AMERICAN HEALTH LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
2011-2012 Practice Group Planned Activities and Project Report
April 2012
Practice Group: Teaching Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers Chair: Veronica Marsich
* Also see the chart for Healthcare Reform Educational Task Force for additional activities
Chair
/ Veronica Marsich / 9/2/11: Submit FY 2012 Planned Activities and Project Reportto staff
12/9/11: Submit written Mid-Year Report to the Board of Directors
5/18/12: Submit written Annual Report to the Board of Directors / 7/1/11 / 12/9/11 / 1/4/12 / Ongoing
Membership / Dawn Crumel / Vice Chair to serve as liaison between Practice Group and Membership Board Committee to recruit and retain members for the Association and the Practice Group / 7/1/11 / 6/30/12 / Ongoing
Publications / Karl Thallner / Vice Chair to serve as liaison between Practice Group and Professional Resources Board Committee and to coordinate Member Briefings, newsletters, etc. / 7/1/11 / 6/30/12 / Ongoing
Educational Programs / Rachel Nosowsky / Vice Chair to coordinate Mid-Year and Annual Meeting luncheons, teleconferences, and serve as a liaison between Practice Group and Program planning committee. / 7/1/11 / 6/30/12 / Ongoing
Research & Website / Claire Cowart Haltom / Vice Chair to coordinate AHLA Connections feature article and email alerts. Monitor and oversee relevant PG sub-site of AHLA website; make suggestions for additional postings, web links, etc. / 7/1/11 / 6/30/12 / Ongoing
Strategic Activities / Leah Voigt / Vice Chair responsible for special projects throughout the year.
May include: coordination of Affinity Group development and activities; assistance with coordination of mentoring program for new members; assistance with coordination of Mid-Year and Annual Luncheons etc. / 7/1/11 / 6/30/12 / Ongoing
Discussion List (#1)
Teaching Hospitals List / Veronica Marsich / Regularly monitor Teaching Hospitals discussion list and post questions to stimulate activity. / 7/1/11 / 6/30/12 / Ongoing
Discussion List (#2)
Food and Drug Administration List / Pamela Forrest
Neil O’Flaherty / Regularly monitor FDA discussion list and post questions to stimulate activity. / 7/1/11 / 6/30/12 / Ongoing
Meeting: Mid-Year
/ Sponsor a luncheon meeting at the 2012 Legal Issues and Academic Medical Centers and Other Teaching Institutions program in Washington, DC (January 26-27, 2012). Description and faculty due to AHLA on October 21, 2011.Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Title: Reforming the Protections for Research Subjects
Speaker: Jerry Menikoff / 1/26/12 / 1/26/12 /
1/26/12
Meeting: Annual
/ Co-sponsor a luncheon meeting with the Life Sciences PG at the 2012 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL (June 25-27, 2012). Description and faculty due to AHLA on December 30, 2011.Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Title: Industry-Academic Relationships: Typical Challenges and Practical Solutions for CTA Negotiations
Speakers: TBD
Moderator: Maureen Bennett / 6/27/12
Newsletter (#1)
