Alumni Success

“I joined HealthPartners’ General Counsel, Health Plan Team in August 2016. In this position, I provide risk-based legal advice to HealthPartners and its related entities regarding the Affordable Care Act and ERISA compliance, health plan design, state health insurance law, privacy, contract drafting and negotiating, transactions, state Attorney General complaints, state and federal public programs …

Rob Tungseth, J.D. ’13

“In June, I joined the Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics as Operations Manager and Associate for Health Law & Ethics. MCHCE is a nonprofit supporting organization for its sponsors, Fairview Health Services, HealthEast Care System, and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, with the mission to support these organizations in providing high-quality clinical …

Amanda West, J.D. ’14

Rebecca Stepan, MPH, RD, CPHQ, LSSBB, J.D. Candidate ’18: “I am proud to be in the first cohort of Hybrid Program law students who will be obtaining , Health Law and Health Care Compliance certificates through the Health Law Institute. Within two years, I have been given tremendous opportunities and achieved more than I could …

Rebecca Stepan, J.D. ’18

“In May 2016, I accepted a position in Compliance Corrections with UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement. In my role as a Compliance Analyst, I work with various business partners and the leadership teams to remediate compliance issues, which range from Medicare sales, to Medicare provider networks, to member enrollment in the health plan. Remediation is usually in the form …

Tyler Cowart, CHC, J.D. ’16

“I recently leveraged my Health Care Compliance Certificate and Health Law Certificate to start working at an organization in Washington D.C. Specifically, I’m a Health Policy & Programs Associate at the American Public Human Services Association. Of the broad range of duties this position includes, the largest include conducting research on the intersections of health …

Christina Becker, J.D. ’13

“I have been in health care for 29 years: 15 years working in accounting, purchasing, and facility management, and 14 years as the Director of Compliance. The online Health Care Compliance Certificate Program was very rewarding to me. The program allowed me to work with cohort members from different industries. We had members from a …

Lora Dinsdale, CHC, Health Care Compliance Certificate ’14

Reagan Swisher, J.D. ’15 “I sent an email earlier this year to Professor Colombo to thank her because the health care compliance training has been so important to me. She asked me to write something demonstrating the compliance programs impact on me. I must admit, I have been putting off writing this as I wasn’t …

Reagan Swisher, J.D. ’15

Braden Carkhuff, J.D., CIPP/US, ’15: “In January, I started working at CynergisTek, a top-ranked information security and privacy consulting firm focused onhealthcare. I currently hold the role of Privacy Analyst, working to help our clients achieve and demonstrate compliance with HIPAA and other laws and regulations related to healthcare privacy. “The Health Law Institute provided …

Braden Carkhuff, J.D., CIPP/US ’15

Leah Fitzgerald, J.D., ’15: “It is hard to believe that it has almost been a year since I graduated from law school and have been working as the Patient Care Risk Manager at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota since graduation. Children’s is one of the largest pediatric systems in the United States with 18 different sites throughout the …

Leah Fitzgerald, J.D. ’15

Mai Lee Yang, J.D., CHC, ’11:  Mai Lee is an Associate Attorney & Consultant for Peterson Habicht, PA, an integrated law firm offering a full spectrum of law and consulting services.  Mai Lee advises health care entities regarding compliance programs, corporate governance, and regulatory matters.  “Mitchell Hamline provided me with a genuine foundational expertise in …

Mai Lee Yang, J.D., CHC, ’11