2022

Health Law Pre-Conference

Houston, TX Apr 6, 2022 Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
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SPONSORS
Brown & Fortunato
Crowell & Moring LLP
Gray Reed
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Holland & Knight LLP
Husch Blackwell LLP
Jackson Walker
Katten
King & Spalding
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
Reed Claymon Meeker & Hargett, PLLC
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sheppard Mullin

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Overview

The 2022 Health Law Pre-Conference is the perfect overview and conference primer—for both new entrants and seasoned practitioners in the field—with concurrent tracks on health law fundamentals, advanced issues in health law, and in-house counsel issues (limited to in-house counsel only).

Continue Thursday with the 33rd Annual Health Law Conference offering practical and detailed coverage of updates, current issues, and key strategies and opportunities facing members of the healthcare community.

Event Schedule

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

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Wednesday Evening, Apr. 6, 2022
6:00 pm

Registration Opens

Includes light refreshments.
PRE-CONFERENCE CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Please select on registration form. Each session includes a 15-minute break.
Health Law Fundamentals
7:00 pm

2.00 hrs

Health Law Fundamentals

Explore the basics of health law, with an emphasis on fraud and abuse (including the Stark law and the federal anti-kickback statute), managed healthcare, HIPAA, and Medicare coverage and reimbursement issues.

Kenneth J. Kramer, Texas Health Resources - Arlington, TX
Virginia Alverson Mimmack, Jackson Walker LLP - Dallas, TX
Kristin M. Roshelli, King & Spalding - Houston, TX
9:15 pm

Adjourn
Advanced Issues in Health Law
Presiding Officer:
George B. Hernandez Jr., University Health - San Antonio, TX
7:00 pm

1.00 hr

Cybersecurity and Healthcare: Lessons Learned in 2021

The speakers identify and discuss trends and lessons learned from cybersecurity events and near misses in the last year. They also discuss the FBI’s role in cybersecurity and what to expect when working with law enforcement.

This presentation will not be recorded.

Nowell Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Houston, TX
Carolynn R. Jones, Harris Health System - Houston, TX
William A. Phillips Jr., University Health System - San Antonio, TX
8:00 pm

15-Minute Break
8:15 pm

1.00 hr

Innovations in Healthcare Delivery: From Start-Ups to Stand-Bys

From “hospital at home” to med spas, from infusions and injections for cash to the latest digital devices and remote monitoring. Alternative methods of care are proliferating—what are the precipitating factors and legal issues, and who’s going to pay for it all?

Beth Anne Jackson, Brown & Fortunato, P.C. - Amarillo, TX
9:15 pm

Adjourn
In-House Counsel Hot Topics (Limited to in-house counsel only)
7:00 pm

2.00 hrs

In-House Counsel Hot Topics (Limited to in-house counsel only)

Limited to in-house counsel only. Participate in an interactive discussion and sharing among in-house counsel panelists and participants. Hear about hot topics for in-house counsel, including updates on state and federal legislation, legal operational matters, and health law regulatory and enforcement matters.

Moderator:
Lance Lightfoot, Texas Children's Hospital - Houston, TX
Panelists:
R. David Evans, Hendrick Health System - Abilene, TX
Lisa M. Frenkel, Children's Health - Dallas, TX
Sara Thomas, Harris County Attorney's Office, Harris Health System - Houston, TX
Stephen G. (Steve) Wohleb, Texas Hospital Association - Austin, TX
9:15 pm

Adjourn
Want to attend more than one Pre-Conference Session on Wednesday Evening? No problem!

Conference registration includes course materials for Health Law Fundamentals and Advanced Issues in Health Law presentations. In addition, the eConference—including papers, slides, audio, and CLE credit for presentations—will be available in "Your Briefcase" within 4–6 weeks after the conference.

PLEASE NOTE:
The presentation Cybersecurity and Healthcare: Lessons Learned in 2021 will not be recorded.

Course materials and audio recordings for the In-House Counsel Hot Topics panel are not included. Registration is limited to in-house counsel only who attend the live presentation.

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Conference Faculty

Nowell Agent

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Houston, TX

R. David Evans

Hendrick Health System
Abilene, TX

Lisa M. Frenkel

Children's Health
Dallas, TX

Beth Anne Jackson

Brown & Fortunato, P.C.
Amarillo, TX

Carolynn R. Jones

Harris Health System
Houston, TX

Kenneth J. Kramer

Texas Health Resources
Arlington, TX

Lance Lightfoot

Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX

Virginia Alverson Mimmack

Jackson Walker LLP
Dallas, TX

William A. Phillips Jr.

University Health System
San Antonio, TX

Kristin M. Roshelli

King & Spalding
Houston, TX

Sara Thomas

Harris County Attorney's Office, Harris Health System
Houston, TX

Stephen G. (Steve) Wohleb

Texas Hospital Association
Austin, TX

Planning Committee

Kathy L. Poppitt—Co-Chair

King & Spalding
Austin, TX

Yvonne K. Puig—Co-Chair

Norton Rose Fulbright
Austin, TX

Violet M. Anderson

CHRISTUS Health
Irving, TX

Michelle "Missy" Apodaca

Apodaca Advocacy Group, LLC
Dallas, TX

Sheryl T. Dacso

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Houston, TX

Lisa Atlas Genecov

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Dallas, TX

Susan Feigin Harris

Norton Rose Fulbright
Houston, TX

George B. Hernandez Jr.

