29^th Annual

Health Law Conference

Houston Apr 5, 6-7, 2017 Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
Wednesday Pre-Conference Sessions
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SPONSORS
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Baker Ober Health Law Group
Beatty Bangle Strama, P.C.
Brown & Fortunato, P.C.
Gray Reed & McGraw, P.C.
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Husch Blackwell LLP
Jackson Walker
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Polsinelli
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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Overview

UT Law’s 29th Annual Health Law Conference brings together leading in-house attorneys from major hospitals and medical institutions, government officials, as well as legal and financial advisors representing hospitals, healthcare providers and physicians. The conference provides practical and detailed coverage of updates, current issues, and key strategies and opportunities facing members of the healthcare community, including:

Discussion of Emerging Trends in Healthcare in the new Trump-era landscape.
Important healthcare developments from the last year, including regulatory changes and policy initiatives in the Healthcare Year-in-Review; and gain insight on the Operational Impact of Significant Cases.
An evaluation of the current state of health plans and providers.
Practical tips in drafting and negotiating healthcare transactions.
Recent trends in FCA and government enforcement.
An exploration of telehealth, emerging technologies, and related legal and ethical issues.
A look at Realities and Future of Payment and Delivery Reform
Discussion on the Legal Ethics Challenges in the World of Cyberthreats: Technology and Professional Responsibility for Healthcare Lawyers.
Wednesday evening pre-conference concurrent sessions—Health Law Fundamentals provides an introduction to health law; and In-House Counsel Issues (limited to in-house counsel only) facilitates active discussion and sharing among in-house panelists and participants.
Multiple networking opportunities including Thursday’s Table Topics luncheon and the Thursday evening reception.

Event Schedule

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

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Wednesday Evening, Apr. 5, 2017
PRE–CONFERENCE CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Please select on registration form. Each session includes a 15-minute break.
6:00 pm

Registration Opens
Health Law Fundamentals
7:00 pm

2.00 hrs

Health Law Fundamentals

Hear an introduction to basic health law with an emphasis on fraud and abuse, managed healthcare, and Medicare coverage and reimbursement issues.

Violet M. Anderson, CHRISTUS Health - Irving, TX
Kenneth J. Kramer, Texas Health Resources - Arlington, TX
Edgar C. Morrison Jr., Jackson Walker - San Antonio, TX
9:15 pm

Adjourn
In‐House Counsel Issues (Limited to In-House Counsel ONLY)
7:00 pm

2.00 hrs

In‐House Counsel Issues

Limited to in-house counsel only, participate in active discussion and sharing among panelists and participants. Topics include, but will not be limited to, the ACA–then and now, Stark and false claims update, physician contracting, provider/payor relations, HIPAA, Texas hospital lien law update, and risk management/healthcare litigation updates.

Moderator:
Andy G. Navarro, CHRISTUS Health - Irving, TX
Panelists:
David H. Ellenbogen, Baylor Scott & White Health Care - Austin, TX
D. David Hearne, CHI St. Luke's Health - Houston, TX
Lisa L. Hill, Shannon Medical Center - San Angelo, TX
Lance Lightfoot, Texas Children's Hospital - Houston, TX
W. Christopher Shea, Memorial Hermann Health System - Houston, TX
9:15 pm

Adjourn

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Thursday Morning, Apr. 6, 2017
Presiding Officer:
Yvonne K. Puig, Norton Rose Fulbright - Austin, TX
7:30 am

Registration Opens

Includes continental breakfast.
8:20 am

Welcoming Remarks
8:30 am

0.75 hr

Emerging Trends in Healthcare

The election of Donald J. Trump is ushering in a new era for the U.S. healthcare industry, which has spent years adapting to the ACA. Yet, despite the potential policy changes in Washington, the painstaking and challenging work of shifting to value-based care will continue. This presentation highlights the forces that are expected to have the most impact on the healthcare industry in the coming year.

Benjamin Isgur, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Dallas, TX
9:15 am

1.25 hrs

Healthcare Year in Review

Hear an entertaining and informative overview of important healthcare developments in the past year, including court decisions, regulatory changes, politics, and policy initiatives.

