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; the changing status of IPAs and PHOs; 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 (563 members)
(Accessible to ABA Members)

Chairs

Chair
Michelle Apodaca
Texas Hospital Association
P.O. Box 679010
Austin, TX 78768-9010
T: 512/465-1521 F: 512/692-2825
mapodaca@tha.org

Vice Chairs
Denise Glass
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
2200 Ross Ave., Ste. 2800
Dallas, TX 75201-2784
T: 214/855-8063 F: 214/855-8200
dglass@fulbright.com

Leigh Anne Hodge
Balch & Bingham LLP
1710 6th Ave N
Birmingham, AL 35203-2015
T: 205/226-8724 F: 205/226-8798
lhodge@balch.com

Alice King
Hogan & Hartson LLP
875 3rd Ave Lbby 1
New York, NY 10022
T: 212/918-3576
alking@hhlaw.com

Fred A. Smith III
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
One North Wacker Drive, Suite 4200
Chicago, IL 60606-2841
T: 312/641-9050 F: 312/641-9530
fred.smith@sdma.com

Liaisons

Government Submissions & Policy - Vacant

Publications
Charles M. Key
Editorial Board Chair
Bogatin Law Firm, PLC
1661 International Place Drive Ste 300
Memphis, TN 38120-1432
T: 901/474-6129 F : 901/767-2803
ckey@bogatin.com

Membership
Janet E Belkin
25 Oakcrest Lane
Hastings On Hudson, NY 10706-3643
T: 914/478-7622 F: 914/478-7628
jebelkin@aol.com

Technology
Alexander S Gareeb
Sedgewick Detert Moran et al LLP
801 S Figueroa St., 18th Fl
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2573
T: 213/426-6900 F: 213/426-6921
alex.gareeb@sdma.com

• 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.

• 2007 -2008 Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group Action Plan