Professional Profiles
Maureen Maher Steinke
Associate Attorney
Maureen Steinke began her legal career as a Staff Attorney in the Office of the County Prosecutor in Michigan. After she and her family moved to Arizona in 1983, she served as attorney and General Manager of the Tri-City Physicians, PC, a primary care group. In this capacity, she reviewed and negotiated contracts with health insurance carriers, handled personnel and physician employment matters, drafting and negotiating employment and leasing agreements, and non-clinical training. She joined Guffey & Associates, P.C. in 2009.
Admissions
Education
- J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School
- B.S., Michigan State University
Teddylen A. Guffey
MHSA, RN, LNCC
Teddylen Guffey currently provides legal nurse and business consulting services in healthcare risk management, professional liability representation, healthcare management, and organizational services. Mrs. Guffey possesses more than 30 years of nursing experience, and she has served as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant for several healthcare providers and law firms. Her Experience includes paralegal services, pre-trial preparation, litigation consulting, risk audits and management, and business consulting.
Education
- Masters Degree in Health Services Administration, Arizona State University College of Business Administration, 1986
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Arizona State University College of Nursing, 1975
Professional Affiliations
- Member, American Nurses Association
- Member, Arizona Nurses Association
- Member, National Organization, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
- Past Vice-President, President and Past President, 2001-2004, Arizona Chapter, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
- Past CEU Committee Chair, 2000-2001, Arizona chapter, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
- Lifetime Member, Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Honor Society
Publications, Presentations, and Awards
- 1985 Recipient of the Leon I. Gintzig Commemorative Award, Foundation of American College of Health Care Administrators.
- Guffey T. "Health Care Allocation: Who Gets Left Out?" J Long Term Care Adm. 1985 Spring; 13(1): 31-7.
- Christianson JB, Kirkman-Liff BL, Guffey TA, Beeler JR. Nonprofit Hospitals in a Competitive Environment: Behavior in the Arizona Indigent Care Experiment. Hosp Health Serv Adm. 1987 Nov; 32(4): 475-91.
- Guffey, Teddylen. "Implementing a Third Party Administrator for Pharmaceutical Services in a Medicaid Managed Health Care Plan." American Managed Care and Review Association Annual Conference. Boston, Massachusetts. 13-15 October, 1988.
- Authored President's Corner, Quarterly Chapter Newsletter, AALNC Phoenix, Arizona, 2002.
- Drafted, analyzed and authored the 2003, Phoenix Chapter AALNC Salary Survey.
- Guffey, Teddylen. "Medical Records for Arizona Attorneys." National Business Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, 26 March, 2003.
- Guffey, Teddylen and Lanz, Mary. "Showdown at Med-Mal Corral: The Good, the Bad & Hopelessly Lost!" Arizona Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants Conference, Black Canyon Conference Center. 30 October, 2004.
- Guffey, Teddylen et. al., Panel Presentation. "Overview of the Roles of Legal Nurse Consultants in Practice." Arizona Chapter American Legal Nurse Association, September, 2007.
- Guffey, Teddylen. "Introduction to the Realities of Medical Malpractice Litigation." On Behalf of the Arizona Chapter of Legal Nurse Consultants, Arizona Orthopedic Surgical Hospital, Chandler, Arizona 2008.
- Guffey, Teddylen A., et al., assoc. eds. Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice / American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants. 3rd ed. 2 vols. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, 2009.
- Guffey, Teddylen and Lanz, Mary. "Showdown at the Med-Mal Corral: Parte Dos." Success Conference. American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants Annual Convention. Glendale, Arizona, 25 April, 2009.