Jack S. Schroder Jr., Retired, Alston & Bird LLP - Big Canoe, GA
10:30 am

Break
10:45 am

0.50 hr

Stark Law Update

Listen to an update of the statutory, regulatory, case law, administrative, and enforcement initiatives as related to the Stark Law.

Donna S. Clark, Baker & Hostetler LLP - Houston, TX
11:15 am

0.75 hr

National and Texas Trends and Developments for Health Plans and Providers

Identify plan and provider strategies to control cost and quality, evaluate the state of the healthcare exchange and insurance market, and review current events and likely developments as Congress takes on the ACA.

Janet Walker Farrer, Ascension Health - Austin, TX
Leah Stewart, The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School - Austin, TX
12:00 pm

0.75 hr

Hospital, Physician and Payer Alignment: Trends and Strategies

Explore the current alignment and consolidation trends among hospitals, physicians, and payers amidst the backdrop of regulatory uncertainty.

Lisa Atlas Genecov, Norton Rose Fulbright - Dallas, TX
Michael Hicks, University of North Texas Health Science Center - Fort Worth, TX
Kenneth J. Kramer, Texas Health Resources - Arlington, TX
12:45 pm

Break
Thursday Afternoon, Apr. 6, 2017
Presiding Officer:
Kenya S. Woodruff, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Dallas, TX
Optional Table Topics Luncheon

Join a discussion group with conference faculty and fellow registrants. See registration form to select a Table Topic and purchase your ticket for lunch.
TOPIC A: HIPAA Update
1:05 pm

TOPIC A: HIPAA Update
TOPIC B: Stark and Anti-Kickback Issues
1:05 pm

TOPIC B: Stark and Anti-Kickback Issues
TOPIC C: Telehealth Questions and Answers
1:05 pm

TOPIC C: Telehealth Questions and Answers
TOPIC D: Physician/Hospital Relationships and Payments
1:05 pm

TOPIC D: Physician/Hospital Relationships and Payments
1:50 pm

Break
CONCURRENT TRACKS
TRACK A: Transactional Issues in Consolidation | Physician Owned Entities
2:00 pm

0.75 hr
0.50 hr ethics

Anatomy of the Healthcare Transaction

Although healthcare transactions often vary dramatically, many aspects are consistently similar. Hear a nuts and bolts discussion of the necessary elements of a healthcare transaction, including a review of the common issues that arise in the negotiation of any transaction, the typical catalog of documents that are utilized in most transactions, and the drafting issues involved in those documents.

Mark D. Folk, Broad and Cassel LLP - Boca Raton, FL
Jessica LaManna, Universal Health Services - King of Prussia, PA
2:45 pm

0.75 hr

Physician-Owned Entities

New healthcare delivery and management models are emerging that include entities with physician ownership. This presentation focuses on those arrangements and associated legal issues.

Diane T. Carter, Husch Blackwell LLP - Austin, TX
Cybil G. Roehrenbeck, Polsinelli PC - Washington, DC
3:30 pm

Break
TRACK B: Regulatory and Operational Hot Button Issues | MACRA, MIPS & More
2:00 pm

0.75 hr
0.50 hr ethics

Regulatory and Operational Hot Button Issues

A discussion of the variety of operational, regulatory, and ethical issues relating to on-call arrangements, electronic health records, discrimination, and non-physician practitioners.

Moderator:
Kathy L. Poppitt, King & Spalding - Austin, TX
Panelists:
Susan F. Monaco, Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Dallas, TX
Allison D. Shelton, Brown & Fortunato, P.C. - Amarillo, TX
2:45 pm

0.75 hr

MACRA, MIPS and More: Making it all Manageable

2016 saw the publication of the MACRA proposed rule, the receipt and review of over 4,000 public comments, and the publication of the final rule. Its provisions contain requirements that fundamentally will change payment of healthcare for Medicare Part B services, impacting both those providers and organizations that contract with them. While payment changes do not go into effect until 2019, those payments will be based off of data created and gathered in 2017. Thus, the time is now. This presentation focuses on understanding the fundamental MACRA platform, focusing on the MIPS portions; the implications of these vast changes, including changes to behavior, delivery of care, operations, finances, and beyond; and the reality of the transition for the near future.

