Barney Cohen is a native of Miami, Florida, and has resided in Cincinnati, Ohio; Washington, DC; and Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois and DePaul University College of Law. As a health care law insider, Barney brings to his clients more than 30 years of experience as general and senior counsel with renowned health care organizations. He can be reached at Concierge Healthcare Attorneys and LinkedIn.
His credentials include serving as senior health care law counsel at the American Medical Association, senior vice president for Methodist Hospitals of Dallas, and general counsel of Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center. Additionally, Barney has served as an officer and board member of the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys.
As a member of the senior leadership of multiple health care systems, Barney served as secretary to governing bodies and oversaw the legal, compliance, and risk management functions of academic health care systems. He has served as the primary legal advisor to individual and group practice physicians, health care system chief executive officers, senior management teams, governing bodies, and all the constituent groups of health care systems.
Barney is also a member of several professional organizations, including the American Health Lawyers Association, the Chicago Bar Association Health Law Committee, the Illinois State Bar Association Health Law Section, and the American Bar Association Healthcare Law Committee.
Barney Cohen has a five-star rating with Google, along with the kind of references and success stories from medical professionals that a physician should look for when hiring a health care lawyer.
Barney regularly represents physicians in medical staff peer review disputes, medical residents and fellows in disciplinary actions, and counsels individual physicians and group practices on a myriad of health care law concerns, including HIPAA, Stark, contract negotiations, and medico-legal ethics. He takes great pride in counseling young physicians in training on the intersection of law and medical practice.
Barney Cohen is a native of Miami, Florida, and has resided in Cincinnati, Ohio; Washington, DC; and Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois and DePaul University College of Law. As a health care law insider, Barney brings to his clients more than 30 years of experience as general and senior counsel with renowned health care organizations. He can be reached at Concierge Healthcare Attorneys and LinkedIn.
His credentials include serving as senior health care law counsel at the American Medical Association, senior vice president for Methodist Hospitals of Dallas, and general counsel of Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center. Additionally, Barney has served as an officer and board member of the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys.
As a member of the senior leadership of multiple health care systems, Barney served as secretary to governing bodies and oversaw the legal, compliance, and risk management functions of academic health care systems. He has served as the primary legal advisor to individual and group practice physicians, health care system chief executive officers, senior management teams, governing bodies, and all the constituent groups of health care systems.
Barney is also a member of several professional organizations, including the American Health Lawyers Association, the Chicago Bar Association Health Law Committee, the Illinois State Bar Association Health Law Section, and the American Bar Association Healthcare Law Committee.
Barney Cohen has a five-star rating with Google, along with the kind of references and success stories from medical professionals that a physician should look for when hiring a health care lawyer.
Barney regularly represents physicians in medical staff peer review disputes, medical residents and fellows in disciplinary actions, and counsels individual physicians and group practices on a myriad of health care law concerns, including HIPAA, Stark, contract negotiations, and medico-legal ethics. He takes great pride in counseling young physicians in training on the intersection of law and medical practice.
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