Personal Information of
HAROLD H. SIMPSON

BUSINESS ADDRESS
The Health Law Firm
2800 Cantrell Road, Suite 200
Little Rock, Arkansas 72202

TELEPHONE
(501) 221-7100 (Office)
(501) 224-8787 (Fax)

INTERNET E-MAIL
hhsimpson@healthlawfirm.com

DEGREES
B.A. (1971) and J.D. (1974)
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

AREA OF PRACTICE
Practice includes Health Care, Corporate and Administrative Law and involves representation of hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and other health care professionals

BAR ADMISSIONS
Admitted to practice before the Arkansas Supreme Court and all inferior courts in Arkansas
U.S. District Courts of Arkansas
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor in Health Law, Division of Medical Humanities, UAMS College of Medicine, 1999-present
Lecturer in Health Law, UALR School of Law, 1981, 1983, 1985 - 1990
Adjunct Professor in Health Law, UALR Graduate School of Health Services Administration, 1981, 1983, 1985 - present
Adjunct Professor in Hospital Law, Park College (Little Rock Air Force Base), 1977, 1978
Adjunct Professor in Hospital Law, Webster College (Little Rock Air Force Base), 1979

Co-Founder of Health Law Institute which, since 1977, has presented over 250 programs throughout the United States which have focused on the hospital related laws, regulations and judicial decisions of virtually every state.

Speaker at programs sponsored by many groups, including:

National Association Medical Staff Services
American Academy of Hospital Attorneys
Mid-West Health Congress
Society for Health and Human Values and Concern for the Dying
Executive Enterprises, Inc.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 
Critical Care Education Center of the University of Tennessee
Arkansas Hospital Association
Healthcare Financial Management Association, Arkansas & Mississippi Chapters
National Association of Medical Staff Services, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas & Missouri Chapters
Arkansas League for Nursing
American Health Information Management Association
Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee Medical Records Associations
Arkansas Association of Home Health Agencies
Medical Equipment Suppliers of Arkansas Association
Arkansas Medical Group Management Association
American College of Utilization Review Physicians, Southwest Chapter
Kettering Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio
Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Charles E. Still Hospital, Jefferson City, Missouri
Jess Parrish Memorial Hospital, Titusville, Florida
Morris Hospital, Morris, Illinois
Delaware Valley Medical Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania
The Devereux Foundation, Devon, Pennsylvania
Safecare Health Services, Seattle, Washington

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Member, American Health Lawyers Association
Member, Arkansas, Pulaski County, and American Bar Associations
Charter Member and former Chairman, Health Law Committee of Arkansas Bar Association
Member, Committee on Health and Human Services of American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law
Charter Member, Forum Committee on Health Law of the American Bar Association
Former Chairman, Pre-paid Legal Services Committee of the Arkansas Bar Association
Former President and Board Member, Arkansas Pre-Paid Law, Inc. (a bar-sponsored non-profit corporation)
Co-Chair of Arkansas Bar Association Administrative Procedure Act Task Force, 1997

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Board Member, Pulaski Academy, Little Rock, Arkansas (1989 - 1995)
Board Member, Parkway Village, Little Rock, Arkansas (1985-1990, 1992-1997, 1999-present) (President 1993, 1994, 2003, 2004)
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Hospital Peer Review, Atlanta, Georgia (1992-1998)

PUBLICATIONS
Co-Author of "A Critical Analysis of the Arkansas Death with Dignity Act", 1 UALR Law Journal, 473 (1978)
Author of "An Introduction to Prepaid Legal Services", 9 Arkansas Lawyer 185 (October 1975)
Author of "Organ Donation: Understanding the Law" Nursing Life (February 1985)
Author of a portion of Springhouse Corporation's "Practices", a book in their Nurses Reference Library Series (1984) and of "Nurse's Legal Handbook" (1985)
Author of "Health Law - A New Legal Battlefield" Arkansas Lawyer (April 1991)
Co-Author of Physician-Hospital Relationships: The Nonprofit Community Hospital Board's Role in Avoiding and Resolving Economic Conflicts (American Governance Leader; Part 1, April 2004; Part 2 May 2004)

 

 

 

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