Health Law Section Fall Meeting 2021 (Day 1)
The Health Law Section 2-day Fall CLE Program will examine and invite discussion about a range of hotly debated and cross-cutting issues in health care today, including long-term care, maternal mortality and morbidity, data privacy, and vaccination mandates and equity and access. Speakers will bring a New York perspective to the focus of their presentations and panels, addressing practical skills for attorneys in counseling and representing clients in the various areas of the law.
Health Law Section Fall Program Committee Members:
-Mary Beth Morrissey, Esq., PhD, MPH, Fordham University GHIMC, Program Co-Chair
-Lisa D. Hayes, Esq., One Brooklyn Health System, Inc., Program Co-Chair
-Brendan S. Parent, Esq., NYU School of Medicine
-Mark R. Ustin, Esq. Farrell Fritz Law
-Lillian Mosley, Esq., Community Service Society of New York
-Anoush Koroghlian-Scott, Esq., Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, Health Law Section Chair
-Michael O. Fraser, St. John’s University School of Law ‘23
Please note: If you are a member of the Health Law Section and want to attend day two of the Fall program, please use coupon code BOTHLG41 when registering for day two. Fees are as follows:
Both days: $140 Section Member
Day one only: $100 Section Member, $125 NYSBA Member, $175 Non-NYSBA Member
Day two only: $60 Section Member, $75 NYSBA Member, $125 Non-NYSBA Member
- October 29, 2021
- 8:30 AM
- 1:30 PM
- 2.5
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 4.5
- Virtual Participation
Day #1 Friday, Oct. 29th - 8:30 to 1:30 pm
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Opening Greetings and CLE Announcements
Mary Beth Morrissey, Esq., PhD, MPH, Fordham University GHIMC, Program Co-Chair
Anoush Koroghlian-Scott Esq., Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, Health Law Section Chair
Panel #1: Long Term Care
2.0 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice
8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Opening speaker and Q&A, William Hammond, Esq, Senior Fellow for Health Policy, The Empire Center
9:45 - 10:45 Panel, Discussion & Q&A
This panel will discuss the legislative changes made during to 2021 Session in the residential long-term care space, focusing on staffing minimums, certificate of need reform, and transparency issues. Presenters and panelists will discuss how policymaking may inform attorneys’ practical skill-building in representing and counseling clients. Panelists include:
James Clyne, Esq., President, LeadingAge
Stephen B. Hanse, Esq., President & CEO, New York State Health Facilities Association
Hermes Fernandez, Esq., Member of the Health, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Bond Schoeneck & King and Past Section Chair
Discussants: Mark Ustin, Esq., Farrell Fritz Law
10:45 – 11 a.m.: 15 Minute Break
Panel #2: Racial Health Care Disparities: Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
1.0 Credit in Diversity and Inclusion; 0.5 Credit in Professional Practice
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Racial Health Care Disparities: Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Panel, (Lisa D. Hayes, Esq., Panel Chair, Moderator, Presenter and Discussant)
Racial Health Care Disparities: Maternal Morbidity and Mortality | Legal Implications Attorneys Must Know
I. US. Supreme Court and Disparate Treatment: Impact on Health Care Disparities
Speaker: Lisa D. Hayes, Esq., One Brooklyn Health Systems, Inc., Associate General Counsel
Presenter will address the Supreme Court’s history regarding racial disparate treatment, the judicial history of disparate racial treatment on healthcare institutions, and how the law of disparate treatment continued to impact racial disparities.
II. Federal Response to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
Speaker: Tiffany M. Wiggins, MD, MPH, FACOG, Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Presenter will address the national imperative regarding racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality, and key CMS/HHS efforts to address these disparities.
III. Overcoming Racial Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: Considerations of Equity, Quality and Safety
Speaker: Louis Hart, M.D., Yale New Haven Health System, Medical Director of Health Equity, Office of Clinical Operations, Office of Health Equity
Presenter will discuss systemic/structural racial inequities/forces that impact racial disparities, the impact of disparate treatment on equity, quality and safety, and the strategies to overcome such forces.
IV. New York State Response to Racial Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
Speaker: Lorraine Ryan, Esq., Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), Senior Vice President, Legal, Regulatory and Professional Affairs
Presenter will discuss the NY Governor’s Task Force on Maternal Morbidity and Mortality, and the current legislative agenda for Maternal Morbidity and Mortality.
Q & A
12:30 p.m. - 12:40 p.m. Break
Panel #3 Vaccination and Ethical Challenges
1.0 Credit in Ethics
12:40 - 1:30 p.m. Art Caplan, Esq. & Q&A, Brendan Parent, Esq. (Panel Chair, Moderator & Discussant)
Equity and access, mandates
- Mary Beth Morrissey, Esq., PhD, MPH, Planning Chair, Fordham University GHIMC
- Anoush Koroghlian-Scott, Esq., Chair
- Mark R. Ustin, Esq., Speaker, Farrell Fritz Law
- Hermes Fernandez, Esq., Speaker, Member of the Health, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Bond Schoeneck & King
- Lisa D. Hayes, JD, MSPH, Speaker, The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Program Co-Chair
- Tiffany Wiggins, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.O.G., Speaker, Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Louis Hart, M.D., Speaker, Yale New Haven Health System, Medical Director of Health Equity, Office of Clinical Operations, Office of Health Equity
- Lorraine Ryan, Esq., Speaker, Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), Senior Vice President, Legal, Regulatory and Professional Affairs
- James Clyne, Esq., Speaker, President, LeadingAge
- William E. Hammond, Esq,, Speaker, Senior Fellow for Health Policy, The Empire Center
- Stephen B. Hanse, Esq., Speaker, President & CEO, New York State Health Facilities Association
- Webinar
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- Health Law Section
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
