
Shareholder
Health Care, Co-Chair
Litigation
Captive Insurance
Lancaster
717.399.6639
610.236.4181 fax
jws@stevenslee.com
Jim is Co-Chair of the Health Care Department and
Chair of the Health Care Litigation Group. He is an active trial
lawyer – a practice he has sustained for over 25 years – representing
providers, including hospitals, physicians and retirement communities
in state and federal courts and administrative proceedings. His
practice includes litigation, licensing and medical staff issues.
Jim uses his extensive experience as a
litigator to advise hospitals, medical groups and retirement
communities throughout the United States in connection with
understanding and reducing their professional liability risk. Jim develops risk
reduction strategies for health care providers and organizations
nationwide and has created innovative strategies and educational
programs to support them. This includes the creation of complete
customized loss control programs and event management systems for
self-insured organizations and captive insurance groups. Among the
captive insurance programs he has helped create are Central
Pennsylvania Physicians Risk Retention Group (CPPRRG), Communities
Advancing Retirement Excellence (CARE, Ltd.) and NOVUS, a risk retention
group for bariatric and general surgeons nationwide.
Jim lectures frequently on health law issues and has
published more than 200 articles, several handbooks and seven
textbooks. He is an invited speaker across the country on health care
issues, including liability reduction and risk management, and
presents to nationally prominent health care organizations such as the
American Association of Clinical Urologists, the American College of
General Surgeons, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, American
Health Lawyers Association and the American Society for Healthcare
Risk Management.
Jim is a Fellow of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia, the oldest professional medical organization in the
country.
As published in the June 2005 issue of
Philadelphia magazine, Jim was recognized as a 2005 Pennsylvania
Super Lawyer by being selected by his peers as among the top 5 percent
of lawyers in the Commonwealth.
Education:
Duquesne Law School, J.D., 1982
Shippensburg State College, B.A., 1979
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania
Court Admissions:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Representative Publications:
- Contributing Author, Sorry Works!, Disclosure, Apology and
Relationships Prevent Medical Malpractice Claims. AuthorHouse,
2007.
- Contributing Author, Minimizing Endoscopic Complications:
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, January
2007, Volume 17, Number 1, W.B. Saunders Company, A Division of
Elsevier, Inc.
- "Liability
Risk Reduction Strategies for Physicians"
Physician's News Digest, August 2006. Co-authored with Maggie
M. Finkelstein. - "Can
Adhesive Labels Prevent Wrong Site Surgery and Reduce Liability
Risk?" Widener Law Review, Vol. 12:293.
- "Best
Practices: Reducing Liability Risks for Nursing Homes - Changing the
Liabilty Equation." LTC Advisor, a publication of the
American Health Lawyers Association Long-Term Care Practice Group,
February 2006. Co-authored with Maggie M. Finkelstein.
- Five-Star Customer Service: A Step-by-Step Guide for
Physician Practices. HCPro, Inc. Co-authored with Maggie M.
Finkelstein.
- 15 Policies and Procedures to Reduce Liability for Physician
Practices. HCPro, Inc. Co-authored with Maggie M. Finkelstein and
Patricia M. Kearney.
- The Satisfied Patient: A Guide to Preventing Malpractice Claims by
Providing Excellent Customer Service. HCPro, Inc.
-
Bariatric Surgery: A Comprehensive Bariatric Program Can Act to
Reduce Liability Risks and to Promote Patient Safety. Co-authored
with Maggie M. Finkelstein.
-
The New Universal Protocol: Can Adhesive Labels Prevent Wrong
Site Surgery and Reduce Liability Risks? Co-authored with
Maggie M. Finkelstein.
Professional Associations and Civic
Affiliations:
Lancaster Bar Association, Professionalism Section
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Civil Litigation Law Section
American Bar Association
American Health Lawyers Association, Practice Guide on Alternative
Risk Financing, Co-Editor; Healthcare Liability and Litigation
Practice Group, Immediate Past Chair
Defense Research Institute, Medical Liability and Health Care Law
Committee
Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, Society of Healthcare Attorneys
American Society of Law & Medicine
W. Hensel Brown Inn of Court, Master Designation; also Past President
Pennsylvania Medical Directors Association
Lancaster Community Health Plan, Founding Board Member
Lancaster Family YMCA, Foundation Chairman, 2004 Volunteer of the Year |