws.
Samantha brings a diverse perspective to her representations of hospitals, physician groups, long-term care organizations, GPOs, and pharmacies. In addition to her work in private practice at a national law firm, Samantha has previously worked as in-house counsel for a Philadelphia health system. In addition to her law degree, she has a Master's of Public Health from the University of Pennsylvania.
A recent Pennsylvania appellate court opinion related to the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (“PSQIA”) continues a trend of judicial erosion of patient safety privilege protections afforded to health care providers by statute.
Notwithstanding their entrance into the healthcare world and lexicon 15 years ago, Patient Safety Organizations continue to represent a source of uncertainty, confusion and frustration with respect to their promise of sweeping confidentiality protection for provider efforts to analyze system errors.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.