Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, PC, a nationally-recognized law firm with practices in the areas of healthcare, education, legislative and regulatory affairs, Indian tribal governments and nonprofit organizations, is pleased to announce that Kathleen Hatfield has joined the firm as Counsel in the government relations practice.
Powers Senior Counsel Jim Pyles co-authored a chapter in the recently published Textbook of Applied Psychoanalysis. The chapter, which Mr. Pyles wrote with his brother, Robert L. Pyles, M.D., discusses an ethical approach to health reform and asserts that health reform legislation must give priority to the individual’s interest in personal autonomy and privacy.
On October 17, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would make a number of modifications to the regulations implementing the physician self-referral or “Stark” law. Powers released a memo summarizing those proposed changes. Read it here.
Powers Principal Paul Moorehead co-authored an opinion piece in Law360 with Robert Porter, Managing Principal of Capitol Hill Policy Group, calling on the Trump Administration to pursue comprehensive regulatory reform to boost Indian tribal economies.
Powers is pleased to announce that it has earned recognition for the 10th consecutive year in “Best Law Firms,” an annual guide published by U.S. News and World Report and The Best Lawyers in America®.
Powers is pleased to announce that Mark Ogunsusi, Pharm. D., J.D., has joined the firm as a Healthcare Associate in the 340B Program and Drug Pricing practice group.
Powers Principal Barbara Straub Williams will present this week on the 340B drug pricing program at the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s (HFMA) Virginia-DC Fall Education Conference. Barbara will present with Susan Castillo of the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters. Their presentation will discuss the latest trends and topics related to the 340B program and compliance issues related to the program.
More than 370 patient and provider organizations endorsed legislation this week that would reform prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage, a bill that Powers Principals Peggy Tighe and Diane Millman helped draft and advance through their work with the Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC).
Powers Counsel Steve Kuperberg presented this week on conducting internal investigations at George Washington University as part of the university’s Healthcare Corporate Compliance Graduate Certificate program.
