The Internationalization of Healthcare: Breaking Down Geographic Barriers
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
Place: Cisco WebEx
Our speakers will be Brett Johnson and Claudia Stedman, Snell and Wilmer LLP.
Program summary:
COVID-19 has highlighted and enhanced the topic of internationalization of healthcare. The topics that will be covered include, foreign medical practitioner licensure (and immigration) and telemedicine; patient informed consent as to treatment and the application of HIPAA to foreign practitioners and vendors; healthcare supply chain concerns (and bulk purchasing); off-shoring of back-office and billing services; international vaccine distribution plans; and related false claims and standard of care concerns. In addition, a brief discussion concerning an enhanced international health law scope of practice as a subset of humanitarian law.
Program logistics:
Due to the current social distancing recommendations, this program will be held via video conference on January 27, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. through Cisco WebEx. This program will be $10 for members and $15 for non-members.
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The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. This activity may qualify for up to 1 hour of CLE credit, 0 hours of ethics, toward your annual requirement for the State Bar of Arizona.
Speaker Bios:
Brett Johnson is a partner at Snell and Wilmer LLP, represents businesses in government relations, government contracting and international trade matters. His practice includes State and federal Constitutional law, government regulatory compliance, export, government contracting, political law, and health care matters, including professional liability defense and commercial litigation. Brett regularly represents parties and witnesses involved with governmental investigations, including election law, governmental ethics, export control, False Claims Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and government procurement compliance laws and regulations. He has experience handling internal investigations and compliance audits for clients on a wide range of matters. Brett also provides training to businesses and governmental agencies concerning compliance matters and the drafting of related corporate policies.
Claudia Stedman is an associate at Snell and Wilmer LLP, where her practice is focused in healthcare compliance, transactions and regulatory matters for healthcare organizations and physicians, including medical staff matters, HIPAA, Stark, ambulatory surgery centers, licensing board investigations, fraud and abuse, peer review, risk management, physician employment contracting, joint ventures, practice formation and separation, and litigation/arbitration.