Lowell C. Brown
California
ArentFox Schiff LLP
555 South Flower Street
43rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Tel: 213.443.7516
Email:
lowell.brown@afslaw.com
Web:
www.afslaw.com
Lowell Brown is a Partner in the Los Angeles and San Francisco offices of ArentFox Schiff LLP. Widely recognized as one of California’s pre-eminent medical staff lawyers, with a Chambers Band 1 rating, Lowell’s vast experience counseling health care providers includes practitioner credentialing, peer review, disciplinary hearings, and regulatory matters.
In addition to his medical staff practice, Lowell is a health care operations lawyer, with nearly 40 years’ experience in the world of hospitals and medical providers. During that time he has helped his provider clients achieve success in a wide range of business, regulatory, and medico-legal matters. He counsels them on Medicare certification and termination actions, federal program integrity concerns, licensing and accreditation issues, and related policy challenges.
Lowell is a nationally recognized and widely published authority on EMTALA — the federal law prohibiting improper emergency patient transfers by hospitals. He also has extensive experience defending clients against actions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to terminate provider agreements, and has appeared in federal trial and appellate courts on behalf of clients challenging such actions.
Lowell’s practice also encompasses health care-related operational issues such as bioethics, medical records, and consent and confidentiality. His experience in the foregoing areas includes litigation in California and federal courts, where he has appeared on behalf of provider clients in such matters as competency hearings; petitions for authorization to perform surgery for patients lacking capacity; and opposition to motions seeking access to confidential substance abuse treatment records.
Prior to joining Arent Fox, Lowell was a partner for 16 years at a large international law firm, where he served in a number of leadership positions within the health law department.
Lowell currently serves as Adjunct Instructor of Health Law in the Master of Health Administration Program, David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. He also has been an assistant adjunct professor at the University of Southern California. He is an active member of a number of health care organizations, including the California Association Medical Staff Services (CAMSS).
Among other positions, Lowell has served as chair of the Accreditation, Licensure and Certification Interest Group of the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section; as president of the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys; and in several capacities in the American Health Lawyers Association.
He formerly served as chair of the executive committee of the Health Care Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, as well as on the Institutional Review Board and Bio-Medical Ethics Committee of a major Los Angeles County general acute care hospital. Lowell also served for many years as a member of BNA’s Health Care Law Advisory Board.
Across core sectors – Hospitals, Clinics & Physicians, Senior Living Facilities, Hospice & Home Health Agencies, and Pharmaceutical & Device Manufacturers – we advise clients on all aspects of their businesses. From corporate acquisitions to patient bioethics issues, we do it all. In the fast-paced world of health care delivery, with regulation, service models, and clinical realities continually changing, we are uniquely positioned to help.
The rapidly-evolving health care marketplace continues to create opportunities and challenges across the industry. Value-based care delivery models are driving new forms of collaboration. Technology is enabling telehealth, consumer-driven care models, Big Data, AI, and personalized medicine. Investors are searching for opportunities and provider organizations are evolving through partnerships, service diversification, research and commercialization initiatives, and other innovative strategies.
We get the first call when organizations face complex legal disputes, regulatory hurdles, or a unique transaction. Our experience covers all aspects of a health care service organization’s needs, whether it entails a major corporate acquisition, an expedited regulatory survey, governing board advice, a government investigation, a physician disciplinary matter, pursuit of enhanced reimbursement, or launch of a new product or service.
With more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals across 9 offices, the firm serves as a destination for an international roster of companies, governments, individuals, and trade associations.
The Firm’s key practice areas include construction, environmental, health care,
intellectual property, labor and employment, real estate, and tax law.
“Lowell Brown has a strong reputation for his representation of hospitals, health systems and nonprofits, advising on matters such as peer review, licensing and disputes.“