Health Care Representation -Clients of the firm include health care practitioners, facilities and insurance companies.
Robin is the author of a column entitled
"Managed Care
Contracting and Provider Payment"
PRESENTATIONS
• December, 2007, Southwest Ohio Chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association: "Dealing with High Deductible Health Plans from Patient Financial Services & Managed Care Contracting Perspectives";
• October, 2007, New Hampshire Bar Association Health Law Update: "30 Minutes of Burning Ethical Issues for Health Lawyers";
• May, 2007, Northern New England Home Care & Hospice Conference: " Dealing with Medicare Advantage Plans" and "Managing Managed Care - The Next Generation";
• May, 2007, Child Health Corporation of America: "Dealing with High Deductible Health Plans - a Patient Financial Services Perspective" & "Dealing with High Deductible Health Plans - a Contracting Perspective"
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January, 2007 Audio conference: "Strike the Best Deal with Private Payers;
Tips to Help You Succeed During Contract Negotiations" DecisionHealth;
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January, 2007, Orlando: "How
to Negotiate Effective Private Payer Contracts... and Get the Most out of
Contracts You Have" DecisionHealth;
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November, 2006 Audio conference: "Healthcare Transparency in Pricing &
Quality: Are You Ready?" Progressive Business Conferences;
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November, 2006 Audio conference: "High Deductible Health Plans: How
Providers Can Maximize Collections & Navigate this New Minefield"
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October, 2006 Nashua:
"Cracking the Code: A Managed Care Contracting Seminar" New Hampshire - Vermont Healthcare Financial Management Association;
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September, 2006 Audio conference "The Payer Move to Make Your Fees Public:
What it Means & What to do About it" DecisionHealth
• February 2006 Audio conference: “Consumer Directed Health Plans:
Strategies that help Staff Boost Collections” sponsored by HCPro;
• June, 2005 Audio Conference: “Managed Care Contracting: Using Denial Data
to Improve Financial Performance” sponsored by HCPro;
• September 2002 Concord: “Contemporary Health Law Issues in New Hampshire”; NBI;
• August, 2002: “Developments in Managed Care
Contracting” New Hampshire Hospital Ass’n;
• January, 2002: “Emerging Trends in Health
Care Law in New Hampshire”;
NBI, Concord, NH;
• January,
1999: "Recent Changes in State & Federal Law Affecting Managed Care
Contracting", NBI
Concord, NH;
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April, 1998: "Delegating Functions between
Managed Care Organizations & Provider Organizations"
ABA/ American Association of Health Plans Managed Care
Law Conference;
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June, 1997: "Increased Provider Competition
and Pressures for Regulatory Reform"
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November, 1996: "Physician Incentive Plans
in Medicare and Medicaid Prepaid Health Care" Northeast Managed Care
Congress;
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November, 1995 "Delegating Administrative
Functions Between Managed Care Organizations Provider Organizations";
NHLA, Health Contracts Institute, Orlando, Florida;
• November, 1994: "Alternative Dispute
Resolution", Infoline, San Francisco;
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June, 1992: "Dealing with the Legal Issues
that Threaten Every Incentive System", Infoline
• May, 1992: "How the Industry Can Use
the APA to Influence Regulatory Changes", Group Health Association of America;
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October, 1991: "Cost-Saving Features of
Self-Funded Health and Welfare Plans"
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October, 1991: "Joint Venturing Without
Disqualifying Pension Plans of the Venturers"
PUBLICATIONS
•"Top Managed Care Contracting Clauses; a Toolkit for Providers" HCPro 2007 Robin is contributing editor;
• Silent PPOs: Developments & Resources; Health Care Review, July 2007;
•"Beyond the Contract: - Managing Your Relationship with a Health Care Payer" HCPro 2006, Robin is contributing editor;
•Patient Financial Responsibility Under High Deductible Health Plans: What Providers Can & Can't do if the Patient Can't Pay; Spring 2006, ABA The Health Lawyer;
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When the HMO Says No ..., Aspen's Health Care Law
Bulletin, December, 1997;
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EEOC Finds the ADA Bars AIDS Exclusions/Caps
From Self-Insured Plans, The Health
Lawyer, Summer, 1993;
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Fraud and Abuse Issues for Prepaid Health
Plans, Medical Interface, February,
1992;
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Medicare and Medicaid Patient Protection
Provisions, Medical Interface,
December, 1991.
• Provider Reimbursement Review Board Reverses
Intermediary Adjustment Based on Improper Reopening, Ober | Kaler
Health Law Alert 7/1993;
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EEOC: Disabilities Act Bans AIDS Exclusion
from Self-Insured Plans, Ober | Kaler
Health Law Alert, 3/1993;
• Cafeteria Plans Allow Small Employers to Increase
Benefits at Minimum Cost, Ober | Kaler Health Law Alert, 7/1991;
• Exclusions Contained in Self-Insured Health Plans
Could Cloud Coverage Determinations When a Patient Requires Emergency
Care, Ober | Kaler Health Law Alert, 3/1991;
• Recent Decisions Increase the Antitrust Risks of
Exclusive Referral Arrangements between Hospitals & Vendors of Home Care
Services, Ober | Kaler Health Law Alert, 3/1991;
• Leased Employee Rules Can Affect Your Employee
Benefit Plan's Qualified Status, Ober | Kaler Health Law Alert, 8/1990.
