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2005

Health Law Conference

Houston Apr 7-8, 2005 Four Seasons Hotel
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Overview

Leading health law attorneys provide up-to-date coverage of developments relating to the health care industry. Topics include: liability update and impact of tort reform; managed care; Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law developments; TSBME, challenges in retail medicine; a discussion of Alvarado Hospital; and more. Also, don’t miss the Round Table Networking Luncheon—an opportunity to discuss key health law issues with faculty and registrants. See the registration form to purchase tickets and select topic.

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Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

  • Day 1 April 7, 2005
  • Day 2 April 8, 2005
  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Thursday Morning, Apr. 7, 2005
    Presiding Officer:
    Hon. Jimmy Carroll, Scott & White Clinic - Temple, TX
  • 9:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Topic B: In-House Counsel Issues (In-House Counsel only, please)

  • 9:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Topic C: Peer Review Developments

  • 9:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Optional Thursday Round Table Luncheon (Select One)

  • 9:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Topic D: Compliance Issues

  • 9:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Optional Wednesday Evening Session (Select One)

  • 9:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Topic A: Hospital-Physician Deals

  • 9:00 am
    0.75 hr
    Liability Update and Impact of Tort Reform
    Recent case law developments, annual survey of significant cases, and impact of tort reform.

    Yvonne K. Puig, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP - Austin, TX

  • 9:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Topic A: Health Law Primer

  • 9:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Topic B: Investigations by the AG, TDSHS, OIG, et al

  • 9:45 am
    0.50 hr
    Fraud and Abuse - Stark Update
    Update of federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law developments, including new review of statutory and regulatory changes (if applicable), case law, advisory opinions and enforcement actions. Developments in the Texas legislature relating to referral laws will also be discussed.

    Donna S. Clark, Baker Hostetler - Houston, TX

  • 10:30 am
    1.25 hrs
    Legal Issues Faced by Hospitals Serving the Uninsured and Providing Charity Care
    Hospitals are currently under scrutiny for their billing and collection practices. Some of the complaints reflect an extension of the charity care legislation targeted at nonprofit hospitals during the 1990s, but recently the specter of the “$5 aspirin” has shadowed the for profit industry as well. This panel’s focus will be on how hospitals can comply with societal and legal expectations as it explores the legal bases for the complaints against both for profit and nonprofit hospitals and the consequences of various billing and collection policies.

    Lawrence L. Foust, San Francisco, CA
    Susan K. Staricka, Office Of The Atty General - Austin, TX
    E. Peter Urbanowicz Jr., Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Dallas, TX
    John L. Zipprich II, Christus Health - Houston, TX

  • Thursday Afternoon, Apr. 7, 2005
    Presiding Officer:
    Hon. Jimmy Carroll, Scott & White Clinic - Temple, TX
  • 1:00 pm
    0.00 hr
    1.00 hr ethics
    Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Handling Health Care Transactions
    How do you represent health care clients with serious regulatory issues while maintaining your professional integrity? What is your duty to investigate your clients? What special concerns arise for publicly traded companies and not-for profits? This session explores these issues, with particular emphasis on the health care sector.

    Philip L. Pomerance, Kamensky, Rubinstein, Hochman & Delott - Lincolnwood, IL

  • 2:00 pm
    0.75 hr
    Tiptoeing through the Land Mines of Credentialing and Peer Review
    Charla Aldous, one of the trial attorneys representing the plaintiff in the Poliner case, will provide an overview of the litigation and the factors that may have resulted in the substantial jury verdict against the hospital and physicians. Mary Bearden will provide an overview of the recent legal developments in credentialing and peer review. Both speakers will address ways in which providers may attempt to minimize their liability for participation in credentialing and peer review activities.

    Charla G. Aldous, Baron & Budd PC - Dallas, TX
    Mary M. Bearden, Brown & Fortunato PC - Amarillo, TX

  • 3:00 pm
    0.75 hr
    Managed Care 2005: Products, Politics and Privatization
    Managed care continues to breed competition and controversy. This session describes emerging managed care products, and the political landscape surrounding these product and policy initiatives. The session closes with a discussion of Texas and federal efforts to control health care costs through the use of private plans with the implementation of new managed Texas Medicaid and CHIP plans and the new federal Medicare Advantage program.

    Elizabeth N. Rogers, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. - Austin, TX

  • 3:00 pm
    0.75 hr
    Don't Fence Me In: A Survey of Health Care Entity Choices
    This presentation will cover some of the novel forms of legal entities that are being used for health care organizations and how they are affected by the new Texas Business Organization Statutes and health care regulations.

    George W. Coleman, Jenkins & Gilchrist - Dallas, TX
    Sheryl T. Dacso, Brown McCarroll - Houston, TX

  • 3:45 pm
    0.75 hr
    Legal Issues During Public Health Emergencies: Will You Be Ready When Your Client Calls?
    This program will focus on the legal issues associated with public health emergencies and the challenges faced by attorneys on behalf of their clients when individual civil rights and business viability come into conflict with the communities’ interests in health care damage control and containment. With the growing threat of bioterrorism (anthrax) and mass epidemics (SARS), the panelists will address the means by which public health authorities impose limits on mobility and operation of health care entities in the interest of the public’s health.

    David A. Kahne, Law Offices Of David A Kahne - Houston, TX
    Monty M. Waters, Texas Dept Of State Health Services - Austin, TX

  • 3:45 pm
    0.75 hr
    Update on TSBME
    As part of tort reform, the legislature granted TSBME increased funding and greater enforcement powers in regulating physician practices. In this presentation, Michele Shackelford will discuss S.B.104 along with other recent agency developments.

