John C. Scheffel
8 Laura Lane
Katonah, NY 10536
914-962-7335 (Home)
914-302-2717 (Home Fax)
(Personal e-mail)
2006-present. Emdeon, Nashville, Tennessee
Vice President Law, for largest healthcare information clearinghouse. Responsible for all privacy, healthcare regulatory and IP matters for private / public company with 3,000+ employees and $1.2 Billion revenue.
1999-2006 WebMD Corporation and CareInsite, Inc., Elmwood Park, New Jersey.
2001-2006. Chief Privacy Officer and Vice President, HIPAA, WebMD Corporation. Managed corporate HIPAA compliance effort for company combining largest consumer health web site (WebMD), largest health care clearinghouse (Envoy) and largest practice management system (Medical Manager).
2000 – 2001. Vice President, Business Operations, Professional Internet Group. WebMD Corporation. Managed all operations for group relaunching WebMD physician portal and integrating it with practice management software.
1999 – 2000. Vice President and Special Counsel. CareInsite, Inc. Managed all licensing and intellectual property matters for publicly traded Internet healthcare company and its parent (Medical Manager Corporation). Licensed content and contracted to create healthcare transaction portal.
1996-1999 Physicians’ Online Inc., Tarrytown, New York.
1998-1999. General Manager, Physician’s Online Network. Responsible for all operations of Internet online service with 15,000 daily physician users. Lead 70-person organization including all sales, marketing, editorial and finance functions, as well as transactional responsibility for additional investment and business joint ventures.
1996-1998. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Managed all legal and external relations for venture-capital funded, 100-employee company providing an online information service to physicians.
1984-1996 International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, New York; Kingston, New York; Montvale, New Jersey; White Plains, New York.
Academic Experience
1994-present Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York
Adjunct Professor of Law. Developed and teach courses in the Law of Computer Technology and Trademark Law. Co-developed and co-taught Copyright law course.
1993 New York University, Stern School of Business, New York, New York
Masters in Business Administration. Concentration in Economics.
1984 University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois
Juris Doctor.
1981 Hochschule St. Gallen, St. Gall, Switzerland
Fulbright Scholar.
1980 Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts. Concentration in Economics. Magna Cum Laude. National Merit Scholar.
Accreditations, Memberships and Languages
Member of the New York Bar and Association of Corporate Counsel
Very good German. Some French.