ACI's 6th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation

14 - 15 May 2015

7:45 a.m. – 5 p.m. CDT

Omni Chicago Hotel

676 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611

We are pleased to sponsor the American Conference Institute's 6th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation, which is being held May 14-15 in Chicago.

Partner Anthony W. Swisher and senior associate Melodi M. Gates will participate in panels at the conference.

Melodi will be on the "Trends and Updates in Litigation Rates Facing Plans" panel on Thursday, May 14 at 10:15 a.m. The panel will cover a variety of current litigation risk issues, including:

Reassessing cybersecurity litigation risk mitigation in light of Anthem’s data breach
Risk management techniques to improve cybersecurity and minimize the likelihood of events
Risk management techniques to improve cybersecurity and minimize the likelihood of events
- HIPAA/HITECH obligations: Penalties and best practices to improve compliance
- State level obligations, not just when bad things happen: Breach notification and proactive data protection obligations
- Reasonable standards of practice as a defense
- Communicating cybersecurity risks and program needs to the executive suite

Anthony will be on the "Mitigating the Risk of Anti-Trust Violations with Business Strategies: New Concerns and Recent Cases" panel on Friday, May 15 at 8:30 a.m. This panel will cover:

Background and Update Regarding Blue Cross Blue Shield Anti-Trust MDL Litigation
The New Hybrid: Health plans and providers, what pitfalls to avoid
Updates on continuing challenges
- Exclusionary agreements
- Monopolization and anti-compete?
- Exclusive Pricing
Business maneuvers that can cost you millions: outcomes of other recent cases

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