David W. Hilgers, Husch Blackwell LLP - Austin, TX
Sidney S. Welch, Polsinelli PC - Atlanta, GA
3:30 pm

Break
3:45 pm

1.00 hr
0.50 hr ethics

Recent Trends in the False Claims Act and Government Enforcement

2016 proved to be a game changer in the area of False Claims Act (FCA) litigation and government enforcement. One of the most significant events of the year was the Supreme Court’s issuance of Universal Health Services v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar, a decision that declared implied certification theory the law of the land but also established a complex and rigorous materiality standard with which lower courts will grapple for years. In addition, 2016 saw the DOJ’s implementation of the Yates Memo, the DOJ’s interim final rule doubling penalties under the FCA, the Supreme Court’s decision declaring that a whistleblower’s violation of the seal does not result in automatic dismissal, and CMS’s issuance of the final Medicare Parts A/B 60 day rule. Hear a detailed overview of these and other significant developments in the ever-evolving area of government enforcement in the healthcare industry.

B. Scott McBride, Baker & Hostetler LLP - Houston, TX
Adam Robison, King & Spalding - Houston, TX
4:45 pm

1.00 hr
0.25 hr ethics

Telehealth: Tackling Technology’s Legal and Ethical Impact on Healthcare

Telehealth is no longer a concept but a reality for providers, payors, employers, and entrepreneurs who are all being presented with emerging technologies that enhance access, improve efficiencies, and reduce costs associated with healthcare. With these new advances in telehealth and telecommunications technologies come an array of legal and ethical issues. Explore these technologies, including evolving audio and visual telecommunications, wearables, mobile medical apps, medical devices, robotics, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality.

Sheryl T. Dacso, Seyfarth Shaw LLP - Houston, TX
Julian L. Rivera, Husch Blackwell LLP - Austin, TX
5:45 pm

Adjourn
Networking Reception (5:45 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.)

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Join us for drinks and hors d'oeuvres with program faculty and attendees.

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Friday Morning, Apr. 7, 2017
Presiding Officer:
Mary M. Bearden, Brown & Fortunato, P.C. - Amarillo, TX
7:30 am

Conference Room Opens

Includes continental breakfast.
8:30 am

1.00 hr

Operational Impact of Significant Cases

Take an in‐depth look at key legal developments and significant cases affecting healthcare operations, including credentialing and liability issues that impact hospitals and providers. Receive a comprehensive review of recent decisions affecting the liabilities and duties of healthcare providers in the written materials.

Yvonne K. Puig, Norton Rose Fulbright - Austin, TX
9:30 am

0.75 hr

Employment Law: The Modern Mobile Workforce

The modern workforce is exceptionally mobile, with an increasing number of employees able to perform their duties from virtually any location. Explore the security, privacy, and medical accommodation issues associated with allowing employees to work in the open and in the wild.

Jason Boulette, Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P. - Austin, TX
Kimberly S. King, CHRISTUS Health - Irving, TX
10:15 am

Break
10:30 am

0.75 hr

The Realities and Future of Payment and Delivery Reform

Concern over rising healthcare costs and increased coverage resulted in the passage of the ACA in 2010. While the future of the ACA is uncertain, it is highly likely that payers, including the government, will continue to seek ways to drive down healthcare costs through payment and delivery reform. Gain insights into the operational realities, legal issues and pitfalls, and successes and failures involved in these healthcare models. Hear updates and details relating to the creation of Clinically Integrated Networks, Care Coordination Entities, Accountable Care Organizations, and other strategies being used to increase efficiency and provide quality care. Explore the successful contracting techniques in today’s payer environment, the legal issues of developing and operating a risked-based network, and how employers are reacting to the decrease in their healthcare costs.

Moderator:
Susan Feigin Harris, Baker & Hostetler LLP - Houston, TX
Panelists:
Ken Janda, Community Health Choice Inc. - Houston, TX
Robert F. McStay Jr., Memorial Hermann Health System - Houston, TX
11:15 am

0.75 hr

Physician Compensation and Fair Market Value

Review the legal framework for compliant physician compensation arrangements, including the key concepts of fair market value and commercial reasonableness. Examine the current regulatory and enforcement environment, and receive practical illustrations using examples of commonly observed situations in the marketplace.

