Brian Carey's legal practice focuses on advising a wide range of clients on federal legislative and regulatory issues impacting the life sciences and health care sectors. He primarily advises biotechnology, medical device companies, health care providers, medical trade associations and private equity investors. Brian also serves as a co-chair of the firm's Administrative Law practice group. His work with biopharma and medical technology companies includes advice on Medicare coverage and payment, and food and drug approval issues. He regularly represents clients in matters before the Congress, Department of Health and Human Services, and federal agencies. In the past year, Brian has been counseling clients on the consideration, enactment and now implementation of the Affordable Care Act. In particular, he has advised clients on the implementation of new delivery system and payment reforms. Brian's extensive background in health care policy matters includes serving as a legislative aide to Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. In that capacity he worked on health care, food and drug and biotechnology legislation. Prior to Foley Hoag Brian was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, and he was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Edward F. Harrington of the United States District Court of Massachusetts. Brian splits his time between the firm's Washington, DC and Boston offices. Speeches and Conferences · 2011 MassBio Annual Meeting: "Healthcare Reform and its Impact on Personalized Medicine", March 2011 · The Diagnostic Conference-DXconlleast: "Section 3113 Demonstration Project and MDX Payment Issues", March 2011 · MassMEDIC's - A New World Order for Health Care: "Delivery Reform and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)", March 2011 · Medical Development Group's Health Care Reform: "Where we are and What is Still to Come", December 2010 · The Angiogenesis Foundation's 8th Annual International M. Judah Folkman Conference Antiangiogenesis: New Frontiers in Therapeutic Development, "Health Policy Issues in Targeted Oncology", October 2010 · The Diagnostic Conference: Personalized Medicine through Diagnostics, "Changing Regulatory Environment for Target Oncology: FDA and Comparative Effectiveness", September 2010 · Life Sciences Alley Conference: "The Health Reform Debate: What should Life Sciences Sector Expect?," September 2009 · National Venture Capital Association Conference: "What Early Stage Companies Need to Know about Medicare," March 2008 · High Country Nuclear Medicine Meeting: "Quality Reporting and Pay for Performance: A View from Congress," March 2007 · National Venture Capital Association Conference: "What Early Stage Companies Need to Know about Medicare," Palo Alto, December 2006 · Mass Biotech Council's 8th Annual Investor Conference -- MASS Opportunities: "A Biotechnology Investment Conference," November 2006 · Mid-America Healthcare Investors Network Meeting:" What Early Stage Life Sciences Companies Need to Know About Medicare Coverage and Reimbursement", November 2006 · The 6th Annual Medicare & Medicaid Symposium: "Charting the Course through Medicare Part D," May 2006 · Mass MEDIC Conference: "Evidence-Based Medicine - Key Trends and Lessons Learned from CMS," April 2006 · The Pinsonault PBM Symposium: "An Inside the Beltway Perspective on Medicare Part D Benefit," March 2006 · "The Pinsonault Medicare Part D & Specialty Symposium: Strategic Implications on the Biotechnology Sector of the New Medicare Part D Benefit & Changes in Payment and Coverage for Part B Drugs," November 2005 · Mass Biotech Council Law and Policy Committee: "The Era of Medicare Defining, Measuring and Paying for Quality "Coverage with Evidence Development" (CED)," October 2005 · Mass Biotech Council Committee Day: "Payment Reforms for Drugs and Biologics Under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003," January 2004 · Academy of Molecular Imaging Annual Conference: "Overview of Medicare Coverage and Reimbursement Policy," October 2002 Publications · Co-author, "The National Oncologic PET Registry: Expanded Medicare Coverage for PET Under Coverage with Evidence Development," AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLGY, VOL. 188 NO. 4 (April 2007) · Co-author, "Medicare Coverage of PET for Cervical Cancer," JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY, VOL. 3 NO. 1 (January 2006) Industries Life Sciences Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Healthcare Honors/Awards Listed as a 'Rising Star' in Health Care Law, SUPER LAWYERS' MASSACHUSETTS RISING STARS: A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF THE BEST YOUNG LAWYERS IN MASSACHUSETTS (May 2005 and May 2007) Boston College Law School, BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW, Articles Editor |