As former president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, Carol brings a unique perspective to her health care clients. Her first-hand experience with the inner workings of the health care system allows her to provide quality legal advice that is, at the same time, practical.

Carol has extensive experience representing hospitals and physicians with business relationships and transactions, as well as managed care contracting, clinical research endeavors and professional matters. From the business perspective, her practice regularly involves assisting clients with Medicare compliance issues, the development and assessment of joint ventures, medical practice acquisitions and mergers, physician recruitment and retention, clinical research oversight, the development and operation of IRBs, the development and operation of IPAs, Physician-Hospital Organizations and Management Services Organizations, third party payor negotiations and contracting of all kinds. Her representation on professional matters centers on physician privileges actions, JCAHO and ACGME accreditation issues, OHRP and FDA compliance and EMTALA defenses. Carol is a trained mediator who is on the AHLA's list of dispute resolvers. She has also been named one of the ten Outstanding Physician Practice Lawyers in the United States by Nightingale's Healthcare News.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Temple University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 1986

New York University, Ph.D., 1978

Scholar's Program

State University of New York at Stonybrook, M.S., 1974

Valedictorian

Trinity College, B.A., 1962

Salutatorian

Dorothy Rider Pool Trust, Trustee

Your Brother's Keeper, Board Member

Listed in Maryland Super Lawyers for Health Care, 2007

Named one of the ten Outstanding Physician Practice Lawyers in the United States by Nightingale's Healthcare News, 2004

Carol has authored numerous articles on health care policy and is a contributing author to Health Care in the United States, a textbook on the health care delivery system. She speaks frequently on health policy issues related to physician-hospital relationships and managed care contracting.

Carol is a former president of the American Hospital Association and national spokesperson for the hospital field.