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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
 
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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