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Cowart, J.D. ’16, wins scholarship, attends ABA Health Law Section Conference

Posted: March 11, 2016
“From March 2nd through March 5th I attended the ABA Health Law Section’s 17th Annual Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law Conference (EMI) in San Diego, CA. Each year, the Health Law Section awards up to five scholarships to law students from across the country to attend EMI. The application required a letter of recommendation (thank you, …

Cowart, J.D. ’16, wins scholarship, attends ABA Health Law Section Conference

Marla Berkow, Health Care Compliance Graduate ’14, published in Compliance Today

Posted: March 4, 2016
Marla Berkow, a May 2014 graduate of the online Health Care Compliance Certificate program, has been published in the March 2016 issue of Compliance Today. Her article is entitled, “Tending the compliance garden: Maintaining an ethical organizational culture.” Berkow is the Corporate Compliance Officer and Privacy Officer at the Gateway Foundation in Chicago.

Marla Berkow, Health Care Compliance Graduate ’14, published in Compliance Today

Kathleen McNaughton ’08

Posted: March 1, 2016
Kathleen (Swertfeger) McNaughton, a December 2008 graduate from Hamline University School of Law and the Health Law Institute Certificate program, is enjoying working for Mayo Clinic and growing her career in the healthcare industry. Kathleen began her career at Mayo Clinic in 2009 when she was hired to manage provider network contracting for Mayo Clinic’s …

Kathleen McNaughton ’08

Health Law and Food, Drug, & Device Student Writing Competition Deadlines on April 15, 2016

Posted: February 16, 2016
The Minnesota State Bar Association Health Law and Food, Drug, & Device Sections have each set their student writing competition deadlines for Friday, April 15, 2016. Each competition will award a $500 first place cash prize, $250 second place cash prize, and $100 third place cash prize. Student participants in the Health Law Section competition …

Health Law and Food, Drug, & Device Student Writing Competition Deadlines on April 15, 2016

Summer 2016 Online Health Law Courses: HIPAA Privacy & Medical Marijuana

Posted: February 15, 2016
Join the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law Institute in summer 2016 completely online for two cutting edge courses. HIPAA Privacy June 1-29, 2016 Online 2 academic credits Faculty: Sheri Beck, Privacy Officer, Prime Therapeutics Barbara Colombo, Assistant Teaching Professor; Director, Health Care Compliance Program, Mitchell Hamline School of Law Medical Marijuana Law: State …

Summer 2016 Online Health Law Courses: HIPAA Privacy & Medical Marijuana

Apply now! Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition

Posted: February 8, 2016
5th Annual Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition Featuring luncheon speaker, Daniel Levinson, JD, Inspector General, US Department of Health & Human Services Saturday, April 2, 2016, 8am-3pm, Baltimore, MD Registration, travel, lodging, and meal expenses covered (up to a $950 value) Hosted by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law The …

Apply now! Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition

Students, alum headed to health care compliance institute in Las Vegas

Posted: February 3, 2016
Four Mitchell Hamline School of Law students and one recent graduate will be attending the Health Care Compliance Association’s 20th Annual Compliance Institute April 17-20 in Las Vegas. The Compliance Certification Board generously donated the free registrations. Attendees include third-year J.D. students Alex Houston and William McDonough and second-year student Tracy Jacobs. Online Health Care …

Students, alum headed to health care compliance institute in Las Vegas

An Ode to Healthcare Compliance, by Lindsey Hennings, MAM, CHC

Posted: January 26, 2016
An Ode to Healthcare Compliance By Lindsey Hennings, MAM, CHC (Lindsey completed the online Health Care Compliance Certificate program in 2015.)   Healthcare Compliance. What does that mean? Rules, regulations, best practices… and all in between! We strive to remain compliant with laws To provide the best service and care, without pause. Why do we …

An Ode to Healthcare Compliance, by Lindsey Hennings, MAM, CHC

Medical-Legal Partnership Wins First Case

Posted: January 5, 2016
The first district court case handled by Mitchell Hamline’s Medical-Legal Partnership with United Family Medicine was a success. The client was granted custody of his young son and successfully petitioned for third-party custody of the boy’s adolescent sister. The family unit had been through intense social upheaval because of the mother’s substance abuse problems. Convincing …

Medical-Legal Partnership Wins First Case