Teaching Hospitals & Academic Medical Centers / Publication of newsletter discussing and analyzing recent developments in relevant areas of health law. / /
Newsletter (#2)
Teaching Hospitals & Academic Medical Centers / Publication of newsletter discussing and analyzing recent developments in relevant areas of health law. / /
Member Briefing (#1) / Title: HHS Releases Final Rule on Investigator Financial Conflicts of Interest in Public Health Service-Funded Research
Author: Karen Lam, C. Elizabeth O’Keefe, Regina Myers, Gelvina Rodriguez Stevenson / 9/11 / 10/11 / 10/5/11 /
Done
Member Briefing (#2) / Leah VoigtRachel Nosowsky / Title: Clinical Trials Agreement
Author: TBD
Co-Sponsors: LS and THAMC PGs / 9/10 / 12/11 / TBD /
Executive Summary (#1) / Title: HHS Releases Final Rule on Investigator Financial Conflicts of Interest in Public Health Service-Funded Research
Authors: Karen Lam, C. Elizabeth O’Keeffe, Regina Myers, and Gelvina Stevenson
Co-Sponsors: THAMC PG and COIT AG / 9/11 / 10/11 / 10/5/11 /
Done
Executive Summary (#2) / Title: CMS Releases Proposed Rule to Implement the Sunshine Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActAuthor: TBD / 2/12 / 3/12 / 3/1/12 /
Done
Webinar (#1) / Title: A Primer on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Corruption Issues for Healthcare and Life Science Companies Part III: Defensive Strategies in Conducting an FCPA Compliance Investigation and Responding to a Government InquirySpeakers: Jay Darden and John Kelly
Moderator: Carol Poindexter
Co-sponsors: Fraud, HHS, THAMC, HCL, and LS / 4/11 / 7/14/11 / 7/14/11 /
Done
Webinar (#2) / Title: Health Insurance Exchanges: A Fifty State Moving TargetSpeakers: Cindy Gillespie and Ilyse Schuman
Moderator: Katherine Keefe
Co-sponsors: HCR TF, HIT and PPMC PGs / 8/11 / 8/24/11 / 8/24/11 /
Done
Webinar (#3) /Title: Overview of the Medicare Shared Savings Program Final Regulations, Part ISpeakers: Lauren Haley, Claire Turcotte, and John Washlick
Moderator: Michael Schaff
Co-sponsors: ACO TF
/ 10/11 / 10/26/11 / 10/26/11 / DoneWebinar (#4) /
Title: Overview of the Medicare Shared Savings Program Final Regulations, Part IISpeakers: Thomas Bartrum, Paul DeMuro, and TJ Sullivan
Moderator: Kim Harvey Looney
Co-sponsors: ACO TF
/ 10/11 / 10/27/11 / 10/27/11 / DoneWebinar (#5)
/ Title: Antitrust Guidance for ACOs: Understanding the Antitrust Enforcement Agencies' Final Policy Statement on Accountable Care Organizations
Speakers: David argue, John Miles, and Christine White
Moderator: Douglas Ross
Co-sponsors: Antitrust PG and ACO TF / 10/11 / 11/2/11 / 11/2/11 / Done
Webinar (#6) /
Title: Overview of the Medicare Shared Savings Program Final Regulations, Part III: CMS & OIG Final Interim Rule on Program WaiversSpeakers: Troy Barsky, Julie Kass, and Vickie Robinson
Moderator: Daria Niewenhaus
Co-sponsors: ACO TF
/ 10/11 / 11/3/11 / 11/3/11 / DoneWebinar (#7) / Title: Health Insurance Exchanges, Part II: Essential Health Benefits
Speakers: Joel Ario, Julie Barnes, Mary Senkewicz
Moderator: Anne Hance
Co-sponsors: HIT, PPMC, and HCR TF / 11/11 / 11/8/11 / 11/8/11 /
Done
Webinar (#8) /Title: Accountable Care Organizations Revisited: Physician Issues Under the New Regulations and GuidanceSpeakers: Robert Clark, Robert Gerberry, and Robert Homchick
