PHARMACY BENEFITS AND OPERATIONS

Compliance Counseling

• Medicare Part D
  
• Anti-kickback laws     
  
• Internet pharmacy laws
  
• HIPAA and state privacy laws
  
• State pharmacy and insurance laws

Contracting

• Pharmacy benefit management agreements
  
• Pharmacy network agreements
  
• Pharmaceutical manufacturer rebate agreements
  
• Software license/purchase agreements
  
• E-business agreements

Licensing

• Pharmacy benefit managers
  
• Pharmacies—retail, mail order,
  internet, specialty
  
• Third party administrators
  
• Utilization review organizations

EXPERIENCE

AdvancePCS (now Caremark), Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

• Provided primary legal support to various areas of the company, including sales and account management, e-business and e-prescribing, marketing, and government affairs.

“I’ve worked in the pharmacy benefits arena for more than 8 years. I know what AWP, MAC, and zero balance co-pays are. My clients don’t have to get me up to speed on their issues.”

Streich Lang, P.A. (now Quarles & Brady Streich Lang, LLP)

• Practiced in the areas of corporate, securities, and health care

Snell & Wilmer, LLP

• Practiced in the areas of corporate, securities, and health care

EDUCATION

Arizona State University, 1991
Bachelor of Science in Political Science

• Graduated magna cum laude

Arizona State University, 1995
Juris Doctorate

• Published member of the Arizona State Law Journal