The Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group serves as a resource to attorneys who represent or regulate entities and/or individuals doing business in the managed care industry. An emphasis is placed on tracking federal and state laws and regulations as well as market trends. Specific areas of focus include managed care liability; proposed statutory and regulatory reforms; HIPAA and other mandates governing disclosure of confidential patient information; antitrust enforcement actions; any willing provider and patient bill of rights legislation; insolvency issues affecting the organized delivery of care; contracting strategies and innovations; balance billing and out-of-network issues; state and federal managed care programs; restructuring of risk-sharing arrangements; and new products offered by payors and employers, such as network tiering.

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Current Interest Group Roster (588 members)
(Accessible to ABA Members)

Chairs

Chair
Michelle Apodaca
Texas Hospital Association
Austin, TX

Vice Chairs
Denise Glass
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Dallas, TX

Leigh Anne Hodge
Balch & Bingham LLP
Birmingham, AL

Alice King
Hogan & Hartson LLP
New York, NY

Fred A. Smith III
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
Chicago, IL

Liaisons

Government Submissions & Policy
Alice King
Hogan & Hartson LLP
New York, NY

Publications
Charles M. Key
Bogatin Law Firm, PLC
Memphis, TN

Membership
Janet E Belkin
25 Oakcrest Lane
Hastings On Hudson, NY

Technology
Alexander S Gareeb
Sedgewick Detert Moran et al LLP
Los Angeles, CA

• IG Advisory Opinion No. 06-03: Advisory opinion regarding a pharmaceutical company patient assistance program that provides free outpatient prescription drugs to financially-needy Medicare Part D enrollees entirely outside of the Part D benefit.

• 2008 -2009 Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group Action Plan