Buehler, George W.

In 1978, Ms. Buford received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Information Management, summa cum laude, from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. Following graduation, Ms. Buford became credentialed as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHA). She was commissioned to serve in the U.S. Public Health Service as Lieutenant Junior Grade, stationed at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana where she served as Assistant Director of Medical Records from 1978 to 1980. She later attended Tulane Law School where she served as Justice on the Moot Court Board. She was awarded the Patrick D. DeRouen Award as "Outstanding Senior Writer" in 1991. She also served as a member of the Senior Appellate Intraschool Competitions Committee, and was chosen as brief writer for the Georgetown 1990 Bioethics Competition. Ms. Buford has conducted seminars on various topics including healthcare law and medical malpractice litigation. She has also authored several articles on healthcare and medical malpractice topics, including an article entitled, “ERISA Preemption of Claims against Managed Care Organizations based on State Law," Certworthy, The Newsletter of the DRI Appellate Advocacy Committee, Winter, 2003. A more complete listing is shown below. In 2009, Ms. Buford completed the Medicare RAC Certificate Program of the Second National Medicare RAC Summit held on September 14 – 15, 2009 in Washington, D.C.

Speaking Engagements and Publications

Speaking Engagements –

• Louisiana State Paralegal Association Presentation Entitled, “Legal Research and Writing”; “Updates on Westlaw and Lexis/Nexis Research; and Drafting and Writing - An English Refresher Course,” Sept. 2008
• NBI, Inc. – Medical Records Law, Aug. 2008
• LSU Health Sciences Center’s “Women in Medicine Symposium” – 2000 and 2003
• Institute for Paralegal Education, A Division of NBI, Inc. – “Making Sense of Medical Cases”, Sept. 2003;
• Legal Secretaries of New Orleans and River Regions – 2002 and 2003

Publications –

• News articles for Louisiana Hospital Association's legal newsletter
• Certworthy, Newsletter of the Defense Research Institute's Appellate Advocacy Committee– "ERISA Preemption of Claims Against Managed Care Organizations based on State Law"
• Healthcare related portions of booklet distributed to participants in the IPE/NBI seminar, “Making Sense of Medical Cases”