American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) 2019 Annual Meeting

Ms. Trunk will participate in a panel discussion titled “Pharmaceutical Pricing–How Much Is Too Much? Policy and Enforcement Perspectives.” This panel will address:

• Trends in pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement, including commercial, regulatory, and legislative responses to concerns about high drug prices.
• Opportunities and limits of antitrust enforcement in addressing concerns about high drug costs.
• Price transparency efforts at the federal and state level.
• Commercial trends including white bagging and co-pay accumulators/coupon offset programs.
• Issues unique to biosimilars.

Ms. Hold-Weiss will co-present a session titled “Compliance Advice for the Post-Acute Provider: Assess, Audit, and Do It Again.” This presentation will address:

• Areas of focus by government contract auditors for the post-acute care spectrum of services.
• Communication approaches in working with government contractors and investigators.
• Assisting providers in developing tools for determining compliance and addressing agency and facility risk.
• Providing compliance solutions and strategies, including information on data analytics, to agency and facility management.