Jennifer B. Claymon, Reed, Claymon, Meeker & Hargett, PLLC - Austin, TX
Chip Hutzler, HealthCare Appraisers, Inc. - Delray Beach, FL
Stephen G. Wohleb, Ascension Texas - Austin, TX
12:00 pm

1.00 hr ethics

Legal Ethics Challenges in the World of Healthcare Cyberthreats: Law, Technology and Professional Responsibility for Healthcare Lawyers

Cyber intrusions—hacking, ransomware, and other threats—make daily headlines, and a growing number of them are aimed at healthcare organizations. Technology-driven crises also pose significant professional responsibility challenges for healthcare lawyers as they prepare to help their clients respond to tomorrow’s cyberthreats today. Data breaches, disclosure issues and, of course, that really unfortunate tweet may involve an interconnected web of thorny legal, technological, and ethical issues. Hear a discussion of the latest cyber risks facing healthcare organizations and key legal ethics challenges in responding to them, along with other ethics and professional responsibility issues facing dial-up healthcare lawyers in a broadband technology world.

William W. Horton, Jones Walker LLP - Birmingham, AL
Peter S. Vogel, Gardere - Dallas, TX
1:00 pm

Adjourn

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Conference Faculty

Violet M. Anderson

CHRISTUS Health
Irving, TX

Jason Boulette

Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Diane T. Carter

Husch Blackwell LLP
Austin, TX

Donna S. Clark

Baker & Hostetler LLP
Houston, TX

Jennifer B. Claymon

Reed, Claymon, Meeker & Hargett, PLLC
Austin, TX

Sheryl T. Dacso

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Houston, TX

David H. Ellenbogen

Baylor Scott & White Health Care
Austin, TX

Janet Walker Farrer

Ascension Health
Austin, TX

Mark D. Folk

Broad and Cassel LLP
Boca Raton, FL

Lisa Atlas Genecov

Norton Rose Fulbright
Dallas, TX

Susan Feigin Harris

Baker & Hostetler LLP
Houston, TX

D. David Hearne

CHI St. Luke's Health
Houston, TX

Michael Hicks

University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX

David W. Hilgers

Husch Blackwell LLP
Austin, TX

Lisa L. Hill

Shannon Medical Center
San Angelo, TX

William W. Horton

Jones Walker LLP
Birmingham, AL

Chip Hutzler

HealthCare Appraisers, Inc.
Delray Beach, FL

Benjamin Isgur

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Dallas, TX

Ken Janda

Community Health Choice Inc.
Houston, TX

Kimberly S. King

CHRISTUS Health
Irving, TX

Kenneth J. Kramer

Texas Health Resources
Arlington, TX

Jessica LaManna

Universal Health Services
King of Prussia, PA

Lance Lightfoot

Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX

B. Scott McBride

Baker & Hostetler LLP
Houston, TX

Robert F. McStay Jr.

Memorial Hermann Health System
Houston, TX

Susan F. Monaco

Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Dallas, TX

Edgar C. Morrison Jr.

Jackson Walker
San Antonio, TX

Andy G. Navarro

CHRISTUS Health
Irving, TX

Kathy L. Poppitt

King & Spalding
Austin, TX

Yvonne K. Puig

Norton Rose Fulbright
Austin, TX

Julian L. Rivera

Husch Blackwell LLP
Austin, TX

Adam Robison

King & Spalding
Houston, TX

Cybil G. Roehrenbeck

Polsinelli PC
Washington, DC

Jack S. Schroder Jr.

Retired, Alston & Bird LLP
Big Canoe, GA

W. Christopher Shea

Memorial Hermann Health System
Houston, TX

Allison D. Shelton

Brown & Fortunato, P.C.
Amarillo, TX

Leah Stewart

The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Austin, TX

Peter S. Vogel

Gardere
Dallas, TX

Sidney S. Welch

Polsinelli PC
Atlanta, GA

Stephen G. Wohleb

Ascension Texas
Austin, TX

Planning Committee

Mary M. Bearden—Co-Chair

Brown & Fortunato, P.C.
Amarillo, TX

Yvonne K. Puig—Co-Chair

Norton Rose Fulbright
Austin, TX

Violet M. Anderson

CHRISTUS Health
Irving, TX

Michelle Apodaca

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Austin, TX

Sheryl T. Dacso

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Houston, TX

Gary W. Eiland

King & Spalding
Houston, TX

Lisa Atlas Genecov

Norton Rose Fulbright
Dallas, TX

Susan Feigin Harris

Baker & Hostetler LLP
Houston, TX

David W. Hilgers

Husch Blackwell LLP
Austin, TX

Hal S. Katz

Husch Blackwell LLP
Austin, TX

B. Scott McBride

Baker & Hostetler LLP
Houston, TX

Stuart F. Miller

Baker Ober Health Law Group
Houston, TX

Edgar C. Morrison Jr.

