PHARMACY BENEFITS AND OPERATIONS

Compliance Counseling

• Drug Discount Card and DMPO requirements
• Government program reimbursement requirements
• Medicaid and Medicare Part B provider requirements
• Anti-Kickback and Stark laws
• e-Prescribing laws
• HIPAA and state privacy laws
• State pharmacy laws and practice acts
• State wholesaler requirements

Contracting

• Pharmacy Benefit Management agreements
• Pharmacy Network agreements
• Medicaid Provider agreements
• Physician Services agreements

Licensing

• Pharmacy Benefit Managers
• Pharmacies
• Third Party Administrators
• Utilization Review Organizations
• Drug Discount Card Programs and DMPOs

EXPERIENCE

CVS Caremark Corporation, Senior Legal Counsel, Assistant Managing Counsel for Caremark

• Provided legal support to various areas of the company, including PBM Operations, ePrescribing, eBusiness, Specialty Pharmacy, Compliance, Sales and Account Services, Clinical Operations and Medical Affairs.

City of Tempe, Human Resources Analyst II

• Conducted employee relations investigations and compensation reviews.

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

• Practiced in the areas of labor and employment and commercial litigation.

EDUCATION

Bridgewater State College, 1993
Bachelor of Arts in English

• Graduated summa cum laude

Arizona State University, 1996
Juris Doctorate

• Graduated cum laude
• Managing Editor, Arizona State Law Journal