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Disease Management
- Overcoming Legal Compliance Hurdles
A Webinar & Audio Conference with
John R. Hickman, Partner and Ashley Gillihan, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP
Attendees of this session will be able to identify and avoid
potential compliance traps under:
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The rules do not prevent the establishment of
wellness and disease management programs. They simply create hurdles which
require sufficient knowledge in order to effectively navigate around or over
such hurdles. Thus, the learning objectives are to identify and address the
legal compliance issues so that legal compliance problems can be avoided and/or
to identify creative solutions in the event legal compliance problems already
exist.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
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John
Hickman is head of the firm's Health Benefits Practice where he
leads five attorneys devoted exclusively to HIPAA privacy, flexible
benefits, and other health & welfare benefit issues. Mr. Hickman has
been a pioneer in the consumer directed health care arena and has worked
closely with health plans, financial institutions, and employers as well
as the IRS, Treasury, and DOL in developing guidance for tax-favored
health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs).
Mr. Hickman has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White) and Who's Who Legal in the employee benefits area. Mr. Hickman has lectured widely and published articles on HIPAA, ERISA litigation, cafeteria and health plan issues. He is co-author of the Cafeteria Plans Manual, HIPAA Portability and Privacy, and Consumer-Driven Health Care (published by the Employee Benefits Institute of America). Mr. Hickman has been called upon by benefits and trade associations to testify before the IRS and DOL on issues affecting health and welfare benefit plans including HIPAA, cafeteria plan regulations, DOL claims procedures, and the HIPAA health care privacy regulations. Mr. Hickman is also on the editorial advisory board of the Benefits and Compensation Law Alert and the Employee Benefits Adviser, is on the board of the Employers Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC), and is on the Publications Committee of the Self Insurance Institute of America. He received his law degree from Emory University School of Law, graduating with distinction, where he received the Order of the Coif Award. Mr. Hickman is also an adjunct professor of law at Emory University School of Law. |
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Ashley
Gillihan is a partner in Alston & Bird LLP's Employee Benefits and
Executive Compensation Group. He is also a secondary member of the
firm's ERISA Litigation Group. Mr. Gillihan's legal practice focuses
exclusively on assisting clients with various health and welfare benefit
plan issues related to the following:
Mr. Gillihan represents corporate plan sponsors, insurers and third party benefit plan administrators. Mr. Gillihan lectures frequently and has published numerous articles on health and welfare benefit plan related topics. He is a faculty member for MCOL, a managed health care on-line organization; and the Institute of Applied Management and Law (IAML) and he is a a member of the Advisory Board of Editors of the Benefits Compensation Law Alert and the Employer's Council on Flexible Compensation Technical Advisory Council. |
PRICE
DIAL-IN INSTRUCTIONS AND SESSION MATERIALS
Two business days prior to the event, registrants will receive a copy of the dial-in instructions and a link to the speaker presentation. The dial-in instructions will include a unique dial-in ID Participant code that can only be used for a single phone line and not shared. Session participants will also have an opportunity to email speaker questions in advance of the live session.
REGISTRATION
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