Jackson Walker
San Antonio, TX

Kathy L. Poppitt

King & Spalding
Austin, TX

Kevin A. Reed

Reed, Claymon, Meeker & Hargett, PLLC
Austin, TX

Brenda T. Strama

Beatty Bangle Strama, P.C.
Austin, TX

Stephen G. Wohleb

Ascension Texas
Austin, TX

Kenya S. Woodruff

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Dallas, TX

Credit Info

Houston

MCLE Credit

Texas – 13.75 hrs | 2.25 hrs Ethics
Legal Specialization(s): Administrative Law, Health Law

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.

California – 13.75 hrs | 2.25 hrs Ethics

You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

Louisiana – 13.75 hrs | 2.00 hrs Ethics

At the completion of the conference you must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Supreme Court of Louisiana Continuing Legal Education Committee within 30 days after the conference.

Oklahoma – 16.00 hrs | 2.50 hrs Ethics

You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, then you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Oklahoma Bar Association within 30 days after the conference.

Other Credit

TX Accounting CPE – 16.00 hrs

The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live conferences are presumptively approved by The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

Key Dates

Houston – Apr 5*, 6-7, 2017 – Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston

*Wednesday Pre-Conference Sessions

Conference Concluded

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Houston

Individual
Last day for $595.00 Regular pricing: Apr 5, 2017

$645.00 for registrations received after this time

Group (10 registrants minimum)
Last day for $480.00 Regular pricing: Apr 5, 2017

$590.00 for registrations received after this time

Group (5 registrants minimum)
Last day for $540.00 Regular pricing: Apr 5, 2017

$590.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Mar 31, 2017

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Apr 3, 2017

Venue

Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston

2222 West Loop South
Houston, TX 77027-3502
713.627.7600
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Accommodations

$189 room rate good through March 11, 2017 (subject to availability).

Parking Information

Self-parking $10 daily; $16 overnight
Valet $16 daily; $25 overnight
(rates subject to change)

Our Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors! Click each logo below to learn more.

Baker & Hostetler LLP

BakerHostetler’s Healthcare Team
Supported by more than 900 attorneys and professionals in 14 cities coast to coast, BakerHostetler’s multi-disciplinary Healthcare Team offers clients nationwide strength across a diverse array of practice areas including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, regulatory compliance, fraud and abuse counseling, government investigations, subpoenas and audits, FDA, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, tax and exempt organization laws, export controls, ERISA, management labor and employment, finance and business transactions, antitrust, lobbying, commercial litigation, operations, HIPAA/HITECH and data privacy, among others. We understand the unique needs of the industry, and our comprehensive counsel helps healthcare entities manage their strategic and operational issues successfully in today's complex and rapidly changing industry environment.
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Baker Ober Health Law Group

With more than 200 attorneys in ten states and the District of Columbia serving the health care industry, Baker Donelson has one of the leading health care practices in the United States. Given the vast scope and complexity of the nation's largest industry, our size, scale and collective experience give our clients a competitive advantage. Those clients are hiring a dedicated, multi-disciplinary team, a team that not only has experience in and detailed knowledge of health law, but also understands the complicated ways in which the industry operates.

The Baker Ober Health Law Group is unique, not only in depth, but also design: it is structured according to our clients. Dedicated client teams focus on hospitals and health systems, payors, long term care providers, ambulatory surgery centers, complex medical groups, end-stage renal disease, rehabilitation and the wide array of health enterprises that make up our health care ecosystem. By design, we are committed to developing a broad, detailed and intimate knowledge of the health care industry, and of the segments in which our clients work. We know the clients' business because we are committed to living in their world. www.bakerdonelson.com/health
Beatty Bangle Strama, P.C.

