About QMCG - Consultants

Allen R. Killworth Consultant and Principal Partner, Bricker & Eckler LLP

Areas of Practice

Day-to-day operations of a variety of health care facilities as well as those facilities' dealings with administrative agencies and court proceedings; health care regulatory issues, medical staff and credentialing matters, quality assessment/improvement and peer review issues, patient care matters, and tax issues affecting health care entities.  

Representative Experience

• Partner in Health Care Department of the law firm of Bricker & Eckler which serves as counsel to health care entities throughout the country as well as many healthcare trade associations. The firm represents a wide variety of health care entities including hospitals and their medical staffs, the long term care industry, home health agencies, provider-sponsored health insurance programs, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, physician hospital organizations, as well as individual healthcare professionals and group practices.
• Former attorney in the general counsel’s office of a fully integrated health system in southwest Ohio.

Education

B.A., Vanderbilt University 1994
J.D., The Ohio State University College of Law, 1997

Representative Sample of Recent Speeches

• Stark Update: Stark III Regulations and DFRR Stark Audit Surveys, Ohio Hospital Association Teleconference, October 8, 2007
• Mock Fair Hearing: How to Prepare and How to Prevail, National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) – Annual Conference and Exhibition, New York, New York, October 3, 2007
• Grey's Anatomy: The Lost Episode – Provider Enrollment, Revalidation and Provider Based Rules, Ohio Hospital Association – Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, June 18, 2007
• Community Benefit and Tax Exempt Status – Weathering the “Gathering Storm” of Enforcement Initiatives, HFMA Kentucky Chapter – 2007 Winter Educational Institute, Louisville, Kentucky, January 26, 2007

Contact Allen at: akillworth@bricker.com