THE CENTER FOR
HEALTH L AW
S TUDI E S 2019 — 2020
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YOU R L IF E IN TH E L AW
BEGINS
RUQAIIJAH YEARBY
Co-Founder, Institute for Healing Justice and Equity Co-Director, Center for Equity Professor of Law
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A T O P-R AT E D H E A LT H L AW P R O G R A M Established in 1982, the Center for Health Law Studies was one of the first law school programs to focus on the intersection of the health care system and the legal system. Under direction from nationally renowned faculty, the Center celebrates more than 37 years of leadership in health law scholarship and education. Students have access to top-tier faculty; leading scholars, practitioners and employers; and one-on-one support and guidance from staff who work together to give them a competitive edge as they pursue careers in health care law. Our health law graduates work across the country, where the Center’s reputation is highly regarded. For 15 of the last 16 consecutive years, the Center for Health Law Studies has earned the reputation as the nation’s premier health law program.
EARN A CONCENTRATION IN HEALTH LAW Students pursuing a J.D. may earn a Concentration in Health Law by completing a required course of study and specified co-curricular activities through the Center. The concentration allows students to explore and demonstrate a specialized interest in the study of health law. Requirements include: 10 credit hours of health law courses A publishable health law research paper Attendance and written analysis of five distinguished speaker presentations Practical health law experience
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We have studied how better access to Medicaid and private health insurance improve health, especially in marginalized populations. Now we are broadening our scope to look at how policies related to key social determinants of health — housing, employment and childhood education — can also improve health.” — SIDNEY D. WATSON, Director of the Center for Health Law Studies, on the Center’s work as part of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant.
DUAL-DEGREE PROGRAMS In cooperation with the Saint Louis University Center for Health Outcomes Research, the College for Public Health & Social Justice and the Center for Health Care Ethics, the Center for Health Law Studies offers four health lawrelated dual-degree programs. The dual-degree programs are designed to allow students to obtain two degrees in significantly less time than if obtained separately. Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Health Outcomes Research & Evaluation (J.D./M.S.) Juris Doctor/Master of Health Administration (J.D./M.H.A.) Juris Doctor/Master of Public Health in Health Management and Policy (J.D./M.P.H.) Juris Doctor/Doctor of Philosophy in Health Care Ethics (J.D./Ph.D.)
Profs. Yearby and Watson with RWJF project faculty fellows Dee Harleston, J.D./M.P.H. (anticipated ’20); Lyz Riley, J.D./M.H.A. (anticipated ’21); and Nicole Strombom, J.D./M.P.H. (anticipated ’20).
MASTER OF LAWS IN HEALTH LAW The Master of Laws (LL.M.) is an advanced degree designed to serve two types of lawyers – those seeking an in-depth introduction to the practice of health law and those who are currently practicing and wish to increase their exposure to new developments in health law. This highly selective program allows each student individual attention and close faculty supervision. Students are required to complete 24 credits of law courses and a master’s thesis of publishable quality, and are strongly encouraged to complete scholarly writing, attend seminars and participate in directed research projects.
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ACCESS TO HIGH PROFILE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE Through their affiliation with the Center for Health Law Studies, SLU LAW students obtain diverse, hands-on experience in the area of health law. SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF HEALTH LAW & POLICY The Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy is published bi-annually by the Center for Health Law Studies and a student editorial board. Law students participate in the Journal as issue, lead and staff editors. One issue each year is devoted to the publication of the proceedings of the Center for Health Law Studies’ annual symposium. The second issue is devoted to coverage of emerging issues within health law and policy. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS COMPETITIONS Each year, health law students compete in national professional skills competitions. Our students participate in the National Health Law Moot Court Competition, the National Transactional Health Law Competition and the Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition. LEGAL CLINICS Second-and third-year students, supervised by practicing attorneys, work in the SLU LAW Legal Clinics. Health law students have the opportunity to participate in case development and appellate advocacy concerning substantial legal matters such as state health policy.