Beatty Bangle Strama P.C. (BBS) specializes in practical, creative and cost-effective legal services for businesses. Our experienced and highly qualified attorneys advise clients on litigation, transactions, and public policy matters, with a special emphasis on healthcare, environmental and administrative law. Brenda Strama and Leah Stewart focus on the spectrum of healthcare regulatory issues, including managed care, operations, Medicaid financing, fraud and abuse, academic medical centers, and federal and state privacy laws. BBS offers “big law” competency and experience with the agility and efficiency of a smaller firm.
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Brown & Fortunato, P.C.

The attorneys of Brown & Fortunato's Health Care Group counsel hospitals, health systems, physician practice groups, and other providers across the country on a wide variety of regulatory and business issues. The Group offers straightforward, practical advice that enables clients to operate their businesses successfully, while avoiding the many pitfalls of healthcare laws and regulations. With their in-depth understanding of the laws and regulations governing the provision of healthcare, the B&F healthcare attorneys strive to find practical, innovative solutions to problems faced by providers. B&F has eleven attorneys in its Health Care Group, five of whom are board certified in Health Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The attorneys in the Health Care Group maintain positive working relationships with all levels of government regulators and enforcement agencies.
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Gray Reed & McGraw LLP

Gray Reed & McGraw’s healthcare lawyers are well equipped to counsel a diverse clientele on strategies for the ever-changing healthcare landscape. Not only do they understand healthcare law and the industry, but they also know the healthcare market and what drives that market, which allows them to give clients both quality legal and business advice. With five Board Certified Health Law attorneys, the most of any firm in North Texas, Gray Reed’s healthcare section was ranked among the very best firms in the United States in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings (a Woodward/White company).

Along with healthcare, Gray Reed offers a wide range of legal services including business litigation, corporate transactions, oil & gas, tax planning and litigation, real estate, trusts and estates, employment law, family law, intellectual property and bankruptcy. For more than 30 years, Gray Reed has been a full-service, Texas based law firm with more than 120 lawyers practicing in Dallas and Houston. For more information, visit www.grayreed.com.

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Haynes and Boone, LLP

Haynes and Boone’s Healthcare members have diverse backgrounds in transactional, regulatory, tax, finance, operational, clinical, litigation, and enforcement areas to offer clients services tailored to their specific needs. Our distinctive collaborative culture allows us to leverage our attorneys’ collective skills and to create innovative solutions to meet our clients’ challenges.

We regularly advise clients regarding accountable care organizations, CINs, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, HIPAA/HITECH, anti-kickback, self-referral/Stark, related state laws and the mitigation of potential enforcement actions in the event of noncompliance. Our attorneys have significant experience advising clients on repayment and disclosure options and protocols, conducting internal investigations, as well as developing compliance programs. We understand the government’s renewed interest in audits and the heightened risks related to these ongoing and future initiatives. Our lawyers recognize the value of early detection and claims prevention and understand the importance of compliance programs.
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Husch Blackwell LLP

Healthcare leaders value Husch Blackwell’s commitment to their industry. Our deeply experienced and knowledgeable health law team works across disciplines toward one goal: delivering results that allow clients to meet their business objectives. www.huschblackwell.com
Jackson Walker

Jackson Walker is both the history and the future of Texas health care legal services. Jackson Walker has represented Texas clients since 1887 and today offers a full range of health law services to its Lone Star clients. With fifteen healthcare lawyers, averaging more than 20 years of experience each, Jackson Walker offers full service legal care for its healthcare clients in its seven Texas offices. Our team of healthcare attorneys—with full support from other practice areas of the firm—handles a wide range of matters including regulatory, reimbursement and compliance; managed care; business transaction; tax exempt and state non-profit issues; physicians and professional organizations; hospitals and health systems; financing; licensure, certification & accreditation; biotechnology and biomedical. jw.com
King & Spalding