Moderator: David Lewis
Co-sponsors: Physicians and ACO TF
/ 11/11 / 11/16/11 / 11/16/11 / DoneWebinar (#9) / Title: Contract Challenges Facing Immigrant Physicians and Their Employers
Speakers: Jacqueline Bucar, Kenneth Hoogstra, and Rita Sostrin
Moderator: Gregory Siskind
Co-sponsors: Labor and Physician PGs / 10/11 / 11/17/11 / 11/17/11 / Done
Webinar (#10) /
Title: Follow the Money: Understanding the Payment Implications of the Final ACO RegulationSpeakers: Mark Hamelburg, Susan Feigin Harris, and John Pilotte
Moderator: Thomas Bartrum
Co-sponsors: RAP and ACO TF
/ 11/11 / 12/1/11 / 12/1/11 / DoneWebinar (#11) / Title: Social Media Webinar Bootcamp Series, Part I: Introduction to the Hows and the Whys
Speakers: David Harlow and John Zimmerman
Moderator: Robert Coffield
Co-sponsors: HIT, HHS, Labor, Physician, and TH PGs / 11/11 / 12/13/11 / 12/13/11 / Done
Webinar (#12) / Title: Advanced Problems in EMTALA
Speakers: Sandra Sands and Rachel Seifert
Moderator: Marc Goldstone
Co-sponsors: HHS, Physician and TH PGs / 11/11 / 12/15/11 / 12/15/11 / Done
Webinar (#13) / Title: Social Media Webinar Bootcamp Series, Part II: How to Use Social Media and Social Networking: Focus on Facebook and LinkedIn
Speakers: Matthew Fisher and John Zimmerman
Moderator: Gary Kaplan
Co-sponsors: HIT, HHS, Labor, Physician, and TH PGs / 11/11 / 1/11/12 / 1/11/12 / Done
Webinar (#14) / Title: Social Media Webinar Bootcamp Series, Part III: How to Use Social Media and Social Networking: Focus on Twitter, Blogging, and Up and Comers
Speakers: Robert Coffield and John Zimmerman
Moderator: David Harlow
Co-sponsors: HIT, HHS, Labor, Physician, and TH PGs / 11/11 / 1/31/12 / 1/31/12 / Done
Webinar (#15) /
Title: Health Insurance Exchanges, Part III: A Transformed Marketplace: State Exchanges and the Essential Health Benefits PackageSpeakers: Joel Ario and Daniel Durham
Moderator: Julie Barnes
Co-sponsors: HCR TF
/ 2/12 / 2/16/12 / 2/16/12 / DoneWebinar (#16) / Title: Social Media Webinar Bootcamp Series, Part IV: How to Use Social Media and Social Networking: Is there a Policy For That?
Speakers: Daniel Goldman, Samantha Johnson, and Valerie Montague
Moderator: Amanda Bhikhari
Co-sponsors: HIT, HHS, Labor, Physician, and TH PGs / 11/11 / 2/23/12 / 2/23/12 / Done
Webinar (#17) / Title: AHLA/HFMA Webinar Series, Session I: Current Trends in Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions, Consolidations, and Affiliations
Speakers: Carsten Beith and Beth Guest
Co-sponsors: AHLA PGs / 12/11 / 2/28/12 / 2/28/12 / Done
Webinar (#18) / Title: AHLA/HFMA Webinar Series, Session II: Deal Killers: Navigating Compliance, Financing, and Other Obstacles
Speakers: Daniel Cain, Paul DeMuro, Deborah Gordon, and Scott Powder
Co-sponsors: AHLA PGs / 12/11 / 3/15/12 / 3/15/12 / Done
Webinar (#19) /
Title: Health Insurance Exchanges Webinar Series, Part IV--Health Insurance Exchange Rule: What Do Health Plans Do Now?Speakers: Joel Ario and Julie Barnes
Co-sponsors: HCR TF
