Keavney & Streger focuses primarily on EMS and healthcare law. Our attorneys have extensive experience in representing entities and providers across the spectrum of healthcare and public safety in a wide range of practice areas.
MARGARET A. KEAVNEY
Margaret A. Keavney, Esq., is a Member of the firm Keavney and Streger. Margaret has been involved in EMS since 1981 and has practiced law since 1993 She focuses her practice on the needs of healthcare providers and agencies, specifically for the EMS industry. Her practice includes healthcare regulatory compliance, reimbursement and payment issues, contract and RFP support, employment issues, provider licensure and credentialing, organizational governance, and support of civil and criminal litigation. She is also a NAAC Certified Ambulance Compliance Officer.
Prior to leaving for law school in 1989, Ms. Keavney worked as a paramedic at several New Jersey hospitals, and volunteered as an EMT on Englishtown-Manalapan First Aid Squad, starting out as a cadet. Margaret has also worked as an EMT providing non-emergency transports and event standbys.
Margaret obtained her Juris Doctorate and Master’s Degree in Health Administration (Health Systems Management) from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She has represented healthcare entities, providers, and health plans for more than 25 years.
Margaret served for six years as the legal member of the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services Panel of Commissioners, evaluating applicants and approving accreditation of agencies.
Whether as a teaching assistant in graduate school health law classes, an instructor in basic EMT classes, or lecturing at EMS and legal conferences, Margaret enjoys teaching and leading discussions on the science and law of medicine, health care, and leadership.
Locally, Margaret is a longtime member of the Board of Directors for the Medical Transportation Association of New Jersey, advocating for the interests of all licensed ambulance and Mobility Assistance Vehicles providers in the state.
BAR ADMISSIONS
Louisiana – 1993
New Jersey – 2002
District of New Jersey – 2002
AWARDS
NJ OEMS Award for Outstanding Contribution to EMS Community
Hill-Rom Graduate Management Essay Competition (2nd Place)
Semifinalist in the National Health Law Moot Court Competition
AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Medical Transportation Association of New Jersey
National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO)
New Jersey Commissioner’s Advisory Council on EMS (alt)
New Jersey EMS Council Safety Subcommittee
New Jersey EMT Training Fund Advisory Council
Wills for Heroes
PAST AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board Member – Medical Transportation Association of New Jersey
Commission on Accreditation on Ambulance Services – Member, Panel of Commissioners
American Ambulance Association Ethics Committee
Metropolitan Hospital Council of New Orleans
American College of Health Care Executives
American Health Lawyers Association
Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys
New Jersey State Bar Association – Health Law Section, Elder Law Section
Former Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic
National EMS Managers Association (NEMSMA)
Medical Society of New Jersey and the New Jersey State Bar Association Joint Task Force on End of Life Care in New Jersey
New Jersey Steering Committee for Practitioner’s Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
Contributing Editor: Medical Legal Lessons
MATTHEW R. STREGER
Matthew R. Streger, Esq., is a Member of the firm Keavney & Streger. Matthew has more than thirty years of healthcare and legal experience and focuses his practice on the needs of healthcare providers and agencies, specifically for the EMS industry. His practice includes healthcare regulatory compliance, reimbursement and payment issues, contract and RFP support, employment issues, provider licensure and credentialing, organizational governance, and support of civil and criminal litigation.
Matthew started his career as a volunteer EMT in Bergen County, New Jersey, in 1986. Since then he has worked in a wide variety of systems and departments in New Jersey, New York, South Carolina and Ohio. He previously served as the Executive Director of Mobile Health Services at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, as Deputy Commissioner of EMS for the City of Cleveland (OH) and as Director of Disaster Preparedness at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland (OH).
Matthew completed his EMT-Paramedic Training at the UMDNJ School of Health Related Professions in Newark, New Jersey. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration from the City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a Master of Public Administration Degree from Clemson University. Matthew also holds a Healthcare Compliance Certificate and Certified Ambulance Coder status.
Matthew holds a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law and is admitted to practice in the State of New Jersey, District of New Jersey and Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He previously practiced at Kern Augustine Conroy & Schoppmann, and at Barmak and Associates, before forming Keavney & Streger.
Matthew was awarded a SuperLawyers Rising Star Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. He is also the recipient of the New Jersey State Bar Association 2012 Service to the Bar Award, and of the 2018 Health Law Section Distinguished Service Award.
Matthew is an active member in the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is a past Chair of the Health Law Section (2015-16), serving as a member of the Board of Directors since 2013. Matthew was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Young Lawyers Division from 2008 to 2012, having served as the Somerset County Representative, Parliamentarian, Bylaws Committee member and Chair of the Nominating Committee. Matthew is also an active member of the Legislative Committee of the State Bar Association.
In 2015, Matthew was appointed to the Panel of Commissioners of the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services. Matthew is also a member of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, a member of the Bergen Community College Paramedic Science Program Advisory Board, and was a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of EMS WORLD Magazine for 18 years.
Previously, Matthew was a subject matter expert for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Report to Congress “America Responding – Needs Assessment of Emergency Response to Terrorism Training for Fire and Emergency Service Personnel” and was a member of the Task Force on Emergency Medical Services at the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute.
Matthew has written numerous articles and columns, and contributed to several textbooks, in both the medical and legal communities, and is an international lecturer on a wide range of topics.
BAR ADMISSIONS
New Jersey – 2006
District of New Jersey – 2006
Third Circuit Court of Appeals – 2006
Pennsylvania – 2017
AWARDS
SuperLawyers Rising Star – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
New Jersey State Bar Association Service to the Bar Award – 2012
New Jersey State Bar Association Health Law Section Distinguished Service Award – 2018
MEMBERSHIPS
New Jersey State Bar Association – Health Law Section
National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
AFFILIATIONS
Commission on Accreditation on Ambulance Services – Member, Panel of Commissioners
Bergen Community College Paramedic Science Program Advisory Board
EMS World Magazine – Member, Editorial Advisory Board (2000-18)