American Health Lawyers Association's Annual Meeting and In-House Counsel Program
Foley attorneys Heidi A. Sorensen and Judith A. Waltz are speaking at the American Health Lawyers Association’s (AHLA) Annual Meeting and In-House Counsel Program, June 28 – July 1, 2009 in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Sorensen is speaking on June 28, 2009 from 9:40 am. – 10:40 a.m. with Kathleen M. Boozang, Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law and Dawn R. Crumel, Senior Associate Counsel at Children’s National Medical Center. Their session is titled “Regulating Conflicts of Interest in the Healthcare Industry.” Topics that will be covered include:
- Professional society ethical statements, industry codes of conduct, including phRMA and AdvaMed Codes and responses of medical centers addressing industry-medicine conflicts of interest
- Statutory and regulatory requirements, OIG and DOJ insights from CIAs and DPAs, and congressional activity
- Best practices for developing compliance policies addressing conflicts of interest and the importance of ensuring communication with P&T, Education, IRBs
Ms. Waltz is speaking on June 30, 2009 from 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. with Rodney A. Johnson, Subsidiary General Counsel at Palmetto GBA LLC. Their session is titled “Medicaid Contractors: From MACS to RACS (and Many More).” Topics that will be covered include:
- Who are they and why are they here? (eg. RACS, MICS, MACS, ZPICs)
- Trends and transitions issues
- Parameters of contractor liability – theories and defenses
- Medicare contractors: Relator and defendant