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Lynn Sessions focuses her practice on providing legal services to healthcare industry clients, including hospitals, integrated delivery systems, physicians and physician group practices, nurses and academic medical centers. With over seventeen years of experience representing healthcare providers, she has developed a deep background in healthcare operations, regulatory matters and healthcare litigation. Prior to joining BakerHostetler, Ms. Sessions served as in-house counsel and director of several departments for Texas Children’s Hospital, one of the world’s largest pediatric integrated delivery systems located in the Texas Medical Center. As a result, Ms. Sessions has knowledge of a broad range of issues affecting children’s hospitals and Medicaid providers. As former in-house counsel, she is able to approach her legal representation from the viewpoint of her clients.

Ms. Sessions’ healthcare operations experience includes: consent issues, credentialing, peer review, HIPAA, Joint Commission accreditation, committee structure, medical staff matters, adverse patient events, quality, EMTALA and healthcare information security. She has gained keen experience in risk financing, healthcare litigation, insurance and enterprise risk management. Ms. Sessions also has knowledge of healthcare emergency preparedness and environmental health and safety.

Ms. Sessions is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management and the Risk and Insurance Management Society, as well as the American and Houston Bar Associations. Ms. Sessions received certification in Executive Education in Medical and Healthcare Management from Rice University, Jesse H. Jones School of Management Executive Education, Advanced Quality Improvement and Patient Safety from Texas Children’s Hospital and Strategic Leadership from Development Dimensions International. In 2005, Ms Sessions was named a “Texas Rising Star” by Law & Politics and the publishers of Texas Monthly. Ms Sessions currently serves on the Board of Directors of Children at Risk, an advocacy group for at-risk children in the state of Texas.

Ms. Sessions is a frequent speaker on a range of topics affecting health industry clients, including cyber and network security, regulatory issues, EMTALA, handling adverse patient events and insurance and risk financing. Her presentations include:

• “Non-Profit Health Care Organizations,” University of Houston-Downtown, Guest Lecturer, Political Science, November 3, 2010
• “Apology and Medical Error Disclosure,” Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Residents Seniors’ Day, September 30, 2010
• “Cyber and Network Security,” Child Health Corporation of America, Compliance and Risk Management Forums Webinar, August 27, 2010
• “Adverse Event to Patient Safety Education,” Child Health Corporation of American, Annual Conference, Risk Management Forum, San Francisco, California, April 16, 2010
• “The Voice of the Children—Texas Children’s Response to Lightning Striking Twice,” Greater Houston Society for Healthcare Risk Management, Education Day, March 5, 2010
• “Non-Profit Organizations,” University of Houston-Downtown, Guest Lecturer, Political Science, November 4, 2009
• “Taking Your Insurance Relationships Higher,” American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, October 23, 2009
• “Texas Children’s Preparedness for H1N1,” Children at Risk, Policy Luncheon on the H1N1 Swine Flu Virus, Houston, Texas, September 9, 2009
• “Sharing Risk and Quality Indicators with Insurers,” Child Health Corporation of America, Annual Conference, Risk Management Forum, Kansas City, Missouri, October 23, 2008
• “Reduction of Heparin Events at Texas Children’s,” Child Health Corporation of America, Children’s Hospital’s Advancing Patient Safety Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, October 22, 2008
• “EMTALA and the Regulatory Impact of Patient Flow,” Child Health Corporation of America, Emergency Department Director’s Forum, Kansas City, Missouri, September 30, 2008
• “Legal and Risk Management Issues at Texas Children’s Hospital,” Texas Woman’s University, Guest Lecturer, Health Care Administration, Houston, Texas, July 15, 2008
• “Lessons and Practical Application of the Black Box and Other Aviation Safety Models,” Child Health Corporation of America, Risk Management Forum, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 20, 2007
• “Pre-suit Investigation and Personnel Issues after a Bad Outcome: Coordinating the Right Hand with the Left Hand,” 7th Annual Forum on Healthcare Liability, Houston, Texas, October 27, 2006
• “Aligning Corporate Goals with Risk Finance Strategies,” Cayman Captive Forum, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, December 9, 2005
• “Legal and Risk Management Issues at Texas Children’s Hospital,” Child Health Corporation of America, Annual Conference, Risk Management Forum, Chicago, Illinois, September 15, 2005