As a former hospital CEO and current full-time consultant to the healthcare industry, Mr. Podrat has extensive expertise in complex healthcare-related litigation matters including:

- Joint Commission and industry accepted administrative Standards of Care and applicable policies and procedures in the operation of various healthcare organizations such as hospitals and nursing homes

- Physician Credentialing

- Negligent Hiring

- Administrative policies and procedures

- Third party payer billing and coding disputes

- Hospital and Medical Staff By-laws

- Managed care contract disputes

Extensive involvement in complex healthcare-related litigation pertaining to identification of breach of standards of care in the operation of hospitals, nursing homes and ambulatory care environments, negligent hiring, physician credentialing in both hospital and managed care organizations, interpretation of Joint Commission standards, hospital and medical staff bylaws, third party billing disputes, administrative and billing compliance, managed care contracting, economic analysis related to enterprise value and fair market value compensation analyses

Mr. Podrat is also an experienced witness in both numerous state jurisdictions and Federal court. In addition to Pennsylvania, PHS also has offices in both Florida and Colorado.