ST. LOUIS FIELD PLACEMENTS HAVE INCLUDED: Ascension BJC Health System Express Scripts Hospital Sisters Health System Mercy Health SSM Health Saint Louis University School of Medicine U.S. Attorneys’ Offices U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
FIELD PLACEMENTS Field placements provide opportunities for law students to learn in health law practice settings. Placement experiences are intended to enrich students’ legal education through skill development, increased understanding of substantive law, development of professional responsibility and identity, and institutional understanding.
H E A LT H L AW I N T H E F I E L D I was excited to work as a legal intern with the Office of Legal Services at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital because of my bachelor’s degree in health management (SLU College for Public Health and Social Justice, ’16) and because of my health law concentration. I felt incredibly equipped to handle a variety of health law issues after taking various health law courses. The attorneys, doctors, nurses, staff and patients reminded me of their mission and ignited my desire to use my legal knowledge and training in the service of others.”
AIDA HERENDA , J.D. (’19)
It had always been a dream of mine to work for the CDC, but I thought that dream was over when I decided to go to law school instead of medical school. My big project during the summer was assisting in a legal epidemiological study on the definition of telemedicine and telehealth in the United States. Prior to this internship, I was interested in working as in-house counsel in a hospital, but after this experience I became interested in health policy or health care impact litigation as well.”
JAMES CALLAHAN IV, J.D. (’19)
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HEALTH LAW SEMESTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
COMPLEX AND FAST-PACED, THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY IS HIGHLY REGULATED, WITH SUBSTANTIAL REGULATION OCCURRING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. During the Health Law Semester in Washington, D.C., law students clerk in a health-related federal agency for an entire semester. Students gain significant practical experience working with complex health care regulations. They also begin building a network of contacts within the federal government. D.C. students also enroll in Health Law Agency Practice, a complementary, two-credit course addressing both professional responsibility issues that arise in agency practice and advanced topics in administrative law. Students earn 12 to 14 credits through experiential learning and coursework. Offered annually during the spring semester, this program is available to students enrolled in the health law concentration program, a health law dual-degree program or the health law LL.M. program.
Washington, District of Columbia
AGENCY PLACEMENTS HAVE INCLUDED: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Quality, Safety and Value U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of General Counsel, Public Health Division U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of General Counsel, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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My decision to go to SLU LAW was based on the health law program, and a big part of that was the Semester in D.C. opportunity, so I knew I wanted to do this before I started at SLU. Being a SLU LAW student in D.C. is awesome because there are so many alumni in the area. All of us have supervisors at our agencies who are SLU LAW alumni, and we have mentors who are alumni, so it’s been really great to still have the support of SLU while being in agency practice.” SARAH MORGAN, J.D. (’19)
Intern at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Risk Management Office (Spring 2019)
As a health law concentration student, I can attest it’s an amazing program with a wealth of opportunity, and the SLU alumni base in D.C. really cares about helping you out, which shows how great the SLU LAW community really is.” SHANNON REMPE J.D./M.P.H., (ANTICIPATED ’20)
Intern at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of General Counsel for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Spring 2019)
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ACCESS TO YOUR FUTURE
SELECTED CITIES WITH HEALTH LAW ALUMNI
1,300+ ALUMNI NATIONWIDE
Students partner with the health law faculty and the Office of Career Services to develop and market skills attractive to employers seeking graduates with an advanced understanding of health law. SELECTED HEALTH LAW STUDENT SUMMER EXPERIENCES, IN ADDITION TO PRIVATE LAW FIRMS
SEATTLE
BJC Health System, St. Louis
BANGOR
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta Centura Health, Denver The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
CARSON CITY SAN FRANCISCO
Disability Rights, Chicago Families U.S.A., Washington, D.C.
SALT LAKE CITY
LAS VEGAS
The Mayo Clinic National Health Law Project, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles
OMAHA
LOS ANGELES TUCSON
Presence Health, Chicago
MEMPHIS
RALEIGH CHARLOTTE
DALLAS
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
AUSTIN
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Washington, D.C.