Celebrating more than 130 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a variety of entities and institutions involved in the delivery of healthcare and payment for healthcare services—from teaching hospitals to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical technology companies—across all facets of the legal issues they face. We help our clients evaluate and alleviate risk, accomplish their strategic goals, and succeed in litigation. As one of the largest healthcare practices in the country, we have received national acclaim for excellence in transactional, litigation, and regulatory representation of clients across the healthcare spectrum. More information is available at www.kslaw.com/practices/health. www.kslaw.com
Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright's traditions are deeply rooted in representing clients in the healthcare industry. Our healthcare team focus began in 1941 when our lawyers were deeply involved in the formation of Baylor College of Medicine and the creation and development of the Texas Medical Center, the largest concentration of medical facilities in the world. Our healthcare team acts for numerous clients in the healthcare sector, including hospitals and health systems, academic medical centers, retail pharmacies and wholesale distributors, physician groups and health insurers.
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Polsinelli

Polsinelli is an Am Law 100 firm with more than 800 attorneys in 20 offices, serving corporations, institutions, and entrepreneurs nationally. Recently ranked #17* for client service excellence among firms servicing Fortune 500 clients, the firm has risen more than 50 spots in Am Law's annual firm ranking over the past five years. Polsinelli attorneys provide practical legal counsel infused with business insight, and focus on health care, financial services, real estate, intellectual property, mid-market corporate, labor and employment, and business litigation. Polsinelli attorneys have depth of experience in 100 service areas and 70 industries.
The firm can be found online at www.polsinelli.com. Polsinelli PC. In California, Polsinelli LLP.
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s health law practice group is continuously recognized for legal excellence by Legal 500. Because members of the team are drawn from each of the firm’s departments—litigation, corporate, labor and employment, employee benefits and real estate—we are able to provide a coordinated and comprehensive full-service health law practice throughout Texas and across the United States. Our client base is broad in scope, including for-profit and non-profit hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, physician groups, academic medical institutions, managed care companies, healthcare technology and service companies, post-acute care, pharmaceutical companies, and providers of debt and equity capital in the healthcare space in regulatory, transactional and litigation matters. Faced with an ever-changing array of new legislation, regulations and pressures that must be balanced with ongoing business challenges and opportunities, healthcare companies require legal advisors with the knowledge, experience and resources necessary to provide sophisticated and coordinated counsel. Seyfarth Shaw’s health law practice group exceeds these expectations.
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29th Annual

Health Law Conference

Houston Apr 5*, 6-7, 2017 Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston *Wednesday Pre-Conference Sessions Conference Concluded

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Overview

Event Schedule

Wednesday Evening, Apr. 5, 2017

Thursday Morning, Apr. 6, 2017

Thursday Afternoon, Apr. 6, 2017

Friday Morning, Apr. 7, 2017

Conference Faculty

Violet M. Anderson

Jason Boulette

Diane T. Carter

Donna S. Clark

Jennifer B. Claymon

Sheryl T. Dacso

David H. Ellenbogen

Janet Walker Farrer

Mark D. Folk

Lisa Atlas Genecov

Susan Feigin Harris

D. David Hearne

Michael Hicks

David W. Hilgers

Lisa L. Hill

William W. Horton

Chip Hutzler

Benjamin Isgur

Ken Janda

Kimberly S. King

Kenneth J. Kramer

Jessica LaManna

Lance Lightfoot

B. Scott McBride

Robert F. McStay Jr.

Susan F. Monaco

Edgar C. Morrison Jr.

Andy G. Navarro

Kathy L. Poppitt

Yvonne K. Puig

Julian L. Rivera

Adam Robison

Cybil G. Roehrenbeck

Jack S. Schroder Jr.

W. Christopher Shea

Allison D. Shelton

Leah Stewart

Peter S. Vogel

Sidney S. Welch

Stephen G. Wohleb

Planning Committee

Mary M. Bearden—Co-Chair

Yvonne K. Puig—Co-Chair

Violet M. Anderson

Michelle Apodaca

Sheryl T. Dacso

Gary W. Eiland

Lisa Atlas Genecov

Susan Feigin Harris

David W. Hilgers

Hal S. Katz

B. Scott McBride

Stuart F. Miller

Edgar C. Morrison Jr.

Kathy L. Poppitt

Kevin A. Reed

Brenda T. Strama

Stephen G. Wohleb

Kenya S. Woodruff

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Other Credit

Key Dates

Venue

Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston

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Houston Apr 5, 6-7, 2017 Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
Wednesday Pre-Conference Sessions
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