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2024 Healthcare Legal Update

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Date and Time

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 7:30 AM until 12:00 PM

Location

Lancaster Chamber Offices, Room 2E/F
115 E King St
Lancaster, PA 17602-2826
USA

Event Contact(s)

Laura K Chanoski

Registration Info

Registration is required before Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Payment in Full In Advance Or At Event

About this event

2024 Healthcare Legal Update Agenda

7:30AM

Registration/Networking/Breakfast

8:30AM

Welcome Remarks

Douglas C. Dyer

President & CEO

Central Penn Business Group on Health

8:35AM

Presenting Sponsor Remarks

Thomas G. Chuba

Sr. Director New Sales Commercial Markets

Geisinger Health Plan

8:45AM

Trends in Healthcare Privacy and Information Security

Jeffrey M. Alex, Esq.

Associate Chief Legal Officer

Geisinger Health Plan

9:35AM

Networking Break

9:55AM

Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’:

The Interplay of the ADA, FMLA and WCA

Kevin A. Moore

Partner, Employment and Litigation Group/Chair, Labor Law Practice Team

Barley Snyder

10:45AM

Networking Break

11:05AM

Marijuana in the PA Workplace

Denise E. Elliott

Member, Labor and Employment Practice Group

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

11:55AM

Closing Remarks

Douglas C. Dyer

President & CEO

Central Penn Business Group on Health

12:00PM

Adjourn

Meet our Speakers!

Jeffrey M. Alex, Esq.
Associate Chief Legal Officer,
Geisinger Health Plan

Topic: Trends in Healthcare Privacy and Information Security

Jeff is the Associate Chief Legal Officer for Geisinger Health Plan. Jeff acts as the lead executive for the Department of Legal Affairs (DLA) of Geisinger Health Plan. In this role, Jeff provides oversight, direction, and management of the Health Plan’s legal and regulatory functions. Jeff previously worked for UPMC Insurance Services Division, where he provided legal counsel to executive leadership for medical assistance, Medicare, and commercial lines of business as well as legal oversight of vendor management, data governance, privacy, and regulatory compliance matters.

Jeff obtained his JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and his Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Denise E. Elliott
Member, Labor and Employment Practice Group
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Topic: Marijuana in the PA Workplace

As a member of the McNees Labor and Employment Practice Group, Denise focuses her practice on defending employers in workers compensation matters and providing representation and counsel to clients in employment discrimination/harassment litigation, ADA/FMLA compliance, drug and alcohol testing and workplace safety and health issues.

An experienced litigator, Denise represents public and private sector employers in all phases of employment-related litigation, including before state and federal courts, arbitrators, administrative law judges and administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. Recognizing her clients’ ultimate goal is to stay out of court, Denise provides proactive counseling and training to employers to help employers comply with the law and avoid litigation. Denise is an EEOC trained investigator and frequently aids employers in investigating allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and other incidents of workplace misconduct. Denise’s understanding of the interplay between workers’ compensation laws, the ADA, the FMLA, Title VII and unemployment compensation is critical in helping her clients navigate the complex web these laws often create.

Denise is a frequent speaker and author on the topic of medical marijuana in the workplace. Her articles on this topic have been published by Inc. Magazine, Corporate Counsel Business Journal, The Legal Intelligencer, and Business Woman Magazine, among others. Denise is a member of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce Medical Marijuana Taskforce and has testified before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee regarding recommended revisions to Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act. Denise is certified as a specialist in the practice of workers’ compensation law by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Law Section and is a member of the Pennsylvania and Lancaster Bar Associations. She is the past chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section and the Labor and Employment Section of the Lancaster Bar Association. Denise was named a 2014 and 2015 Select Lawyer and a 2019 and 2020 Rising Star. Denise is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, before the Federal District Courts in the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, before the Third Circuit Court and before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Denise resides in Lancaster Township with her husband and two daughters. Denise believes strongly in philanthropy, giving back to her community and honoring the legal profession. Currently, Denise serves on the Board of Directors for Union Community Care (and as Chair of the personnel committee) and as a Director at Large for the Lancaster Bar Association. Denise is an advisor to the Lancaster Catholic High School Mock Trial team and serves on the Planning and Policy Committee at LCHS. Denise served the Board of Directors of Girls on the Run Lancaster/Lebanon for eight years, including two years as chair, on the Board for the Hands-on-House Children’s Museum for six years and is the former chair of the parent School Board at St. John Neumann Catholic School. Denise has volunteered with Junior Achievement and is a 2009 graduate of Leadership Lancaster. In her spare time, Denise enjoys running, reading, spending time at the beach and rooting for all Philadelphia sports teams.

Kevin A. Moore
Partner, Employment and Litigation Group/Chair, Labor Law Practice Team
Barley Snyder

Topic: The Bermuda Triangle - ADA Compliance, FMLA and Workers' Compensation

Kevin is a partner in the firm’s Employment and Litigation practice groups and chairs the Labor Law Practice Team, helping clients with legal challenges in employment and labor law and working as counsel for businesses in litigation. Kevin is involved with clients at many levels, working with them broadly as general counsel as well as in other areas such as commercial and construction litigation. Kevin and his partners quickly size up the case, identify the goal to be achieved, and provide the roadmap to reach that goal in the litigation process. Whether zealously advocating the client’s position in the courtroom or cogently analyzing the business impact of litigation in the boardroom, Kevin provides the unique blend of trial counsel and business leadership clients need to achieve their strategic goals.

Helping the business community stay up and running, Kevin frequently lectures to businesses and to attorneys on all areas of employment, labor, and commercial and construction litigation. He is an approved EEOC trainer, federal court arbitrator, and guest lecturer at local colleges and universities. Kevin also is a Berks County Court Arbitrator and Discovery Master.

He is a past chairman of the Berks County Bar Association Employment Law Section and is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Employment and Labor Committee. Kevin volunteers his time as an attorney by serving as the volunteer solicitor to many community and charitable organizations.

Kevin is an active volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America and the IM ABLE Foundation. He sits on numerous school and church related boards and committees. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys musical theatre and is a competitive age group triathlete and cyclist. He resides in Spring Township, Berks County with his family.

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