/ 3/12 / 3/19/12 / 3/19/12 / DoneWebinar (#20) / Title: Social Media Webinar Bootcamp Series, Part V: How to Safely Use Social Media and Social Networking in Your Health Law Practice: Avoid Privacy and Security Pitfalls
Speakers: David Harlow, Vadim Schick, and Glenn Prives
Moderator: Valerie Montague
Co-sponsors: HIT, HHS, Labor, Physician, and TH PGs / 11/11 / 3/20/12 / 3/20/12 / Done
Webinar (#21) / Title: AHLA/HFMA Webinar Series, Session III: Components for Effective Post-Deal Transitions, Integration, and Planning
Speakers: Anthony Perez and Sarah Swank
Co-sponsors: AHLA PGs / 11/11 / 4/18/12 / 4/18/12 / Done
Webinar (#22) / Title: Social Media Webinar Bootcamp Series, Part VI: How to Practice Safe and Ethical Social Networking: Be Careful While Friending, Linking, and Tweeting Your Way to Success
Speakers: Alan Goldberg and Barbara Saunders
Moderator: Matthew Fisher
Co-sponsors: HIT, HHS, Labor, Physician, and TH PGs / 11/11 / 4/24/12
Webinar (#23) / Title: Best Practices for Dealing With Difficult Discharges
Speakers: Mary Daymont and Alice McDermott
Moderator: Dawn Crumel
Co-sponsors: TH, PPMC, and Physician PGs / 3/12 / 4/26/12
Webinar (#24) / Title: Practical Guidance for Managing and Responding to CMS Surveys
Speakers: Mark Guza and Ann Sparkman
Moderator: Sandra DiVarco
Co-sponsors: TH and HHS PGs / 3/12 / 5/2/12
Webinar (#25) / Title: AHLA/HFMA Webinar Series, Session IV: Post-Deal Integration Specifics: Standardizing Delivery Processes and Contracting
Speakers: TBD
Co-sponsors: AHLA PGs / 11/11 / 5/17/12
Webinar (#26) / Title: Social Media Webinar Bootcamp Series, Part VII: Why Use Social Media and Social Networking? Reputation Monitoring and Background Checks
Speakers: Robert Coffield, Wade Harrison, and John Zimmerman
Moderator: Melissa January
Co-sponsors: HIT, HHS, Labor, Physician, and TH PGs / 11/11 / 5/22/12
Webinar (#27) / Title: Social Media Webinar Bootcamp Series, Part VIII: Employer Concerns with Social Media: Harassment, Disclosure of Confidential Information, Privacy Issues, and Anti-Discrimination Laws
Speakers: Maria Danaher and mark Peters
Moderator: Thomas Shorter
Co-sponsors: HIT, HHS, Labor, Physician, and TH PGs / 11/11 / 6/19/12
Webinar (#28) / Title: The Twin Peaks of DSH: Ruling 1498 and Health Reform
Speakers: John Jacob and Christopher Keough
Moderator: Steven Roosa
Co-sponsors: THAMC and RAP PGs / 12/10 / TBD /
Webinar (#29) / Topic: The Proliferation of Medical Schools
A discussion of what is driving this apparent trend, what does it mean for the institutions involved and their competitors, and what are some of the key legal and business issues that must be considered
Speakers: TBD – Possibly Beth Schermer
Moderator: TBD
Co-sponsors: TBD / 7/09
Webinar (#30) / Topic: Ethics and organ donation
Speakers: TBD
Moderator: TBD / 7/09
Webinar (#31) / Topic: Adverse Event Reporting
Speakers: TBD
Moderator: TBD / 7/09
Webinar (#32) / Topic: Physician Shortage
Speakers: TBD
Moderator: TBD / 7/09
Roundtable Discussion (#1)
/ Title: HHS Issues Final Rule on Conflicts of Interest
Speakers: Ann James and Sally Rockey
Co-sponsors: COIT AG and THAMC PG / 9/11 / 9/16/11 / 9/16/11 /
Done
Roundtable Discussion (#2)/ Title: You Have a Conflict of Interest: Now What?
