Douglas R. Carlson

Representative Experience:

Clients have included health care providers, as well as healthcare associations, accrediting agencies, certifying boards, and other entities. Among his litigated matters was one of the first reported appellate decisions to construe the federal Medicare/Medicaid anti-kickback statute.
Litigation experience includes participation in numerous trials and other court proceedings and over 1,500 depositions in more than 30 states. Mr. Carlson has submitted briefs in seven of the 13 U.S. Courts of Appeals, and has argued before the Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits, as well as before state appellate courts in Illinois and New York.
Mr. Carlson is listed in The Best Lawyers in America

Publications And Presentations:

Publication, “Protecting Residency Programs’ ACGME Compliance Documents from Disclosure Under State Public Records Acts,” Health Lawyers Weekly, American Health Lawyers Association, November 12, 2004, and published on the websites of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, National Association of College and University Attorneys, and Association of Specialized & Professional Accreditors.
Speaker, “Accreditation Legal News,” at a national professional development conference sponsored by the Association of Specialized & Professional Accreditors, Chicago, March 2006.
Speaker, “Resident Evaluation — Confidentiality of Documents and Legal Protection for Document Content,” at a national educational seminar sponsored by the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, April 2000, and at the annual educational conference for medical certifying board members of the American Board of Medical Specialties, Rosemont, Illinois, March 1998.
Speaker, “What To Do When the Government Comes Calling,” Seminar For Lawyers on Healthcare Law Sponsored by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, May 1999.
Speaker: NLRB Decision Relating to the Boston Medical Center, CBA Health Law Committee, Chicago, IL March 1999.
Speaker, “Restraint of Trade: 10 Lessons For Accreditors,” Annual Educational Conference of the Association of Specialized & Professional Accreditors, Washington, D.C., March, 1999.
Speaker, “Compliance Plans — Why Even Honest Physicians Need Them,” Chicago Medical Society, February 1999.

Professional Associations:

American Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

Chicago Bar Association

American Health Lawyers Association

Supervisor, Accreditation Practice

Trustee, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois

Bar Admissions:

Illinois, 1969

U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Circuits and District of Columbia Circuits

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar member)

U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

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