David E. Loder

David E. Loder

David E. Loder is chair of the firm's Health Law Practice Group. He focuses his practice on hospital governance, accreditation, credentialing, litigation reimbursement issues, managed care arrangements and Medicaid and Medicare programs. He represents numerous for-profit and nonprofit organizations in the healthcare industry.

Mr. Loder serves as general counsel to the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. He is also general counsel to Health Partners of Philadelphia, a leading provider of healthcare services to the Medicaid and Medicare populations, and to the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation, an organization that establishes standards and accredits trauma centers in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

He is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar associations and a graduate of the London School of Economics (LL.M., international law, 1982), the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 1981) and Wesleyan University (B.A. 1977).

Areas Of Practice

· Healthcare Law

· Nonprofit Institutions

· Employment Law

· Education Law

Representative Matters

· Represented Health Partners of Philadelphia in the $160 million sale of its Medicare product to Bravo Health obtaining the approval of the Philadelphia Orphans Court.

· Represented Chester County Hospital in major antitrust litigation against Independence Blue Cross involving monopoly and monopsony claims.

· Represented more than 20 Pennsylvania healthcare systems, comprising roughly 100 healthcare providers, in an action against the PA. Dept. of Public Welfare to obtain recovery on more than $60 million in claims owed the providers by an insolvent Medicaid HMO. Settled with the PA Department of Public Welfare for $10 million and the PA Insurance Department for over $20 million through a unique arrangement to avoid claim-by-claim review and shorten the liquidation process--with the approval of the Commonwealth Court.

· Ongoing advice and counsel to CEOs, Boards and executives of major regional health care and not-for-profit institutions.

· General Counsel, Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania

· General Counsel, Health Partners of Philadelphia

· General Counsel, Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation

· Co-Trustee, Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation

· Co-Trustee, Lindback Foundation

Professional Activities

· Pennsylvania Bar Association

· American Bar Association

· Philadelphia Bar Association

Experience

· Duane Morris LLP
- Chair, Health Law Practice Group, 2008-present
- Co-chair, Health Law Practice Group, 2000-2008
- Member, Partners Board, 1999-present
- Partner, 1989-present
- Associate, 1982-1988

Board Memberships

· University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (formerly Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science), 1998-present

· Preventive Medical Technology, 1997-present

· World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, 1996-2004

· ABRAXAS Foundation, Inc., 1990-1997

· Wilma Theater - Executive Committee Member, 2001 - present

· Strings for Schools, 1989-1991

Civic and Charitable Activities

· Philadelphia Mayoral Team, Health Care Industry Subcommittee, 2000

· Co-Chair, Delivery System Restructuring Transition Work Group, 2000

· Big Brothers Association

· Co-Chairperson, Germantown Friends School Alumni Giving, 1991-1993

· Class Agent, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1984-present

· Advisory Council Member, "Non-Profits at the Millennium", Philadelphia Health Management Corporation

Selected Publications

· Author, "When Do 'Reasonable Accommodations' Unreasonably Compromise Patient Care?" Modern Healthcare Magazine, Special Supplement, 2007

· Co-Author, " In Gestational Surrogacies All Parties Must Bear Risk," The National Law Journal, September 9, 1996; Trial: A Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, August 1997

· Co-Author, "COBRA v. Managed Care: A Dilemma for Hospitals," The Legal Intelligencer, December 14, 1995

· Co-Author, "Hospitals in Code-Blue Catch-22," The National Law Journal, September 18, 1995

· Author, "Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste", Pennsylvania Environmental Law - Federal Publications, Inc., October 1990

· Co-Author, "Is HMO Exempt Status Becoming a "Hot" Issue? - Recent Status Revocation and IRS Business Plan Signal Future Attention," Health Care Law Monthly, July 1999.

Selected Speaking Engagements

· "Medical Liability Reform, CAT Fund Reform and Patient Safety Satellite Broadcast," Philadelphia Bar Institute, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 2002

· "Tort Reform - A Teetering Three Legged Stool," Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 21, 2002

· "Is It Confidential? The Scope of Peer Review Protection for Trauma Data and Information," Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation, November 1, 2001

· "Update...Confidentiality of Medical Records," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1996; Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 1997; Cherry Hill, New Jersey, April 1999

· "HealthChoices Contracting With DPW," Delaware Valley Healthcare Council of The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Symposium, March 1999

· "The Year in Non-Profit Healthcare Law," Delaware Valley Healthcare Council of HAP Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1998

· "Gestational Surrogacies," Pennsylvania Society of Health Care Attorneys and Pennsylvania Bar Institute sponsored, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 1997

· "Current Challenges Facing Not for Profit Organizations," Schultz & Williams sponsored seminar, June 1996

· "Current Developments in Medicaid Managed Care," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, November 1995

· "Recent Developments in Reproductive Technology," University of Pennsylvania Law School, October 1995

· "Legal Issues Relating to Healthcare Reimbursement," Medical College of Pennsylvania, February 1993