Speakers: Julianne Tenney and Kristin West
Moderator: C. Elizabeth O’Keefe
Co-sponsors: COIT AG and THAMC PG / 11/11 / 12/2/11 / 12/2/11 /
Done
Roundtable Discussion (#2)/ Title: The Proposed Rule to Implement the Sunshine Act: A Discussion With Niall Brennan, CMS Director of Policy and Data Analysis, Center for Strategic Planning
Speakers: Niall Brennan
Moderator: Tracy Miller
Co-sponsors: COIT AG and THAMC PG / 2/12 / 3/9/12 / 3/9/12 /
Done
Email Alerts / Email membership upon issuance of important issues. / 7/11 / 7/11 (6)8/11 (5)
9/11 (5)
10/11 (4)
11/11 (3)
12/11 (6)
1/12 (4)
2/12 (4)
3/12 (5)
4/12 (2)
AHLA Connections Feature Article
/ Write a feature article for the January 2012 issue of AHLA Connections. Article due to AHLA on November 15, 2011.Title: Lonelier Than The Maytag® Repairman?
The Stark Academic Medical Center (AMC) Exception In A Changing Environment
Author: Claire Miley and Danielle Sloane / 11/11 / 11/15/11 / 11/15/11 / Done
Leadership Conference Calls /
Veronica Marsich
/ Schedule regular conference call with Chair, Vice Chairs, Liaison, Staff, and other interested parties. / 8/11Every 3rd Thursday of the month at 12:30 pm Eastern / 8/18/11
9/15/11
10/20/11
11/17/11
12/15/11
1/19/12
2/16/12
3/15/12
4/19/12
5/17/12
6/21/12 / 8/18/11
9/15/11
10/20/11
11/17/11
12/15/11
1/19/12
2/16/12
3/15/12
PG Scope
/ Leadership / Annually review Practice Group scope and discussion list description; recommend updates, if necessary. / 7/1/11 / 6/30/12
Membership Survey / Survey membership for suggested topics, projects, etc. for Practice Group and to solicit volunteers. / 11/11 / 11/17/11 / 11/17/11 / Done
Task Force (#1)
Healthcare Reform Educational Task Force / Educate AHLA members on proposed healthcare reform initiatives as well as report on ongoing experiences with recently enacted reform initiatives. A joint task force of HHS, HC Liability, In-House, Physicians, PPMC, RAP, and TH/AMC PGs. / 7/1/11 / 6/30/12 / Ongoing
Task Force (#2)
Accountable Care Organizations Task Force / Veronica Marsich / Monitor and evaluate the implementing statutes, regulations, cases, and secondary materials concerning ACOs. A joint task force of Antitrust, Fraud, HIT, HHS, HC Liability, In-House, LTC-SIR, Labor, LS, MSCPR, Physicians, PPMC, RAP, Tax, and TH/AMC PGs. / 7/1/11 / 6/30/12 / Ongoing
Affinity Group (#a)
Conflicts of Interest and Transparency Affinity Group / Elizabeth O’Keefe / Serve as a lively platform for active discussion and interaction amongst Practice Group members who represent entities involved in research and clinical activities (such as teaching hospitals, academic medical centers, hospitals, life science organizations, and research institutes) / 7/1/11 / 6/30/12 / Ongoing
Special Project (#1)
Tissue Bank Toolkit / Title: Tissue Bank Toolkit
Co-sponsors: will invite Life Sciences and HHS PGs to participate / 7/09 / TBD
Special Project (#2)
New Lawyer Mentoring Program / Develop a New Lawyer Mentoring Program to help support lawyers reasonably new to the practice of healthcare law, and to help support their increased participation and involvement in AHLA.
Update: AHLA is developing an Association-wide Mentoring Program; all PGs will be involved in implementation and support. / 7/09
Special Project (#3)
Commercialization of Inventions Project / Co-sponsor the commercialization of inventions project that Stuart proposed. BLG, TH-AMC, and LS will all work on this project. / 8/10
Tutorials / Explore adding tutorials— web-accessible, pre-recorded audio lessons featuring talented faculty with knowledge and expertise in the specific areas—as a new PG benefit.
Topics that may be considered:
- Emergency preparedness, tissue banking, GMEs, healthcare reform / 8/09
AHLA encourages all Practice Groups to collaborate, communicate, and cooperate with other Practice Groups.