For Small, Rural and Specialty
Hospital Malpractice Cases
With more than 30 years hospital management experience, Sam Allen can bring logical, functional, and particularly credible expert witness experience to you and your health care client.
Sam holds the prestigious Fellowship credential in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Fellowship is the highest earned credential available to healthcare management professionals, and goes a step beyond the coveted credential of Certified Healthcare Executive.
In order to better assist his hospital management consulting clients, and to stay on the leading edge of healthcare malpractice issues, Sam regularly participates in the Montana Medical-Legal Panel process, as a panelist evaluating cases filed against hospitals and physicians. Because of his thorough understanding of both the legal/managerial aspects of healthcare, and the clinical issues surrounding many cases, he is able to lend valuable insight to both plaintiffs and defendants whether they be individuals, hospitals, systems, or physicians. Through his expert witness practice, you can now bring this expertise to bear on your client's case.
Whether your case is concerned with management or governance decisions or actions, functional issues within the small/rural hospital milieu, contractual relationships with physicians or others, or quality or standard of care concerns, you can be assured that Sam Allen can competently advise you, and if necessary, testify for your case.
Sam Allen's Brief CV
Didactic training for Sam included a Bachelor of Science degree, with a major in Biology, and Chemistry and English minors. Later in his career, Sam earned a Master of Business Administration degree, with an emphasis in Personnel and Industrial Relations.
In addition to the above, Sam both practiced and taught the clinical specialty of Respiratory Care, and is a Registered Respiratory Therapist, and is licensed to practice Respiratory Therapy in the state of Montana.
Sam also holds a Nursing Home Administrator license in the State of Montana, almost a necessity in today's rural healthcare environment.
Sam has led several small and rural hospitals (including Critical Access hospitals) as their Chief Executive Officer, where his experiences include virtually all situations facing today's modern hospital. Additionally, Sam has structured, opened, and very successfully managed two long term acute care specialty hospitals. Sam thoroughly understands, and more importantly can explain and testify concerning all relevant management issues, such as internal operations, control and responsibility, physician relationships, contracts and employment, governance responsibility, quality of care, and more.