NASHVILLE
ATLANTA
LAS CRUCES
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora
LOUISVILLE
ST. LOUIS TULSA
PHOENIX
National Rural Health Association, Washington, D.C.
PROVIDENCE NEW YORK CLEVELAND CHICAGO PITTSBURGH BALTIMORE INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON, D.C. CINCINNATI
DENVER KANSAS CITY COLORADO SPRINGS
The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, Baltimore LEO Pharma, Madison, N.J.
BOSTON
MINNEAPOLIS MILWAUKEE
ANCHORAGE ALASKA
HOUSTON
NEW ORLEANS
JACKSONVILLE ORLANDO MIAMI
U.S. Department of Justice SELECTED EMPLOYERS OF OUR HEALTH LAW ALUMNI Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Hospital Sisters Health System
Norton Rose Fulbright
Ascension
Express Scripts
Husch Blackwell LLP
Polsinelli
BJC Health System
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.
King & Spalding LLP
Quarles & Brady LLP
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman, P.C. Lewis Rice L.C.
Centene Corporation
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Ernst & Young
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C.
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services National Disability Rights Network Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Justice
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard P.C. Washington University School of Medicine Sidley Austin LLP Texas Department of Insurance Thompson Coburn LLP The National Consumer Voice for U.S. Food and Drug Administration Quality Long Term Care
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ASHA NATARAJAN WORKS ON A VARIETY OF HEALTH CARE AND FDA REGULATORY MATTERS AND PUTS HER SLU LAW EDUCATION TO WORK EVERY DAY.
We had an entire class on the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute and learned why it makes health care business just so much more high risk. It was unbelievable to have that working knowledge going into practice. Nearly everything I do has potential fraud and abuse implications in some way.” ASHA NATARAJAN, J.D., M.P.H. (’12)
Associate, DLA Piper, New York
Photo by Bruce Gilbert
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ACCESS TO RENOWNED SCHOL ARS AND PRACTITIONERS
The Center for Health Law Studies’ strong national reputation gives students exposure to some of the best legal minds in the country.
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES
PRACTITIONER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
Each academic year, the Center hosts several leading scholars and practitioners who shape health law and policy. Students have the opportunity to attend keynote lectures and then meet with the speakers to discuss timely health law and policy issues during small group sessions.
The Practitioner-in-Residence program allows the Center to host a visiting health law attorney for several weeks each year. Students benefit from access to the practitioner through guest lectures, round table discussions, office hours and special events featuring the practitioner.
The Distinguished Speaker Series has included: DANIEL E. DAWES, executive director of government affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine; health law and policy lecturer, Satcher Health Leadership Institute KIMBERLY MUTCHERSON, co-dean and professor of law, Rutgers Law School
Practitioners-in-Residence the Center has welcomed: VENCE L. BONHAM JR., senior advisor to the NHGRI director on genomics and health disparities, National Human Genome Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
NICHOLAS BAGLEY, professor of law, University of Michigan Law School
RITU KAUR COOPER (LL.M. ’05), attorney, Hall Render Killian Health & Lyman PC, Washington D.C.
CELESTE DAVIS, regional manager, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Civil Rights, Region V
MARGARET DONNELLY (’88), former director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
DAYNA BOWEN MATTHEW, professor of law, University of Virgina School of Law
MELINDA J. DUTTON, partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, New York
PETER LEIBOLD, chief advocacy officer, Ascension ; former executive vice president and chief executive officer, American Health Lawyers Association
BARRY JOYCE, attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division JAMES G. SHEEHAN, chief of Charities Bureau, New York State Attorney General’s Office
MARICE ASHE, founder and CEO, ChangeLab Solutions ARTI RAI, professor of law, Duke Law School, Duke Law Center for Innovation Policy JACOB S. SHERKOW, professor of law, New York Law School
HEALTH LAW SCHOLARS The Center for Health Law Studies and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics host the Health Law Scholars Workshop each fall at SLU LAW. This collegial forum allows new health law and bioethics faculty from law schools around the country to present works-in-progress and receive advice from experienced health law and bioethics scholars.
