Live Video-Broadcast: November 14, 2025
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Session I – Medical Malpractice Defense and Emergency Room Records: What Attorneys Need to Know - Kenny Stein and Brittany Hudson
This session presented by Kenneth Stein, MD, and Brittany Hudson, Esq., will provide attorneys with a comprehensive synopsis of the critical role Emergency Department (ED) documentation plays in medical malpractice litigation. The session will begin with a review of the chronology of an ED visit and the anatomy of physician documentation, while also highlighting records created by other providers. Faculty will examine how communication and miscommunication within the ED and electronic medical record (EMR) can impact care, as well as explore other sources of electronically stored information, including the growing trend of text messages and related litigation pitfalls.
The session will address the accuracy of templates, dot phrases, copy-and-paste practices, and discuss how medical decision-making, patient disposition (admit, discharge, transfer, referral), and AMA considerations must be documented with clarity and precision. Special attention will be given to radiology and lab results that return after the patient has left, including the importance of follow-up, case examples of exposure risks, and incidental findings. Presenters will emphasize the importance of documenting the provider’s thought process, identifying who knew what and when, and reviewing audit trails as evidence. Trends in contemporaneous documentation, late entries, and late attestations will also be analyzed, along with the implications of embedded warnings and evidence-based medicine recommendations within the EMR. Through real-world examples and practical insights, this session will equip attorneys with the knowledge needed to evaluate ED records effectively in the context of malpractice defense.
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Session II – EMTALA Compliance, CMS Standards, and Hospital Risk Management: The Role of Record-Keeping - Sara Bazzigaluppi
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and CMS Conditions of Participation (CoPs) create dual legal obligations to screen and stabilize patients and to maintain structural readiness and quality systems. These are two examples why accurate, contemporaneous record-keeping is the best shield you and your employer have against regulatory penalties and malpractice exposure.
Chapman Law Group Senior Attorney Sara Bazzigaluppi will provide a regulatory and litigation roadmap showing how federal statutes and hospital compliance obligations drive emergency department documentation and risk management, so you’ll be better prepared to address regulatory requirements.
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This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.
Date / Time: November 14, 2025
Closed-captioning available
Brittany Hudson | La Cava Jacobson & Goodis, PA
Brittany G. Hudson received her undergraduate degree from the University of South Florida in 2015 and her law degree from Stetson College of Law in 2019. While at Stetson, Brittany was a member of the Trial Team and competed at the National Trial Competition in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was also an Honor Roll recipient. Additionally, Brittany served as a research assistant to Professor Teresa Radwan, pro-bono chair of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers at Stetson and served on the council for the National Women’s Law Student Organization. During her law school summers, Brittany was a judicial intern for the 13th Judicial Circuit, served as a Guardian Ad Litem for Hillsborough and Pinellas County, and clerked at Goodis Thompson & Miller. Brittany has officially joined the team at La Cava Jacobson & Goodis, concentrating on her practice on medical malpractice defense.
Kenny Stein | Kenneth A. Stein, MD
Kenneth A. Stein, MD, is board-certified in both Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine and specialty-certified in Neurocritical Care. Dr. Stein has practiced Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine for 27 years.
As an expert witness for both plaintiff and defense, Dr Stein has reviewed over 700 cases and has testified 300 times in cases related to emergency medicine, critical care, internal medicine, and personal injury. Dr Stein clearly explains completed medical situations, so they are understood by judges and juries.
Sara Bazzigaluppi | Chapman Law Group
Sara Bazzigaluppi is Chairperson of the Florida Professional Licensing and Regulatory Affairs division at Chapman Law Group. Based in the firm’s Sarasota office, she has represented healthcare professionals and regulated healthcare businesses for more than 10 years across the country in complex licensure, regulatory, and compliance matters.
Sara advocates for a wide range of healthcare professionals including individual providers such as physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and mental health practitioners, and business entities, including pain management clinics, dental offices, optometry practices, laboratories, urgent care clinics and more. She is widely regarded for her work in defending clients against investigations, administrative complaints, and emergency suspensions, before the Florida Department of Health (FLDOH), and matters involving the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).
Her practice also includes credentialing and peer review disputes, licensure applications involving criminal or disciplinary history, and disciplinary actions brought by national certification boards. In addition, she provides contract and compliance guidance on employment agreements, business associate agreements, provider and supervisor agreements, and frequently intervenes in pre-litigation settlement negotiations.
In addition to her practice, Sara has led multiple educational seminars for attorneys and healthcare professionals, providing practical guidance on risk management, regulatory oversight, and compliance strategies tailored to the healthcare sector. This includes presentations before the Florida Bar Health Care Law Division, the Florida Medical Association and the Home Care Association of Florida.
Prior to joining Chapman Law Group, Sara clerked for a large hospital system where she worked closely with General Counsel and Risk Management to address legal issues. She drafted ethics policies and procedures for more than 20 hospitals within the healthcare system.
Session I – Medical Malpractice Defense and Emergency Room Records: What Attorneys Need to Know | 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm
Session II – EMTALA Compliance, CMS Standards, and Hospital Risk Management: The Role of Record-Keeping | 2:10pm – 3:10pm
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Approved via Attorney Submission
2.5 General Hours
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 Substantive
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Approved for CLE Credits
120 General minutes
Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2.5 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2.5 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Not Eligible
2 General Hours
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Approved via Attorney Submission
2 Law & Legal Hours
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Pending CLE Approval
2.4 General
Pending CLE Approval
2 General