Michael R Callahan

Practice Areas

A nationally recognized advisor to health care providers across the country, Michael Callahan provides deeply informed business and legal counseling in all areas of hospital-physician relations and health care regulatory compliance and governmental investigations, including the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs), hospital licensure and accreditation standards. He is widely respected for his leading work on the Patient Safety Act from a regulatory compliance, policy and litigation standpoint, including the development of patient safety organizations (PSOs).

Career

Served as law clerk to Justice Daniel P. Ward on the Illinois Supreme Court; recipient of Illinois Association Medical Staff Services Leadership Award; Chair, Health Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association; Chair, Medical Staff Credentialing and Peer Review Practice Group of the American Health Lawyers Association; Member, National Practitioner Data Bank Executive Committee; Lifetime Member of New York State Association for Medical Staff Services; Member of National Association Medical Staff Services Board of Directors; former Adjunct Professor, DePaul University Masters in Health Law.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association; Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys.

Personal

DePaul University College of Law, JD

Northern Illinois University, BA