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Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues 2022

Faculty

Danielle Adams
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Baltimore, MD

Hon. McArthur Allen
Chief Administrative Law Judge
Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals
US Department of Health and Human Services
Arlington, VA

Haider D. Andazola
Foley Hoag LLP
Washington, DC

Marti Arvin
VP, Chief Compliance Officer
Erlanger Health System
Chattanooga, TN

Susan J. Banks
Dentons US LLP
Denver, CO

Lynn M. Barrett
Wachler & Associates
Broward County, FL

Jocelyn Beer
Supervisory Litigation Attorney
Office of the General Counsel
US Department of Health & Human Services
Washington, DC

Jesse Berg
Lathrop GPM LLP
Minneapolis, MN

Scott R. Bezjak
Managing Director
BKD LLP
Cincinnati, OH

Timothy P. Blanchard
Blanchard Manning LLP
Orcas, WA

Christine Blowers
Director, Div. of Systems & Case Management
Office of Hearings
Baltimore, MD

Mimi H. Brouillette
Associate General Counsel
Office of Legal Affairs Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY

Cynthia Brown
Vice President, Government Affairs
American Medical Association
Washington, DC

Julie Burns
Office of the General Counsel
US Department of Health & Human Services
Washington, DC

R. Ross Burris, III
Polsinelli PC
Atlanta, GA

Ing-Jye Cheng
Director of Acute Care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Baltimore, MD

Anthony H. Choe
AVP & Associate General Counsel
Inovalon Inc
Potomac, MD

Sven C. Collins
Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC
Denver, CO

Michael H. Cook
Liles Parker PLLC
Washington, DC

Emily J. Cook
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Sara Cooperrider
Taft
Cincinnati, OH

Margia Corner
Principal Counsel, University of California Office of General Counsel
Oakland, CA

Leonardo Cuello
Research Professor
Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy
Washington, DC

Darlene Davis
K & L Gates LLP
Research Triangle Park, NC

Barbara D. A. Eyman
Eyman Associates PC
Washington, DC

Caroline L. Farrell
Attorney
Washington, DC

Fred A. Fisher
Vice President, Service Development
Toyon Associates Inc
Costa Mesa, CA

Benjamin C. Fee
Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC
Denver, CO

Emily Forrest
Health Insurance Specialist, Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Washington, DC

Joseph V. Geraci
Husch Blackwell LLP
Austin, TX

Leslie Demaree Goldsmith
Bass Berry & Sims PLC
Washington, DC

Darci L. Graves
Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Baltimore, MD

Josh Greenberg
Vice President, Government Relations
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Thomas W. Greeson
Reed Smith LLP
McLean,  VA

Jacob Harper
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Washington DC

Melissa Hart
Office of the General Counsel
US Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Marc Hartstein
Health Policy Alternatives
Washington, DC

Sarah Heppner
Policy Research Division Director
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources & Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Erin Estey Hertzog
Attorney, CMS Division
Office of General Counsel
US Department of Health & Human Services
Washington DC

Stephanie M. Hoffmann
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Nashville, TN

Alison R. Hollender
Husch Blackwell
Dallas, TX

Hilary Isacson
Assistant General Counsel, Reimbursement
Sutter Health
Sacramento, CA

Tim Johnson
Senior Vice President & Executive Director
Greater New York Hospital Association
New York, NY

Louise M. Joy
Joy & Young
Austin, TX

Robert Kaufman
Office of the General Counsel - CMS Division
US Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Karen Kimsey
Director
Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services
Richmond, VA

Laura Laemmle-Weidenfeld
Jones Day
Washington, DC

Charles A. Luband
Dentons US LLP
New York, NY

Jay Ludlam
Assistant Secretary for Medicaid
Division of Health Benefits
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Raleigh, NC

Garrett F. Mannchen
Office of the General Counsel
US Department of Health & Human Services
Silver Spring, MD

Kenneth R Marcus
Honigman LLP
Detroit, MI

B. Scott McBride
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Houston, TX

Joel L. McElvain
Senior Trial Counsel
Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch
US Department of Justice
Washington, DC

Lori Mihalich-Levin
The GME Group, PLLC
Washington, DC

Michael D. Miscoe
Miscoe Health Law LLC
Central City, PA

Meaghan A. Moriarty
Associate General Counsel, Sr
Allina Health System
Minneapolis, MN

Marybeth Musumeci
Associate Director at the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Kaiser Family Foundation
Washington, DC

Amanda Nagrotsky
Legal Counsel
340B Health
Washington, DC

K. Michael Nichols
PYA
Knoxville, TN

Clayton J. Nix
PRRB Chairperson
Office of Hearings
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Washington, DC

Lisa Ogilvie-Barr
Director, Division of Hearings & Decisions
Office of Hearings
Baltimore, MD

Katrina A. Pagonis
Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC
San Francisco, CA

Robert A. Pelaia
Deputy General Counsel
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Mark Polston
King & Spalding
Washington, DC

Stuart Portman
Health Policy Advisor
Senate Committee on Finance
Arlington, VA

Lisa Re
Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs, Office of Inspector General
US Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Valerie Rinkle
President
Valorize Consulting LLC
Medford, OR

Augustine Ripa
Senior Counsel for Health Care Fraud, Civil Division, Frauds Section
US Department of Justice
Washington, DC

Kathryn A. Roe
Health Law Consultancy
Chicago, IL

Andrew D. Ruskin
K & L Gates LLP
Washington, DC

Danielle Sloane
Bass Berry & Sims PLC
Nashville, TN

Kirk Sripinyo
Deputy Branch Chief, Affirmative Litigation Branch
Office of Inspector General
US Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Judy Wong Strobos
Office of General Counsel
US Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Felicia Y. Sze
Athene Law
San Francisco, CA

Allison L. Taylor
Medicaid Director
Indiana’s Family and Social Services Agency
Indianapolis, IN

Megan Tinker
Assistant Inspector General
Office of Inspector General
US Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Emily W. Towey
Hancock Daniel & Johnson PC
Glen Allen, VA

Jeanne L. Vance
Weintraub Tobin
Sacramento, CA

Lawrence W. Vernaglia
Foley & Lardner LLP
Boston, MA

Andrew Wachler
Wachler & Associates
Royal Oak, MI

Judith A. Waltz
Foley & Lardner LLP
San Francisco, CA

Stephanie Ann Webster
Ropes & Gray LLP
Washington, DC

Sidney S. Welch
Akerman LLP
Atlanta, GA

Barbara Straub Williams
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
Washington, DC

Lisa O. Wilson
Senior Technical Advisor
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Baltimore MD

Jeff J. Wurzburg
Locke Lord LLP
San Antonio, TX

Carol Yarbrough
Business Operations Manager, Telehealth
UCSF Health
San Francisco, CA

Eric Zimmerman
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Washington, DC