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Braden Carkhuff, J.D., CIPP/US ’15

Posted: May 9, 2016
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

Two Mitchell Hamline institutes celebrate anniversaries

Posted: May 4, 2016
Two separate Mitchell Hamline institutes, both nationally ranked for their work, mark anniversaries in 2016. For 25 years, the Dispute Resolution Institute has taught innovative ways to deliver justice through resolving conflicts, solving problems, and negotiating deals—both domestically and around the world. For the last 16 years, the institute has been ranked in the top …

Two Mitchell Hamline institutes celebrate anniversaries

On-Demand CLE – Health Care Fraud & Abuse: Enforcement Priorities featuring U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger

Posted: April 15, 2016
The Health Care Fraud & Abuse: Enforcement Priorities CLE featuring U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger is now available. This 1-credit standard CLE is free for Mitchell Hamline School of Law students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Health care fraud costs the United States tens of billions of dollars each year. Some estimates put the figure close to …

On-Demand CLE – Health Care Fraud & Abuse: Enforcement Priorities featuring U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger

Health Law Faculty Accomplishments

Posted: April 11, 2016
Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline health law faculty on their accomplishments. Date range: March 1, 2016 – March 31, 2016 Bauerly, Brittney SSRN TOP TEN LIST 3/11/16 Social Science Research Network Brittney Bauerly and Jill Krueger, staff attorneys at the Network for Public Health Law (together with Network co-authors) published an article on “Legal Innovations …

Health Law Faculty Accomplishments

Leah Fitzgerald, J.D. ’15

Posted: April 11, 2016
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

Posted: April 4, 2016
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

Medical-Legal Partnership celebrates another client success

Posted: March 23, 2016
The Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) is celebrating another client success. In November 2015, a 38-year-old African American client came to the MLP because she was dealing with unemployment related to her brain atrophy. In July 2015, she had an acute episode requiring hospitalization. She was not able to return to work. She was behind on rent …

Medical-Legal Partnership celebrates another client success

Health law faculty accomplishments

Posted: March 16, 2016
Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline health law faculty on their accomplishments. Date range: December 2015 – February 2016 Blanke, Doug PANEL 12/1/2015 AHA Obesity Prevention Grants Committee Public Health Law Center Director Doug Blanke participated in the annual meeting of the American Heart Association’s obesity prevention grants committee in Dallas, and facilitated discussion of potential …

Health law faculty accomplishments

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