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Health Care Arbitration Training

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Monday, December 9, 2024 
11:00-11:25 am Eastern

Welcome and Introductions
David S. Cade, Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer, American Health Law Association, Washington, DC
Geoff Drucker, Senior Director of Dispute Resolution Service, American Health Law Association, Washington, DC
Asha B. Scielzo, AHLA President, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC 
 
11:25 am-12:25 pm 

1. Arbitration Process and Agreement to Arbitrate
Michael Roth

  • Key Steps
  • Legal Overlay
  • Tailoring the process to specific situations
 
12:30-1:30 pm 

2. Process for Selecting an Arbitrator | Arbitrator Ethics and Disclosures
Melinda Jayson

  • Options and Processes for Arbitrator Selection
  • Communications between Parties and Arbitrators
  • Arbitrator disclosures
  • Codes of Arbitrator ethics
 
2:00-3:15 pm 

Group Exercise on Ethics
Melinda Jayson

  • Handout with ethics-based scenarios for analysis and group discussion
 
3:30-4:15 pm 

3. Arbitrator Authority and Responsibilities
Elise Brennan

  • Scope of Arbitrator authority
  • Jurisdiction determinations
  • Role of Arbitrator
  • AHLA rules that support Arbitrator in making determination
  • Managed arbitrations
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024 
11:00 am- 12:00 pm Eastern

Group Exercise on Arbitrator Authority and Preliminary Hearings
Elise Brennan

  • Handout with 9 questions on authority and process for analysis and group discussion
 
12:15-1:30 pm 

4. Pre-Hearing Process
Michael Roth

  • The Rule 5.4 Status Conference
  • Procedural issues
  • Substantive issues
  • Fact Discovery
  • Expert Witnesses Disclosures and Discovery
  • Non-Party Subpoenas
  • Motion Practice
  • The Scheduling Order

 
 
2:00-3:15 pm 

5. Arbitration Hearings
Elise Brennan

  • Pre-hearing submissions
  • Opening and closing arguments
  • Evidence: ground rules and guidelines
  • Managing time and emotions
  • Closing and reopening the hearing
 
3:15-4:30 pm 

Group Exercise on Arbitration Hearings
Elise Brennan
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 
11:00 am-12:15 pm Eastern

6. AHLA Rules and Procedures
Geoff Drucker and Trainers

  • How to manage parties who are representing themselves
  • Class actions: Who decides and on what basis –Serving as an AHLA arbitrator
  • AHLA Rules of Procedure for consumer, employment, and valuation claims
  • Sanctions in arbitration
  • Be prepared to handle potential for animosity, including dealing with unruly individuals and staying in control of the proceedings
 
12:30-1:15 pm 

7. Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Decision-Making
Geoff Drucker

  • What is Unconscious Bias
  • What Causes Bias
  • How to Overcome Bias

 
 
1:45-2:45 pm 

8. Awards and Orders
Melinda Jayson

  • Interim Orders
  • Partial Final Awards
  • Form / framework of awards
  • AHLA rules on awards
  • Drafting of awards
  • Corrections
 
2:45-4:00 pm 

Group Exercise on Awards and Orders
Melinda Jayson

  • Analysis and group discussion of drafting an award based on a hypothetical set of facts
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Thursday, December 12, 2024 
 11:00-11:50 am Eastern

9. Managing Health Care Documents in Arbitration
Lisa Taylor

  • Basic terms and concepts
  • Distinctive features
  • Establishing ground rules for production of ESI
  • Sampling
 
12:00-1:00 pm 

10. Post-Hearing Issues
Lisa Tayor

  • Confirmation of the award
  • Vacating an award
  • Application of state law
  • Application of Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)
  • Limitations of review and manifest of disregard of the law
  • Appellate consideration
 
1:00 pm 

Final Remarks and Conclusion
Geoff Drucker

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