Steven M. Ziegler
Steven M. Ziegler is the founding and managing partner of the Firm. He was born in Silver Spring, Maryland where he lived until earning his Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, in Political Science from the University of Maryland in 1978. Mr. Ziegler relocated to South Florida and in 1981 he earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law.
Since 1981, Mr. Ziegler has been providing full-scale legal services to Managed Care Organizations nationwide. These services include the representation in litigation and administrative matters in which he has defended Managed Care Organizations in literally hundreds of cases involving professional liability, provider and subscriber disputes, class actions, antitrust, ERISA, fraud and abuse, Medicare and Medicaid issues, and regulatory actions. In addition, Mr. Ziegler provides counsel to the Firm’s clients on contract and corporate matters including the drafting and structuring of contracts, formulating policies and procedures, legislative matters, and risk management advice.
Mr. Ziegler drafted the 2003 HMO Tort Reform legislation in Florida, limiting vicarious liability claims against managed care organizations based on the alleged negligence of contracted providers. Since its passage, this legislation has had a significant impact on curtailing managed care liability in the State of Florida.
Mr. Ziegler is a frequent lecturer and author on managed care liability and regularly conducts numerous seminars nationwide for managed care organizations, in-house counsel, insurers, and medical providers. Examples of the seminars that Mr. Ziegler has conducted are:
- Liability and Reduction of Risk presented to Senior Medical Staff of Molina Health Plan
- Health Care Reform and the Impact on the Health Care Delivery System presented to OneBeacon Professional Insurance
- Payment Litigation Other Than UCR presented at the American Health Lawyers Association Managed Care Law Institute Annual Meeting
- Managed Care Liability Issues: Past, Present and Future presented at the PLUS National Medical Professional Liability Symposium
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Emerging Trends in Managed Care Litigation and How a Claim Affects a Health Plan: Before, During & After presented at Amerigroup Health Plan
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Arbitration and Dispute Resolution - Payor and Provider Perspectives presented at the American Health Lawyers Association Managed Care Law Institute
- Provider/Payor Disputes Over the Payment Methodology of Usual, Customary and Reasonable Charges; Liability Issues Related to Medicare Advantage Plans; Rescission Law Update presented at the Annual Marsh Health Care Forum
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Emerging Liability Trends in Provider/Payor Disputes and Arbitration - Panacea or Pandora's Box presented at the IPA Association of America's Annual National Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Willis Group Annual Managed Care Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada entitled New Theories of Law in MCO Cases and Ways to Reduce and Limit Risk
- Emerging Liability Trends in Provider/Payor Disputes presented at the AIG Healthcare Forum on From Provider Disputes to Class Action Lawsuits: Understanding Emerging Risks and How to Minimize Their Impact
- Impact of the Florida HMO and Tort Reform presented at the Florida Association of Health Plans Annual Meeting
- HMO Reform in Florida presented at the Annual Marsh Healthcare Forum
- Liability Exposure & Reduction of Risk presented to the Senior Staff and Medical Directors at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.
- Health Plan Tort Liability presented to Blue Cross and Blue Shield Annual Lawyers Conference
- Legal Issues in Complex Case Management presented to AvMed Health Plan
- Practicing Medicine in a Managed Care Environment presented to Sheridan Health Corporation
- Liability Issues Facing Managed Care Organizations and Their Affiliated Providers presented to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.
- Ever Expanding Exposures in Managed Care presented to Florida Society for Health Care Risk Managers
- Criminalization of Managed Care presented at Annual Managed Care Conference, Lexington Insurance Company
- Defense Strategies for Managed Care presented to Resource Developments, Inc.'s Professional Liability Series
- Defense Strategies for Managed Care Claims presented to Medical Malpractice JUA National Symposium
- Managed Care Liability and Privacy Issues presented at CIGNA/MCC/Intracorp Annual Conference
- Classic Managed Care Case presented Mock Trial at Annual Managed Care Conference, Lexington Insurance Company
Examples of the articles that Mr. Ziegler has authored or has been featured in are:
Mr. Ziegler is admitted to the Florida Bar, the District of Columbia Bar and the New York Bar. In addition to practicing in all state and federal courts in Florida, he also practices in Florida’s appellate courts, the Supreme Court of Florida and in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Health Law and Trial Lawyers Sections of the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association (Health Law Section and Managed Care and Insurance Interest Group), the American Health Lawyers Association (Payors, Plans and Managed Care Section and Medical Staff, Credentialing and Peer Review Section), the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Association of Health Plans, the National Defense Lawyers Association and the Florida Defense Lawyers Association. He has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating an attorney can obtain, which is based on confidential questionnaires.
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