Medicare Compliance Expert Lauren N. Haley Joins Mintz Levin's Growing Health Care Practice
1/10/2007
Practice grows by four attorneys in New York and D.C.
Washington, D.C. -- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., a full-service, 480-lawyer AmLaw 100 firm with offices throughout the U.S. and in the U.K., announced that Lauren N. Haley, formerly a health insurance specialist at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has joined the firm's Health Sciences Section. She is based in Washington, D.C.
While at CMS, Ms. Haley, who joins as an associate, had responsibilities for program integrity efforts in connection with the implementation of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit and for the drafting of compliance plan provisions of the Title I Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit regulation. She served as a member of the technical panel that evaluated and made recommendations for awarding the eight Medicare Drug Integrity Contractors (MEDICs) and was responsible for conflict of interest analysis for MEDICs. Ms. Haley also co-authored chapter nine of the Prescription Drug Benefit Manual: A Program to Control Fraud, Waste and Abuse.
"Mintz Levin has continued to expand its premier, national health care practice, representing both for-profit and non-profit companies throughout the United States, and abroad," said Robert Clark, head of the firm's Health Sciences Section and a Member in the Washington, D.C. office. "Lauren's extensive government background and significant experience with a variety of complex legislative, regulatory and policy issues further strengthens the resources we are able to provide to clients. We are delighted to welcome her to the firm."
Prior to CMS, Ms. Haley served as Director of Government Relations for The National Association for the Support of Long Term Care where she represented the legislative and regulatory interests of companies providing ancillary services and product supply components to long-term care facilities. She was also responsible for analyzing, interpreting and submitting comments to Medicare regulations; analyzing and interpreting the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General fraud alerts, bulletins, and compliance guidance documents, among others; analyzing and interpreting proposed and passed Medicare legislation and counseling reimbursement managers in applying various CMS manual instructions.
Also joining Mintz Levin's Health Care practice this month is Andrew B. Roth, the former head of McDermott Will & Emery's New York health care practice. He represents hospital and managed care companies in a variety of matters including mergers and acquisitions and regulatory affairs. Mr. Roth also has a specialized practice representing medical schools and teaching hospitals in accreditation proceedings. David S. Ivill, also formerly of McDermott Will & Emery, also joined the firm. He focuses on representing health care facilities and physicians' practices. Nili Yolin, an associate, joins Mr. Roth and Mr. Ivill in the firm's New York office.
Ms. Haley is admitted to practice in Virginia and she is a member of The American Health Lawyers Association. A graduate of The University of Rochester, she earned a law degree from Seton Hall University Law School.
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