Samantha Johnson, Esq., MBA, MHA is a Senior Associate General Counsel for Grady Health System. She devotes a substantial portion of her time to advising, educating, and representing Grady’s hospital-based EMS division, which provides 911 emergency, specialty transport, mobile integrated healthcare, and psychiatric/crisis response. Samantha is an accomplished author and speaker, focusing on legal issues for emergency medical services, EMTALA, guardianships, healthcare law and ethics, and insurance law. She is the co-host of FlightBridgeED, LLC’s “The Standard of Care” Podcast, focusing on legal issues in EMS. Samantha is an active member of both the State Bar of Georgia and South Carolina. She received her law degree from the Georgia State University College of Law (2003), and her MBA/MHA from the Georgia State J. Mack Robinson College of Business (2014).