Nossaman Adds Experienced Healthcare Lawyer Rachael Harrington to Orange County Office
Irvine, CA — We are pleased to announce that Rachael Harrington has joined our Healthcare Group in the Orange County office as a partner. She joins from Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP.
Rachael advises hospitals, medical staffs, physician groups and providers on a broad range of peer review matters, with particular focus on bylaws and policy development, credentialing, privileging, corrective action and fair hearing procedures. She regularly guides medical staffs through peer review and judicial review processes and counsels clients on EMTALA compliance and call panel policies. Rachael takes a proactive approach to peer review and helps medical staffs navigate patient safety interests, physician rights and whistleblower retaliation claims under Health and Safety Code Section 1278.5. Her practice also includes advising on state and federal reporting requirements, patient privacy, organized health care arrangements, regulatory investigations and balance billing.
Mike Gawley, chair of Nossaman’s Healthcare Group said, “Rachael enables us to grow our practice, and her extensive experience in credentialing and peer review enables her to add immediate value for our clients. I’m thrilled she is joining Nossaman.”
Nossaman’s Healthcare Group provides the full spectrum of specialized legal services required by peer review bodies. Our preeminence in healthcare law began with the landmark efforts of our senior healthcare lawyers, including former partner and former California State Assemblyman John T. Knox, co-author of the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 and the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act. The Firm’s work in the area has been perennially recognized by Chambers & Partners.
Commenting on joining the Firm, Rachael said, “I am passionate about my work and excited by this move. I look forward to working with a deep, outstanding team of healthcare lawyers across the Firm and helping my clients meet their healthcare law needs.”
Rachael holds a J.D. from California Western School of Law and a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association, the American Health Lawyers Association, the California Association Medical Staff Services, the National Association Medical Staff Services and the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys. Additionally, she has served as an adjunct professor, pre-bar at the California Western School of Law.
