Case Study Keynote - Chris Allman & Maggie Nuestadt

This is an annual review of cases that have been handed down by courts across the United States. Each case summary contains a learning lesson on matters involving medical malpractice, informed consent, peer review, EMTALA, HIPAA, compliance and other issues.

During his more than twenty-nine years as an attorney and risk and compliance professional, Mr. Allman has focused his career on general health law, including all areas of regulatory compliance on the federal and state levels, healthcare risk management, and litigation. More specifically, Mr. Allman’s has provided expertise in areas of strict government regulation, such as Stark, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act and HIPAA, as those matters become increasingly complex in today’s environment.

Mr. Allman was the 2025 ASHRM President and is a co-author of “Case Law Update”, a column that appears in the quarterly American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) Journal of Healthcare Risk Management. He has also published articles and spoken on a variety of healthcare topics, including enterprise risk management, HIPAA, licensing matters, risk management in long term care facilities, and was a contributor to the ASHRM Healthcare Claims and Litigation Playbook, the ASHRM Leadership Playbook and an associate editor of the ASHRM ERM Playbook. Mr. Allman is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM), a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (DFASHRM), a Past President of the Michigan Society of Healthcare Risk Management, has served as the Chair of the ASHRM Advocacy Task Force from 2012-2014, on the ASHRM Faculty since 2019 and on the ASHRM ERM Task Force and as an ASHRM Advisory Board Member from 2020-2022.

In addition to his current activity with the ASHRM, he is also an active member of the State Bar of Michigan – Health Law Section and the American Health Law Association. Mr. Allman graduated from Wayne State University Law School in 1996 and Hope College in 1992.

Maggie Neustadt, JD CPHRM, DFASHRM is the Vice President of Risk Management for BJC Health in Missouri. As an attorney and clinical risk manager, Maggie directs the risk reduction and mitigation strategies for the system’s operations across 22 adult, pediatric and specialty hospitals in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas. Her responsibility spans the continuum of care from a 1,200-bed academic medical center to rural critical access hospitals, as well as a wide range of ambulatory and post-acute care settings.

Maggie earned her certification as a Professional Healthcare Risk Manager from the American Hospital Association in 2017 and Distinguished Fellow designation in 2024. Since 2019, Maggie has been faculty at ASHRM’s Academy teaching the Applications in Risk Management module. Maggie serves on the Board for the Center for Practical Bioethics, a nonprofit founded in 1984, nationally recognized for its work in applied bioethics for clinicians and the public.