Healthcare Workplace Violence Prevention: Federal and State Regulatory Status, Agency Guidance, Industry Standards

Mr. Frost draws on more than 20 years of experience as in-house counsel to advise clients on healthcare regulatory matters, hospital operations, and medical staff issues. He serves as a trusted advisor to healthcare clients on legal and regulatory matters including complex commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, employment issues, physician litigation, and access to electronic health records. Mr. Frost’s experience includes advising medical staffs, medical groups, and hospitals on a full range of credentialing, privileging, peer review, and quality assurance topics, as well as assisting hospital administration with governmental investigations, fraud and abuse claims, agency complaints and medical staff hearings. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frost served as Deputy General Counsel at an integrated health network with 24 acute care hospitals and more than 200 clinics across Northern California.

Mr. Neckar has over 20 years of experience in security management across various industries including healthcare, education, property management, and entertainment. He is also recognized as an expert in the security industry, furthering professionalism in the field of corporate security by actively participating in numerous professional organizations, including serving as the Vice Chair for ASIS International's School Safety and Security and Healthcare Security Councils and as President of IAHSS' Upper Midwest Chapter. Mr. Neckar has also been involved in developing several ANSI National Standards, written articles for professional journals and a chapter in IAHSS' Basic Training Manual for Healthcare Security Officers 6th Edition, and presented at regional and national conferences.

Ms. Ramchandani-Raj assists employers with a wide range of complex situations with the workforce. Focusing on workplace safety and health, she assists employers with pre-injury/illness preventative practices, including site inspections and policy development. Ms. Ramchandani-Raj also assists employers who have experienced workplace injuries and accidents or are subject to a federal or state OSHA inspection. She has experience managing catastrophic workplace accidents or fatalities. Ms. Ramchandani-Raj is an experienced litigator and regularly represents employers in Occupational Safety and Health appeals, settlement conferences, and hearings. She also has broad experience assisting employers with workplace violence issues including obtaining temporary and permanent restraining orders to ensure the workplace is safe for employees. Ms. Ramchandani-Raj also regularly attends advisory committee meetings as part of Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute and submits comments to proposed regulations. She also has extensive experience with general employment advice and counsel and litigation matters relating to terminations, retaliation, whistleblowers complaints, discrimination, harassment, ADA accessibility and state agency complaint defense. Ms. Ramchandani-Raj is a popular speaker on OSHA and employment related legal issues and she regularly provides training sessions for clients and professional organizations on various topics.