Steven Smith Appointed Vice-Chair of ABA Healthcare Facility Operations Interest Group

July 28, 2011

Ober|Kaler is pleased to announce that Steven R. Smith has been appointed Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Healthcare Facility Operations Interest Group, for a one-year term beginning September 1, 2011. Smith, a principal in the firm’s Health Law Group, is the attorney-in-charge of the Washington DC office.

With over 500 members, the Healthcare Facility Operations Interest Group focuses on matters governing the operations of hospitals and other healthcare facilities, including Medicare, Medicaid, EMTALA, state and local licensure laws and regulations, and standards of national organizations such as the Joint Commission, among others. The group also monitors enforcement activity; follows and, where appropriate and applicable, comments on legislative and regulatory developments; and serves as a forum for the exchange of information and debate on these activities. For more information visit http://apps.americanbar.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=HL020100.