AHLA Health Law Watch (AHLA Members)

Alexis Finkelberg Bortniker is a partner and health care lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Her practice focuses on transactional and regulatory matters with an emphasis on counseling health systems, hospitals, and other providers in managed care and physician contracting. Ms. Bortniker works with providers in negotiating, implementing, and creating compliance programs around value based payment models. Ms. Bortniker is a member of the firm’s Health Care Industry Team and co-chair of the firm’s Health Care Transactions work-group.

Theresa C. Carnegie is a member of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC. Ms. Carnegie counsels health care clients on a variety of transactional, regulatory, and fraud and abuse matters. Ms. Carnegie focuses much of her practice on counseling health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, pharmacies, device manufacturers, and distributors on regulatory and compliance matters. Her practice extends to counseling on drug pricing and reimbursement issues, and Medicare Part D compliance. Ms. Carnegie has extensive experience drafting, negotiating, and structuring PBM agreements, retail, mail and specialty pharmacy agreements, GPO agreements, and pharmaceutical purchase, distribution, and rebate agreements. She also regularly counsels these clients on compliance with federal and state fraud and abuse laws.

Michelle L. Caton is an associate at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC. Ms. Caton focuses her practice on life sciences and health care transactions and health care compliance matters. She advises clients on a variety of regulatory and compliance issues, including specialty pharmacy arrangements, 340B program participation, pharmaceutical support services, and related matters.

Gary Scott Davis is a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Mr. Davis advises clients on issues concerning managed care, including emerging health benefit plans, strategic restructurings and reorganizations, dispositions, mergers, joint ventures, and contractual matters. The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education recognizes Mr. Davis as a Board Certified Health Law Attorney. Mr. Davis is a nationally recognized speaker on organizational and reimbursement transactions relating to managed health care, health care contracting, and joint ventures. He is also a published author of numerous writings on managed care. Mr. Davis has served as an adjunct lecturer of health care law for the Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA Programs for Executives), University of Miami and on the Advisory Board and faculty of the Nova Southeastern University Institute of Continuing Education for Health Care Professionals.

Gerald (Jud) E. DeLoss heads up the emerging Healthcare Practice Group at Gozdecki, Del Giudice, Americus, Farkas & Brocato LLP. Mr. DeLoss handles a variety of legal, regulatory, transactional, and compliance matters on behalf of health care providers. Mr. DeLoss represents a broad spectrum of health care clients, including physicians, behavioral health care treatment providers, health information technology (HIT) solution vendors, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), hospitals and research organizations, as well as health care industry trade and professional associations. Mr. DeLoss has testified before the United States House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Committee as a subject matter expert on 42 C.F.R. Part 2, the federal regulations governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder information. He has also served as an expert witness on health information privacy in court proceedings and arbitrations.

Mr. DeLoss has extensive knowledge of HIPAA, HITECH, behavioral health privacy, eHealth, and telehealth requirements. He regularly represents telehealth and medical technology startups and solutions providers. Mr. DeLoss’s experience includes advising health care providers on reimbursement under Medicaid, Medicare, grant funding, private insurance, and managed care. He also counsels providers on strategic acquisitions, along with preparation and negotiation of joint venture and merger agreements. In addition to his skills in representing clients in the medical, behavioral health, telehealth, and FQHC fields, Jud provides specialized representation to address discrimination and exclusion of osteopathic physicians in medical staff privileging and credentialing matters.

Mr. DeLoss has written articles and presented on health law issues nationally and internationally, including on health information privacy and other compliance matters. He is an active member of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) where he has served as Chair of the Health Information and Technology Practice Group, Chair of the Behavioral Health Task Force, and currently serves on the Quality Council to the AHLA Board of Directors.

Xavier G. Hardy is an associate at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC. Mr. Hardy focuses his practice on a variety of health care regulatory and fraud and abuse matters as well as Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues in health care transactions and business arrangements. He represents clients in the health care and life sciences industries.

Justin C. Linder is an attorney in Morristown, NJ specializing in health care and life sciences law, with a focus on pharmaceutical rebate and pricing arrangements; government price reporting and transparency requirements; the 340B drug discount program; market access strategies; and providing practical regulatory and compliance counsel.

Grace D. Mack is a Shareholder in Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer PA, with offices in Woodbridge and Eatontown, New Jersey; New York City; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is member of the Business Law Team and is a Co-Chair of the Healthcare Department where she represents providers, health care facilities and private equity companies in health care transactions. Ms. Mack is a presenter and author of numerous seminars and articles on health law, including AHLA’s Representing Physicians Handbook and The ACO Handbook: A Guide to Accountable Care Organizations. She is a member of the American Telemedicine Association and was a speaker at the 2018 AHLA Webinar "Telemedicine Billing, Coding, and Reimbursement."

Ms. Mack is listed in NJ Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Attorneys and Top 100 Attorneys is recognized by Chambers in Health Law. Ms. Mack received her B.A. from Rutgers University, her J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law and her LL.M. (in Taxation) from New York University.

Tony Maida is a partner at the international law firm McDermott Will & Emery, LLP in the New York office. He works closely with the Firm’s health and white-collar teams on criminal, civil and administrative investigations. Mr. Maida also counsels clients on corporate transactions and compliance programs. He has extensive experience in health care fraud and abuse and compliance issues, including the federal Anti-Kickback and Physician Self-Referral/Stark laws, false claims and overpayments, and government investigations. Mr. Maida previously served for almost a decade with the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General at the United States Department of Health and Human Services. 

