KATHY ROE and JACK ROVNER discuss the potential health market and
societal policy developments “lost” by the DISMANTLING OF THE ACA
VERSUS THE POTENTIAL HEALTH MARKET AND SOCIETAL POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
“gained” by current movements toward health insurance market
stratification as, for example, permitting possibly renewable, but
underwritten short-term limited duration coverage, allowing
“association health plans” that enable sole proprietors and small
employers to aggregate to access “large group” market coverage,
and the like.
Kathy Roe is managing attorney and co-founder of the Chicago law
boutique, Health Law Consultancy. She advises health industry
participants on health reform, government health programs, health
insurance markets and products, and health information privacy and
security. Roe applies deep industry experience to structure and
document health information technology, business process outsourcing
and value-based care delivery and payment arrangements. Roe’s legal
career started as a compliance attorney with a publicly-traded life
and health insurer as the Clinton Administration attempted national
health reform. Moving to private practice, she delivered legal support
for the introduction of Medicare+Choice, the implementation of HIPAA,
the launch of Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D, and the
application of the Affordable Care Act.
Jack Rovner, an attorney with the Chicago law boutique, Health Law
Consultancy, assists health industry participants to pinpoint risk and
see opportunity in the business of health care. Rovner’s counseling
spans health reform, antitrust, fraud and abuse, health data
protection, and government health programs. He began his legal career
as a health care antitrust litigator and evolved his practice to apply
industry insight, deep experience and litigation savvy to deal
structuring and client counseling. Rovner is Best Lawyers 2014 Chicago
health law “Lawyer of the Year.” Health Law Consultancy—the firm
he co-founded—is rated Chicago Metropolitan Tier 1 in health law by
U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.”
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