Mintz Levin Attorney Ellyn L. Sternfield to Speak at Commercialization and Market Access Congress
11/28/2011
Washington, DC – Ellyn L. Sternfield, Of Counsel in the Health Law Practice of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., is speaking at the Commercialization and Market Access Congress (CMAC) taking place December 6-7 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In its second year, the interactive forum will cover a number of topics designed to assist companies with ensuring the commercial success of new drugs, devices and diagnostics. The sessions will look at how the U.S. marketplace is impacted by healthcare reform and how can companies position themselves for success in a shifting market, what information payers need to make a positive reimbursement decision and how internal product teams should interact with clinical development and external thought leaders to pave the way for an effective launch.
The topic of Ms. Sternfield’s session is “Ensure Compliant Messaging to External Stakeholders from Commercial and Medical Teams.”
Ms. Sternfield has an extensive background in the field of government health care regulation, with nearly 30 years of legal experience. Prior to joining Mintz Levin, she served as the director of the Oregon Department of Justice's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. While there, she supervised investigations and prosecutions of criminal and civil health care billing fraud and patient neglect cases. Ms. Sternfield also handled a wide variety of complex health care related cases and fraud schemes including qui tam False Claims actions. She previously served as senior assistant attorney general for the Oregon Department of Justice, where she focused on health care billing fraud and elder/dependent abuse cases, and developed a law enforcement training program focused on elder and dependant abuse. In addition to her service in the Oregon Department of Justice, she also served as the chief of the Consumer Rights Division of the Office of the Utah Attorney General.
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