Ellen is a Member in the firm's Health Law Section. She specializes in providing regulatory and strategic advice to health care clients of all types, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, hospices, retail pharmacies, PBMs, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. She represents clients in Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party payor audits and investigations; in the development of corporate compliance programs, HIPAA, privacy and security compliance initiatives; and in the negotiation and implementation of Corporate Integrity Agreements. She also provides strategic and regulatory advice on telemedicine issues and hospital/physician relationships, including compliance with the state and federal anti-kickback laws and the Stark Law. Before joining Mintz Levin, Ellen was an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She represented state agencies responsible for health care reimbursement, licensing, and regulation in administrative and court proceedings, and prosecuted Medicaid fraud cases. She was also Administrative Counsel to the Massachusetts Attorney General, coordinating special health care projects and working with other state Attorneys General through the National Association of Attorneys General. Ellen has been recognized as a leading health care lawyer in Massachusetts by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business since 2008, and in the 2008-2012 editions of the Best Lawyers in America. She has also been recognized as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer since 2004. In 2010, Ellen was selected by Massachusetts Medical Law Report as one of its Heroes in the Field. Ellen is a member of the Advisory Committee that is working with the Massachusetts Health IT Council on the development and implementation of the statewide HIT strategic plan and health information exchange. She has written about and speaks frequently on corporate compliance programs, board governance matters, HIPAA privacy and data security, technology and health care, and physician/hospital relationships. She is also the author of "White Coat Crime or Hospital-Physician Financial Relationships in the 90s," published in the Boston Bar Journal. Recent Speeches and Presentations · Privacy and Information Security -HFMA Compliance Update - 2011 · American Conference Institute's Life Sciences Compliance Boot Camp - 2011 · American Conference Institute's Life Sciences Compliance Boot Camp - 2010 · Contributing author for The Health Care Fraud Enforcement Juggernaut Continues: Congress Looks to Invest in Fraud Recovery Efforts to Help Fund Health Care Reform and Enacts Revisions to the False Claims Act - 2009 · Health Law 101: Major Issues and Hot Topics - 2009 · The Impact of the Federal Economic Stimulus Bill - 2009 · Corporate Governance: Board Member Responsibilities and Self-Assessment - 2009 · A Glimpse Into the Future: The Healthcare Landscape in 2009 - 2009 · Contributing author for Massachusetts Nonprofit Organizations - 2008 · Off Label Promotion: Risk Mitigation Strategy - 2008 · The New CoPs and Interpretative Guidelines - 2007 · Regulatory Compliance for Manufacturers in a Post Part D World - 2007 · Medicare Part B Pricing and the MMA - 2006 · Update on Corporate Governance Issues in Massachusetts - 2004 · The Audit Committee and Internal Investigations - 2004 · Current Issues in Peer Review - 2004 · Nonprofit Organizations: Emerging Best Practices - 2004 · Physician Recruitment and Retention: The Latest Stark Rules and Other Compliance Guidelines - 2004 · Fraud and Abuse and Compliance Update - 2003 Ellen received her B.A., with honors, from Simmons College (1973) and her J.D., magna cum laude, from New England School of Law (1977). She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. She has successfully argued two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Industries Health Care Health Care Reform |