MARCH 13TH, 2019:
APRIL 10TH, 2019:
“BEST PRACTICES FOR CONTRACTINGSTRATEGIES”
“PREVENTION OF BULLYING IN THE WORKPLACE”
11:00AM TO 1:00PM
11:00AM TO 1:00PM
This presentation provides best practice strategies and
• Definition of bullying in the law
valuable resources to consider when contemplating
• Prevalence of bullying & statistics about who bullies
a new contract, contract renegotiation or developing
and how frequently
a strategy for future payor negotiations. Developing
• Negative impacts of bullying in the workplace
a strong contracting strategy can optimize the
• California’s “abusive conduct” training requirement
outcomes when presenting your “Business Case” to
• Preventing bullying
the payor and help avoid the quick “not interested”
• Investigating bullying (or other types of complaints) –
payor response.
steps to take and best practices
Topics covered:
~Velma Lim has 31 years of
• CMA’s contracting resources: toolkits, legal
experience representing private
resources, health plan details, template letters and
and public employers in state
worksheets
and federal courts. She provides
• Strategies when creating the best “Business Case”
counseling and legal advice to
for your practice
employers concerning personnel
• Post negotiation organization of your contracts from
policies, disciplinary and
paper to scanned on-line references
termination issues, avoiding and addressing claims of wrongful
Bring your contracting questions and be prepared
termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation,
to delve into developing the best strategy for your
and compliance with other employment laws. She
practice’s contracting future.
has written many articles and presented numerous seminars for employment attorneys, businesses, and
~Kristine Marck, Associate
HR professionals.
Director in CMA’s Center for Economic Services.
~Jamie Bossuat practices employment litigation
After over 25 years in the health/
which includes a wide range of matters including
managed care industry, she
sexual harassment, disability discrimination and
has a balance of working for
accommodation, age and sex discrimination,
and with physicians and a
pregnancy and medical leave, wage claims, and
drive to assist them in these
whistleblower retaliation.
difficult times. Her extensive experience offers her a unique perspective and a number of encounters to draw from. Her distilled skills focus her advocacy in the areas on managed care contracting, Medi-Cal stakeholder activities and liaison work with varied health plans, IPAs and Medical Groups.
MAY 8TH, 2019:
11:00AM TO 1:00PM
“TBD”
