PHARMACY BENEFITS AND OPERATIONS:

Contracting

• Commercial and part D rebate agreements
• Pharmaceutical manufacturer service agreements
• Pharmacy benefit management agreements
• Specialty drug service agreements
• Specialty drug purchase and distribution agreements
• Data agreements

Compliance counseling

• Fraud and Abuse, Anti-kickback, and CMPA
• OIG Guidance
• Stark
• HIPAA and state privacy laws
• Any willing provider
• 340(b)
• Drug Importation

Operations support

• Specialty pharmacy
• Government and commercial audit defense
• Specialty drug “front end” service provider
• Wholesale distribution

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Advise clients with respect to development of HR policies and procedures and employment agreements; compliance with federal and state anti-discrimination, wage & hour and leave laws; trade secret protection; restrictive covenant enforcement and defense; federal labor law compliance, and defense of whistleblower claims.

EXPERIENCE

Caremark Rx, AdvancePCS, and PCS Health Systems
Senior Legal Counsel
At various times, provided primary legal support and oversight for:

• Brand and specialty pharmaceutical manufacturer rebate contracting
• Pharmaceutical manufacturer services contracting
• Specialty drug purchase and services contracting
• Specialty pharmacy and service provider operations
• Payer, TPA and government contracting
• Human Resources

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

• Practiced in area of labor and employment law

EDUCATION

University of Notre Dame, 1986
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

University of Notre Dame Law School, 1995
Juris Doctorate

• Graduated Magna Cum Laude
• Honors: Notre Dame Scholar and American Jurisprudence Award
• Executive Articles Editor and published, Journal of Legislation, 1994-95