As Deputy Chief of the Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch, Mr. Maida led a team of lawyers representing the agency on False Claims Act and Civil Monetary Penalty Law cases, including conducting investigations and negotiating settlements and corporate integrity agreements in some of the largest settlements obtained by the United States. He participated in defending the OIG in numerous exclusion appeals. Additionally, Mr. Maida was a principal author of the OIG’s current Self-Disclosure Protocol and the 2009 Open Letter.

Anna S. Ross is an associate with Foley & Lardner LLP who focuses her practice on health care and FDA regulatory matters. Ms. Ross counsels clients in the health care and pharmaceutical and medical device industries with respect to a wide range of regulatory, compliance, and corporate matters. In the scope of her practice, Ms. Ross represents hospitals and health systems, post-acute care providers, physician practices, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers and distributors. Ms. Ross’ experience includes counseling clients with respect to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement compliance; government and internal investigations and audits; self-disclosures; state and federal fraud and abuse issues; and state licensure issues, certificate of need requirements, and change of ownership issues. She also provides clients with support related to their compliance programs, including developing policies and procedures, creating training programs, and implementing compliance obligations in connection with a Corporate Integrity Agreement.

Michael F. Schaff is a Shareholder in Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer PA, with offices in Woodbridge and Eatontown, New Jersey; New York City; and Philadelphia, PA. He represents providers, health care facilities, and private equity companies in health care transactions and is Chair of his firm’s Corporate and Healthcare Departments and Co-Chair of the Cannabis Practice Group. Mr. Schaff is a Fellow of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), having served on the Board of Directors, Executive Committee and in many other capacities. He is the 2018 recipient of the AHLA David J Greenburg Service Award. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law.

Michael is a Trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Co-Chair of the Executive Council of the NJSBA General Counsel, Co-Chair of the NJSBA Cannabis Law Committee, a Past Chair of the NJSBA Health Law Section, serves on its Emeritus Board, and is a past Chair of the NJSBA Internet and Computer Law Committee. In December 2016, Michael received the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s 2016 Distinguished Service Award and in 2006 he was the recipient of the NJSBA Health Law Section’s first Distinguished Service Award. Mr. Schaff is also the 2008 recipient of the Middlesex County Bar Association’s Transactional Attorney of the Year Award.

Mr. Schaff has served as Chair of the Editorial Board of the New Jersey Lawyer Magazine and as special editor of several issues of the periodical, including issues on Health Care, Business Law, Internet and the October 2018 issue on Cannabis Law. Mr. Schaff is the author of numerous articles and author and editor of several editions of AHLA’s Representing Physicians Handbook, Fundamentals of Health Law, Representing Hospitals and Health Systems Handbook and The ACO Handbook: A Guide to Accountable Care Organizations. He is listed in Best Lawyers, NJ Super Lawyers Top 100 attorneys, Chambers Tier 1 and is the recipient of the AHLA Pro Bono Champion Award and other honors. Mr. Schaff received his B.A. from Rutgers College, his M.B.A. from Bernard M. Baruch College, C.U.N.Y., his J.D. from New York Law School and his LL.M. (in Taxation) from Boston University.

Samantha P. Scheuler is an attorney in Washington, DC. Ms. Scheuler graduated from the University of Missouri where she majored in English Literature with a minor in Leadership & Public Service and a minor in French. She then went on to receive her Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School where she participated on the Barristers Trial Team and was a member of the Journal of International and Comparative Law.

During law school, Ms. Scheuler worked as a law clerk for the office of general counsel at St. Joseph Health System and the Departmental Appeals Board at Health and Human Services. After graduation she joined the Publishing division at American Health Lawyers Association, where she served as a Legal Fellow. 

Alaap B. Shah is a member of Epstein Becker & Green PC’s Health Care and Life Sciences practice in the firm’s Washington, DC office. He advises clients on laws and regulations related to privacy, security, data governance, cybersecurity, data breach, digital health, health information technology, and data strategies.

Alexandra B. Shalom is an associate and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. She is a member of the firm’s Health Care Practice. Ms. Shalom’s practice focuses on counseling clients in the health care, pharmacy, telehealth, and medical device industries with respect to a wide range of regulatory and compliance matters. Her experience includes advising clients on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement; internal investigations and self-disclosures; federal and state fraud and abuse compliance; provider-based attestations; and state licensure issues. She also assists health care clients with a broad range of transactional matters, including mergers, acquisitions and strategic affiliations; managed care and physician contracting; and formation of friendly professional corporations.

Ms. Shalom received a BA in political science cum laude from the University of Rochester and her JD from Boston College Law School where she was the executive notes editor for the Environmental Affairs Law Review. She is a member of the Boston Bar Association, the American Health Lawyers Association, and the Anti-Defamation League New England Associate Board.

Kerrin B. Slattery is a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Ms. Slattery represents hospitals and health systems, as well as other health industry providers and investors across the country. She has significant experience in all aspects of health industry transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures, and system restructurings. She also advises health industry clients on accountable care strategies and hospital-physician integration initiatives. Additionally, Ms. Slattery regularly advises health industry clients on corporate and regulatory compliance matters, including licensure, fraud and abuse laws, accreditation, and other state and federal regulations.