University Health
San Antonio, TX

Beth Anne Jackson

Brown & Fortunato, P.C.
Amarillo, TX

Carolynn R. Jones

Harris Health System
Houston, TX

Hal S. Katz

Husch Blackwell LLP
Austin, TX

Lance Lightfoot

Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX

B. Scott McBride

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Houston, TX

Virginia Alverson Mimmack

Jackson Walker LLP
Dallas, TX

Jennifer L. Rangel

Holland & Knight LLP
Austin, TX

Kevin A. Reed

Reed Claymon Meeker & Hargett, PLLC
Austin, TX

Julian L. Rivera

Husch Blackwell LLP
Austin, TX

Kristin M. Roshelli

King & Spalding
Houston, TX

Leah Stewart

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

Stephen G. (Steve) Wohleb

Texas Hospital Association
Austin, TX

Kenya S. Woodruff

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Dallas, TX

Credit Info

Houston, TX

MCLE Credit

Texas – 2.00 hrs
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 – 2.00 hrs

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 – 2.00 hrs

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 – 2.50 hrs

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.

Pennsylvania – 2.00 hrs

UT Law CLE is an approved provider of Pennsylvania credit, sponsor #236. You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. Attorney attendance will be reported to Pennsylvania within 2 weeks after credit is claimed and submit. Attorneys are not able to report this credit on their own, and UT Law CLE pays all associated fees for the credit hours. Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

Other States – 2.00 hrs

Note on Self-Reporting Your Credits in Another State

If you wish to satisfy MCLE or other professional education requirements in another state for a program offered by the University of Texas School of Law, please check with the state bar or other licensing authority in that state to ensure it will qualify for self-reporting your credits.

You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records and to provided to other licensing authorities as needed.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Other Credit

TX Accounting CPE – 2.50 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, TX – Apr 6, 2022 – Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston

Conference Concluded

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Houston, TX

Individual
Last day for $75.00 Regular pricing: Mar 30, 2022

$125.00 for registrations received after this time

Group (5 registrants minimum)
Last day for $68.00 Regular pricing: Mar 30, 2022

$118.00 for registrations received after this time

Group (10 registrants minimum)
Last day for $60.00 Regular pricing: Mar 30, 2022

$110.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Apr 1, 2022

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Apr 4, 2022

Venue

Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston

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

$179 room rate good through March 13, 2022 (subject to availability). Call 855-463-3091 and reference "UT Law 2022 Health Law Conference" when you make your reservation or click here to book online.

Parking Information

$12 daily self-parking; $18 overnight self-parking; $18 valet daily parking; $27 valet overnight

Our Sponsors

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

Brown & Fortunato

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 sixteen attorneys in its Health Care Group, six 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.
www.bf-law.com
Crowell & Moring LLP

Today, Crowell lawyers are as passionate about the firm and its role in helping clients to advance their ambitions as the firm’s founding partners were 40+ years ago. Our conviction that diverse teams are the key to truly innovative thinking and outcomes is at the heart of our differentiated approach to client service. That’s why many of the world’s leading companies turn to us for their mission-critical needs. Drawing on significant government-facing, business, and industry experience, the firm advises clients on complex litigation, regulatory and policy, and corporate and transactional matters. Crowell & Moring partners with clients to capitalize on opportunities, mitigate risk, and deliver value based on their definition.
www.crowell.com
Gray Reed

Gray Reed'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, which allows them to give clients quality legal and business advice. With six Board Certified Health Law attorneys, Gray Reed's healthcare practice group is proudly recognized in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" list and in the Chambers USA 2022 Guide.

As a full service firm with offices in Dallas, Houston and Waco, Gray Reed is able to advise and represent healthcare industry clients in every facet of their business and lives. Along with healthcare, Gray Reed attorneys assists clients with a myriad of legal issues including commercial litigation, corporate transactions, oil and gas, tax planning and litigation, real estate, construction, trusts and estates, employment law, family law, intellectual property and bankruptcy.
www.grayreed.com
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.
www.haynesboone.com
Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight's Healthcare Team assists the full range of industry participants in every facet of their operations. As one of the largest healthcare practices in the United States, our dedicated attorneys and professionals combine thorough industry knowledge and extensive hands-on experience with a sincere commitment to provide exceptional service. Many of our team members have served as in-house counsel to a wide range of healthcare businesses, associations and governments, which provides us with an in-depth understanding of the industry and the challenges faced by our clients. The healthcare and life sciences industry is simultaneously a new frontier and the backdrop for the daily lives and well-being of millions of people. Industry players deal with an ever-evolving slate of issues as they work toward the ultimate goal to improve peoples' lives.
www.hklaw.com/en
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 healthcare legal services. Jackson Walker has represented Texas clients since 1887 and today offers a full range of health law services to clients across the nation. 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 HIPAA issues; regulatory, reimbursement, and compliance; managed care; business transactions; tax-exempt and state non-profit issues; physicians and professional organizations; hospitals and health systems; senior care; financing; licensure, certification, and accreditation; and biotechnology and biomedical.
www.jw.com
Katten

