Foley Partner Lawrence Vernaglia will be chairing the 10th Annual Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Hospital & Health Law Conference 2009 with Mark Waxman presenting on May 22, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Mr. Waxman will be speaking from 2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. with William M. Mandell from Pierce & Mandell, PC. Their session is titled “Federal and National Initiatives, the Physician Sunshine Act, and Revised Voluntary Codes of Conduct.” The federal overlay on conflict issues in physician/industry relationships, new AdvaMed and PhRMA codes that took effect on January 1, 2009, and proposed federal legislation potentially preempting much of what the states are doing.
For more information, please visit the MCLE’s Web site.
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