    Michele L. Shackelford, Texas Medical Board - Austin, TX

  • 4:40 pm
    0.75 hr
    Avoiding Painful Labor Disputes
    There is a general rule that before undergoing any serious procedure, you should understand and evaluate the available options and the associated risks. Dealing with your employees is no exception to this rule. Learn the epidural equivalent for avoiding unnecessarily painful labor disputes.

    Connie Cornell, Cornell Smith & Mierl, LLP - Austin, TX

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    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Friday Morning, Apr. 8, 2005
    Presiding Officer:
    Jerry A. Bell Jr., Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. - Austin, TX
  • 8:15 am
    0.50 hr
    Legislative Issues Update
    Tim Schauer, legislative advocate for Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston, will give his insights into the progress, politics and probable outcomes of the Texas Legislature 2005. From the budget to health care to tax policy to school finance, the connections are making for an interesting interplay of state priorities and power struggles.

    Timothy Schauer, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System - Houston, TX

  • 8:45 am
    1.50 hrs
    National Enforcement Initiatives and Update on Alvarado Hospital Medical Center Prosecution
    A leading Federal prosecutor highlights the direction and focus of national enforcement efforts. And a discussion of key issues litigated in Alvarado Hospital, by attorneys involved in this closely-followed case.

    Gary W. Eiland, Vinson & Elkins LLP - Houston, TX
    James G. Sheehan, Assistant U.S. Attorney's Office - Philadelphia, PA

  • 9:30 am
    0.75 hr
    Lessons Learned from the Alvarado Hospital Medical Center
    A discussion of key issues litigated in Alvarado Hospital, by attorneys involved in this closely-followed case.

  • 10:30 am
    0.82 hr
    Physician Owned Facilities
    The presentation will include a discussion of partnership structures, conflict between partnership duties and medical staff issues, waiver of co-pays, medical staff/economic credentialing and anti-kickback and Stark concerns.

    Fletcher H. Brown, Davis & Wilkerson, P.C. - Austin, TX
    Bruce F. Howell, Hughes & Luce - Dallas, TX

  • 11:20 am
    1.17 hrs
    Retail Medicine: New Challenges for the Health Care Attorney
    The session will discuss the rise of retail medicine and the new, complex legal issues that are necessary to represent clients in this changed environment. A substantial portion of medical care is not being transformed to a retail market. This requires the health care lawyer to become familiar with a new set of skills, including structural restrictions on health care delivery, marketing restrictions, advertising restrictions, differing licensing requirements, differing state regulations and the interrelationship between all of the above.

    David W. Hilgers, Brown McCarroll LLP - Austin, TX
    Joyce Wein Iliya, Dallas, TX

  • Day 1 April 7, 2005
  • Day 2 April 8, 2005
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Conference Faculty

Charla G. Aldous

Baron & Budd PC
Dallas, TX

Lucinda Jewell Baily

Baylor College Of Medicine
Houston, TX

Mary M. Bearden

Brown & Fortunato PC
Amarillo, TX

Marie C. Berliner

Lambeth & Berliner PLLC
Austin, TX

Fletcher H. Brown

Davis & Wilkerson, P.C.
Austin, TX

Donna S. Clark

Baker Hostetler
Houston, TX

George W. Coleman

Jenkins & Gilchrist
Dallas, TX

Connie Cornell

Cornell Smith & Mierl, LLP
Austin, TX

Sheryl T. Dacso

Brown McCarroll
Houston, TX

Gary W. Eiland

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Houston, TX

Lawrence L. Foust

San Francisco, CA

David W. Hilgers

Brown McCarroll LLP
Austin, TX

Bruce F. Howell

Hughes & Luce
Dallas, TX

Joyce Wein Iliya

Dallas, TX

David A. Kahne

Law Offices Of David A Kahne
Houston, TX

Kenneth J. Kramer

Texas Health Resources
Arlington, TX

Terry J. (Teska) Moreau

Attorney at Law
Houston, TX

Philip L. Pomerance

Kamensky, Rubinstein, Hochman & Delott
Lincolnwood, IL

Yvonne K. Puig

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Austin, TX

Michael J. Regier

VHA Inc.
Irving, TX

Elizabeth N. Rogers

Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Timothy Schauer

Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
Houston, TX

Michele L. Shackelford

Texas Medical Board
Austin, TX

James G. Sheehan

Assistant U.S. Attorney's Office
Philadelphia, PA

Susan K. Staricka

Office Of The Atty General
Austin, TX

E. Peter Urbanowicz Jr.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Dallas, TX

Monty M. Waters

Texas Dept Of State Health Services
Austin, TX

John L. Zipprich II

Christus Health
Houston, TX

Planning Committee

Mary M. Bearden

Brown & Fortunato PC
Amarillo, TX

Jerry A. Bell Jr.

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Amy Branaman

Tenet Health System
Dallas, TX

Sheryl T. Dacso

Brown McCarroll
Houston, TX

Gary W. Eiland

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Houston, TX

Michael J. Esposito

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Lawrence L. Foust

San Francisco, CA

David W. Hilgers

Brown McCarroll LLP
Austin, TX

Kenneth J. Kramer

Texas Health Resources
Arlington, TX

Terry J. (Teska) Moreau

Attorney at Law
Houston, TX

Walter G. Mosher

University Of Texas System
Austin, TX

Yvonne K. Puig

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Austin, TX

Michael J. Regier

VHA Inc.
Irving, TX

Credit Info

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You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided in Your Briefcase for your records. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number  provided on your certificate of attendance.

Key Dates

Houston – Apr 7-8, 2005 – Four Seasons Hotel
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Last day for $425.00 Regular pricing: Mar 30, 2005

$475.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Apr 1, 2005

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Apr 4, 2005

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Four Seasons Hotel

1300 Lamar St
Houston, TX
713.650.1300 (reservations)
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