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Health Law

The attorneys specializing in health law at Montgomery Little Soran & Murray serve as general counsel to the Colorado Medical Society, various health care facilities, and also represent and advise individual practitioners on countless medical-legal issues arising in the health care field. The firm’s health law practice encompasses the following areas:
Medical Malpractice
Montgomery Little Soran & Murray is widely recognized in the region for its work on behalf of hospitals and health care providers, including physicians, dentists, psychologists, pharmacists and nurses accused of malpractice in connection with the performance of their professional duties. Throughout the years the firm has represented nearly all of the primary insurers and self-insured health care entities in Colorado in claims involving health care professionals.
Licensing and Privileging
Health law attorneys at Montgomery Little Soran & Murray represent physicians, dentists, pharmacists and nurses in administrative proceedings before the Colorado Board of Medical Examiners, the Colorado Board of Nursing, the Colorado Board of Dental Examiners and other regulatory authorities.
The attorneys at Montgomery Little Soran & Murray also represent hospitals and staff members in both civil and administrative proceedings arising from the granting, revocation, and modification of hospital staff privileges, credentialing, and peer-review matters.
General Counsel
Montgomery Little Soran & Murray offers health care professionals legal services extending beyond the realm of medical malpractice and into the regulatory compliance, business, and transactional fields, including:
- Contract drafting and review relating to managed care; partnership agreements; formation of professional corporations, joint ventures, and individual practice associations; employment contracts; and leases and real estate development
- Counseling physicians, hospitals, and other organizations on antitrust issues such as those arising from peer review and call coverage
- Counseling clients concerning federal and state health care laws and regulations including, anti-kickback, Stark II, EMTALA, and HIPAA
- Representing physicians and other health care providers with respect to Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse issues
- Counseling clients concerning employer liability and OSHA, ADA and ERISA regulations
- Representing hospitals with respect to medical staff issues, personnel and human resource management
- Counseling hospitals, physicians, nurses and other organizations concerning risk management and medical malpractice avoidance
As general counsel to the Colorado Medical Society, the firm provides advice and counsel on a wide range of issues of interest to the medical community. The firm works closely with the Society to draft legislation and appears before legislative committees to explain the import and impact of legislation backed or opposed by the Colorado Medical Society.
The attorneys at Montgomery Little Soran & Murray frequently speak to groups and individuals about the legal risks associated with their practices and ways to reduce both the number of claims and, if claims are filed, the potential economic exposure associated with those claims.
The attorneys at Montgomery Little Soran & Murray practicing health law are knowledgeable and experienced in nearly all areas of interest to health care practitioners and the organizations with which they associate. We also welcome the opportunity to consult or speak to groups on topics of interest to those in the health care field.
Health Law Attorneys
Robert R. Montgomery
Richard L. Murray, Jr.
Amy E. Cook-Olson
Stephen J. Hensen
C. Gregory Tiemeier
Kara Knowles
Carmen N. Decker
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