Katten offers one of the most sophisticated health care practices in the nation. We counsel health care clients on everything from medico-legal and ethical concerns to complex corporate and finance issues. Our experience encompasses transactions of all types, regulatory compliance, fraud and abuse counseling, tax exemption issues, antitrust, financings for taxable and tax-exempt entities, reimbursement, and a variety of other issues specific to the health care industry. Katten attorneys are actively involved in many aspects of the industry, representing clients in the hospital and health systems, ancillary services, physician, and life sciences sectors.
www.katten.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. More than 400 industry professionals 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/healthcare.
www.kslaw.com/capabilities/healthcare
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Morgan Lewis offers healthcare providers—such as hospitals and health systems; long-term care, home health and hospice providers; pharmacies; suppliers; distributors; and physician practices—sophisticated, integrated, and cost-effective counsel covering all of their unique legal needs. We handle business and finance matters (including transactions and joint ventures); federal, state, and local regulatory concerns; coverage and reimbursement issues; and fraud and abuse and compliance counseling. We also represent clients in intellectual property, antitrust, litigation, real estate, and labor and employment matters, and advocate for clients in the public policy arena.

Ranked the largest US healthcare law firm by Modern Healthcare (2016-2019), our team includes some of the nation’s most respected healthcare law practitioners, with experience in government, industry, and academia.
www.morganlewis.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.
www.nortonrosefulbright.com
Reed Claymon Meeker & Hargett, PLLC

Reed Claymon is an Austin‐based firm that specializes in health care law. Reed Claymon represents public and private health care entities, including hospitals, health systems, hospital districts and hospital authorities, physicians, clinics, and nursing facilities throughout Texas. The firm serves as counsel to the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals (TORCH) and the Texas EMS Trauma & Acute Care Foundation (TETAF). Reed Claymon is ranked as a leading law firm by the Chambers USA and has five attorneys Board Certified in Health Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The firm values long‐term relationships, and many of the firm’s clients have been associated with the firm’s lawyers for more than 20 years. A commitment to excellence and history of innovative solutions to client challenges is the hallmark of the firm’s success.
rcmhlaw.com
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth’s Health Care group is uniquely positioned to partner with clients to develop successful strategies for navigating and responding to industry-specific pressures. We foster a collaborative approach, offering our clients comprehensive, thoughtful, and real-world solutions that positively impact their strategies and operations. Our practitioners in Houston are widely known as industry leaders in the Houston market. Several of our attorneys are board certified in health law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The team includes core health care lawyers, but also draws from the firm’s litigation, corporate, labor and employment, employee benefits, and real estate departments.
www.seyfarth.com
Sheppard Mullin

Sheppard Mullin’s Healthcare team is a 200+ attorney full-service, diverse national healthcare team, with 15 offices in the U.S., Asia and Europe, practicing healthcare transactional, regulatory, health plan licensing, compliance/investigations, reimbursement, governance, fraud and abuse, payor and provider contracting, antitrust, tax, non-profit, financing, information technology, employment, HIPAA, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, litigation, real estate, and other expertise.

Many people believe that healthcare lawyers are the same, but we don’t. What separates Sheppard Mullin from the pack is that we do tomorrow’s deals today. Clients who want to innovate contact us – for population health management, global risk, vertical integration, strategic alliances and game-changing transactions. Forward-looking, not one size fits all, problem solvers, not just legal practitioners. Our clients clearly understand and value this difference.
www.sheppardmullin.com/healthcare

2022

Health Law Pre-Conference

Houston, TX Apr 6, 2022 Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston Conference Concluded

Buy

Related products: eConference Materials

Overview

Event Schedule

Wednesday Evening, Apr. 6, 2022

Conference Faculty

Nowell Agent

R. David Evans

Lisa M. Frenkel

Beth Anne Jackson

Carolynn R. Jones

Kenneth J. Kramer

Lance Lightfoot

Virginia Alverson Mimmack

William A. Phillips Jr.

Kristin M. Roshelli

Sara Thomas

Stephen G. (Steve) Wohleb

Planning Committee

Kathy L. Poppitt—Co-Chair

Yvonne K. Puig—Co-Chair

Violet M. Anderson

Michelle "Missy" Apodaca

Sheryl T. Dacso

Lisa Atlas Genecov

Susan Feigin Harris

George B. Hernandez Jr.

Beth Anne Jackson

Carolynn R. Jones

Hal S. Katz

Lance Lightfoot

B. Scott McBride

Virginia Alverson Mimmack

Jennifer L. Rangel

Kevin A. Reed

Julian L. Rivera

Kristin M. Roshelli

Leah Stewart

Stephen G. (Steve) Wohleb

Kenya S. Woodruff

Credit Info

MCLE Credit

Other Credit

Key Dates

Venue

Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston

Accommodations

Parking Information

Our Sponsors

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