By Suzanne Koenig and Nancy A. PetermanOriginally published in the ABI Journal, Vol. XXXV, No 1, January 2016 In 2005, the Bankruptcy Code was amended to include the “health care bankruptcy provisions,” which included a requirement that a patient care ombudsman...
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Brotman Medical Center: A Successful Partnership Between a Debtor and a Patient Care Ombudsman
By David N. Crapo, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ The addition of § 333 to the Bankruptcy Code in 2005 as part of BAPCPA generated significant controversy. Section 333 mandates the appointment of a patient care ombudsman (“PCO”) if the debtor is a “health care business,”...
The Patient Care Ombudsman’s New Reality
By Nancy Peterman, Sherri Morissette, and Suzanne KoenigOriginally published in the ABI Journal, Vol. XXVI, No 6, July/August 2007 It has been almost two years since the enactment of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) and its...
Chicago Panels Share Tips on Rainmaking
By Suzanne KoenigOriginally published in The Journal of Corporate Renewal, September 2005 How do turnaround professionals, crisis managers, lenders, financial advisory specialists, attorneys, and others who steer businesses to success and improved financial...