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ANNUAL HEALTH LAW SYMPOSIUM
Each spring, the Center hosts a symposium featuring leading experts and scholars in a relevant field. Proceedings of the symposium are published in the Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy. Symposium topics focus on timely issues in health law and policy. RECENT SYMPOSIA HAVE INCLUDED: The Struggle for the Soul of Medicaid (2019) Public Health Law in the Era of Alternative Facts, Isolationism, and the One Percent (2018) Coping with Health Care Market Concentration (2017) Dying Fast & Slow: Improving Quality of Dying and Preventing Untimely Deaths (2016) The ADA at 25: Disability Rights and the Healthcare Workforce (2015) Health Care Reform, Transition and Transformation in Long-Term Care (2014) Regulating Dual-Use Research in Life Sciences (2013)
ROBERT GATTER
Professor of Law
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ELIZABETH PENDO
Joseph J. Simeone Professor of Law
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LAW -IN SP IR I N G .
O U R FA C U LT Y L I T E R A L LY W R O T E T H E B O O K O N H E A LT H L AW.
FA C U LT Y + S TA F F SIDNEY D. WATSON
Director, Center for Health Law Studies; Jane and Bruce Robert Professor
HEALTH LAW COURSES & SEMINARS ELIZABETH PENDO
Joseph J. Simeone Professor of Law
Antitrust Law and Health Care Markets Bioethics and the Law (PL)
AMY N. SANDERS
Associate Director, Center for Health Law Studies; Instructor
ANA SANTOS RUTSCHMAN
Assistant Professor
Disability Law (PL) Employee Benefits Law FDA Law and Policy Fraud, Abuse and Health Care Regulation
CHERYL COOPER
Program Coordinator
RUQAIIJAH YEARBY
Co-Founder, Institute for Healing Justice and Equity; Co-Director, Center for Equity; Professor of Law
Health Care Compliance & Law Health Care Financing and Business Planning Health Care Law Health Care Regulation Health Law Agency Practice (E)
KATHLEEN E. CASEY
Assistant Professor of Legal Research
JESSE A. GOLDNER
John D. Valentine Professor of Law Emeritus
Health Law Field Placement in DC Health Law Moot Court Competition Health Law, Policy and Advocacy I & II (E) Health Law Transactional Competition
ROBERT GATTER
Professor; Professor of Health Management and Policy, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice
THOMAS L. GREANEY
Chester A. Myers Professor of Law Emeritus
HIPAA Privacy Law Information Privacy Law Public Health Law (PL) Race, Health and Justice
MALCOLM J. HARKINS III
Professor of Practice; Adjunct Professor
SANDRA H. JOHNSON
Professor Emerita
Transactional Health Care Practice Seminar: Access to Health Care Seminar: Emerging Health Technologies Innovation, Law and Policy
HEALTH LAW AND POLICY FELLOW NICOLE STROMBOM
Fellow, J.D./M.P.H. (anticipated ’20)
SECONDARY APPOINTMENT HAROLD BRASWELL
Assistant Professor, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University
ELIZABETH CHIARELLO
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Saint Louis University
ADJUNCT FACULTY DONN H. HERRING
Partner, Spencer Fane LLP
CHRISTINA Z. RANDOLPH
Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP
CONTACT INFO
HEATHER BEDNAREK
SLU.EDU/LAW/HEALTH
FRED ROTTNEK
(314) 977-8176
Associate Professor of Economics, Chaifetz School of Business, Saint Louis University Director, Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine; Medical Director, Physician Assistant Program, Saint Louis University Doisy College of Health Sciences
HEALTHLAW@SLU.EDU
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