About QMCG - Consultants

Martha Post Baxter Partner, Bricker & Eckler LLP Executive Director Principal and Senior Consultant

Areas of Practice

Healthcare law and consulting emphasizing issues pertaining to patient care; medical staff; peer review; credentialing; quality assessment/improvement; risk management; healthcare facility accreditation, licensure and certification; practitioner licensing and disciplinary matters; healthcare system design for medical staff structure and integration; development of governing documents and policies related to medical staffs; physician recruitment.

Representative Experience

• Health planning and policy development while Assistant Professor, Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry; participant in faculty practice clinic;
• Clinical Dental Hygienist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; treated medically complex and compromised oral pathology cases and provided inservice training to oral surgery and oral pathology residents in areas of patient management and education;
• Consultant to Indian Health Service and HEW Region III to assess, redesign and oversee implementation of dental health programs;
• Counsel to Director of Health working with all regulatory divisions in areas of regulatory drafting, interpretation, implementation and enforcement in such areas as facility certification and licensure surveys and investigations; infectious disease control; certificate of need; and maternal and child care;
• Accreditation survey preparation and advisor during survey process for numerous clients;
• Policy, procedure and program design and implementation in areas of credentialing, peer review, quality assessment and risk management systems;
• Design and implement mergers of medical staffs as result of mergers and acquisitions involving healthcare institutions;
• Assist medical staffs and medical staff leaders with developing systems for quality and efficient health care delivery for integrated delivery systems and managed care.
• Ongoing regulatory compliance work with federal and state agencies including Ohio Department of Health; Department of Health and Human Services at state and federal level; Occupational Health and Safety Administration and agencies enforcing OSHA; Drug Enforcement Agency; state professional licensing boards;
• Partner in Health Care Department of the law firm of Bricker and 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.

Education

BS, RDH, Ohio State University, 1972
M.S., University of Iowa, 1976
J.D., University of Richmond, 1981

Representative Sample of Recent Speeches, Presentations, & Awards

Medical Staff Credentialing: Foundation for Quality, sponsored by the Ohio Hospital Association, March, 1996; March 1997

Credentialing Guidelines for Allied Health Professionals (Scope and Practice for Physician Assistants and 1st Assistant in Surgery), Ohio Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, May, 1996

Legal and Procedural Considerations for Quality Assessment Programs in Today's Managed Care Environment, Capital University Law School, Healthcare Law Class, September, 1996

Quality and Medical Staff Credentialing Initiatives: The Evolving Role of Health Care System and Hospital Boards, Board of Trustees Retreat, Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center, October 1996

Addressing and Involving Medical Staff Leaders in Network/System Formation, sponsored by the Ohio Hospital Association, October 1996

Compliance Strategies for the Ohio Department of Health Quality Rules (S.B. 50) Reporting Requirements, sponsored by the Ohio Hospital Association, Akron, Oho & Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1997

Effective Medical Staff Integration Strategies in Healthcare System Development, sponsored by the Ohio Hospital Association, April 1997

Medical Staff Meeting Update: Peer Review/Credentialing Issues and Considerations for External Peer Review, Hocking Valley Community Hospital, May, 1997

Legal and Credentialing Issues Under the New Advanced Nurse Practitioner Act; sponsored by Ohio Nursing Board, June, 1997

Issues in Credentialing and Quality, Wisconsin/Illinois Ambulatory Surgery Association, September, 1997

JCAHO's New Sentinel Event Policy, sponsored by the Ohio Hospital Association, February 25, 1998

Credentialing In The Outpatient Setting: The Risks, Balance and Options, sponsored by the Ohio Hospital Association, April 9, 1998

Complying with JCAHO Sentinel Event Policy, Seminar sponsored by Opus Communications, December, 1998

Legal Update on Quality Initiatives for Medical Staff Coordinators, sponsored by OAMSS, April, 1999

Medical Staff Hot Topics: How to Keep Them From Boiling Over, sponsored by OHA, April, 1999

Healthcare Practitioner Hot Topics: How to Keep Them From Boiling Over, a collaborative initiative by OHIC Insurance Company & The Quality Management Consulting Group, Ltd., September 10, 1999 (Casper WY) and September 13, 1999 (Bozeman, MT)

Contract Compliance Strategies: Are Your Drafting and Negotiation Skills Sound?, a collaborative initiative by OHIC/HUM Insurance Company & The Quality Management Consulting Group, Ltd., September 10, 1999 (Casper, WY) and September 13, 1999 (Bozeman, MT)

Medical Staff Governance & Compliance Issues, sponsored by the Montana State Bar Health Care Attorneys and Montana Health Care Association, September 24, 1999, Billings, Montana

Preparing for HIPAA Patient Privacy and Security Provisions, sponsored by Ohio Hospital Association, March 28, 2000, teleconference serving multiple locations.

Security and Privacy of Health Care Information: Federal and State Perspective, Ohio Hospital Association Annual Symposium, April 18, 2000, Columbus, Ohio

Is Your HIPAA Compliance Strategy in Place Assuring Privacy and Security of Health Information?, a collaborative initiative by OHIC/HUM Insurance Company & The Quality Management Consulting Group, Ltd., September 8, 2000 (Casper, WY) and September 11, 2000 (Helena, MT)

Is Your HIPAA Compliance Strategy in Place Assuring Privacy and Security of Health Information?, Montana Hospital Association Annual Convention, September 21, 2000, Billings, Montana and September 22, 2000, Annual Continuing Legal Education for Health Law Section of Montana State Bar, Billings, Montana

Current Issues in Human Resources Management in the Health Care Industry, Montana Hospital Association Annual Convention, September 21, 2000, Billings, Montana

Named in Health Law Section of Best Lawyers In America 1997-2008

Contact Marty at: mbaxter@bricker.com or mbaxter@qmcg.com